Step Up for Brooksvale!
It's not to late! We're nearing the end of our Step Up for Brooksvale Campaign to help ensure sufficient funds for the Brooksvale Park expansion. Won't you help with one of Hamden's most significant open space acquisitions to date? Your contribution will be matched dollar for dollar—up to a total of $25,000--thanks to two generous matching gifts from an anonymous donor and the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Step Up for Brooksvale funds can only be used to facilitate the transfer and maintain the property. Three easy ways to donate: Join our GoFundMe campaign; donate here on our website and send us a message on our Contact page that your gift goes to Step Up for Brooksvale; or send us your check made out to the Hamden Land Conservation Trust with “Brooksvale Open Space Maintenance Fund” in the memo. Find out more about why we support this once-in-a-lifetime open space opportunity. Read more.
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Join our Virtual Cleanup
Join your land trust and Save the Sound for our virtual cleanup during the 2020 Connecticut Cleanup, part of the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup. Last year alone, this statewide effort removed over 6,000 pounds of trash from our beaches, parks, and riverbanks. Here in Hamden we're part of the Long Island Sound watershed and for several years, we've sponsored a cleanup at Oak Street Beach in nearby West Haven. This year, we're hosting a virtual cleanup. Register now to join us in collecting trash anywhere in Hamden anytime during September and October (select the Virtual Cleanup option).
Please go out solo or in small groups of no more than four people. Wear masks, gloves and practice physical distancing. Don’t forget to download the Clean Swell app to your mobile phone ahead of time to record the trash you collect as you go—this data helps Save the Sound and other organizations advocate for environmental action and legislation. Have fun and let’s do our part to keep trash out of our local waterways! For instructions on using the Clean Swell app, click here. To watch the virtual cleanup kickoff, click here. |
Annual Meeting - Oct 1
Save the date: Thursday Oct. 1st, 6:30-8:00 P.M. the Hamden Land Conservation Trust will hold its annual meeting and election of board members online. We will also have a presentation by Jim Sirch, HLCT Board Member, Yale-Peabody Museum Education Coordinator, and author of the blog "Beyond Your Back Door" as he shares his insights on open space preservation, nature and pollinators. If you are a member, please check your inbox for meeting access. Otherwise, request access to the meeting via our Contact page. Hope you can join us!
Doug Tallamy Event
Save the date for an online presentation by Doug Tallamy on Wednesday, November 11 at 6:30pm. Dr. Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, a seminal book that has inspired millions to plant for pollinators. Watch for details on how to join this exclusive online presentation sponsored by your land trust.
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Powder Farm
The Powder Farm property in southern Hamden has remained contaminated and off-limits to the community for decades. Recently, Save the Sound, CONECT and neighborhood leaders held an online forum to share what makes this property special, the history of environmental racism in Hamden, how we can push a cleanup forward, and what Powder Farm could become.
In 2004, students at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies released a management plan for the property. See that document's Executive Summary and Conclusions.
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