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Plan for West Haven Shoreline Resilience and Coastal Restoration Project Nearly Complete

by mwilkes | Mar 21, 2024 | News, Press Releases

The West Haven Shoreline Resilience and Coastal Restoration Project is at the 90% design stage with the final design to be completed in about a month. The project will restore 1.5 acres of public shoreline adjacent to Old Grove Park to a native coastal plant...

Three West Haven Students Win Top Prize in Poetry Contest  

by Renny | Apr 10, 2022 | Community Outreach, Events/Calendar, Homepage Events, News, Press Releases, The Poetry Post

Poems written by Julian Esposito (3rd grade, Mackrille School), Muhammad Kabila (4th grade, Savin Rock School), and Rylie Boynton (8th grade, Bailey Middle School) were chosen from more than 100 entries for the top prize in the Land Trust of...

The Land Trust of West Haven Announces the Launch of Its Native Plant Initiative

by Renny | Oct 7, 2021 | News

FALL IS FOR PLANTING (and native plants are best!) The Native Plant Initiative (NPI) aims to take an active role in furthering the overarching purpose of the Land Trust, which is to promote the preservation of West Haven’s natural resources and open space, and to...

Hawkins Becomes Board Member Emeritus of Land Trust West Haven

by Renny | Jun 22, 2012 | Articles, Media, News, Newsletters, Press Releases, Protected Lands

“In recognition of his extraordinary guidance and support to help preserve West Haven’s shoreline and open space, Attorney Barry Hawkins was awarded status as a Board Member Emeritus by the Land Trust of West Haven, Inc. During the appreciation dinner held in his...

Over 80 Volunteers Celebrate National Estuaries Day With Beach Cleanup at Sandy Point

by Renny | Nov 11, 2011 | Autumn, Community Outreach, Nature In Motion, News, Seasons

On September 24, 2011, The Land Trust of West Haven coordinated a beach cleanup at Sandy Point with Save The Sound, a program of The Connecticut Fund for the Environment. In addition to being part of the Ocean Conservancy’s “International Coastal Cleanup”...

Connecticut’s Fisheries History. Can the Past Help us now? The Year 1912 to Present

by Renny | Jun 14, 2011 | Community Outreach, News

Highlights of presentation by Tim Visel, Coordinator, The Sound School Regional Vocational Aquaculture Center, to 50 people who attended program hosted by the Land Trust, June 8, 2011 Connecticut’s fisheries first supported native Americans and then early settlers...
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