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...
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...
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”...
by Renny | Jun 23, 2011 | Autumn, Community Outreach, Nature In Motion, Science/Education, Spring, Summer, Wildlife, Winter
“…known to kill geese, ducks, and other wetland bird species, and also to cause nest abandonment by Least Terns and Black Skimmers, both threatened species that are native to Long Island Sound, and which can still be found, in smaller and smaller numbers, on West...
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...
by Renny | Nov 6, 2010 | Autumn, Community Outreach, Protected Lands, Science/Education
The 15.28 acres of the Jesudowich farm was purchased by the City of West Haven in 2003 for Open Space. At that time, it was noted that Native American artifacts had been found and over two hundred of them are now a part of the collection at the Yale Peabody Museum....
by TrustAdmin | Sep 9, 2010 | News
September 25, 2010 – According to Connecticut’s Governor, Jodi Rell, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the State $1.97 million in federal grant money to preserve and protect the state’s 139 parks and forests. The funding from the...
by TrustAdmin | Sep 8, 2010 | Science/Education
The Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center at West Campus and the West Haven’s Tree Commission are holding training sessions regarding West Haven’s Tree Inventory. Public information and training began May 1 and continued through the summer. This...
by TrustAdmin | Sep 8, 2010 | Science/Education, Watershed/Wetlands
Educational Outreach – West Haven High students monitor health of the Oyster River running through Yale University’s West Campus.
by Renny | Sep 7, 2010 | Community Outreach
“Chemicals that are properly disposed of do not end up contaminating the soil (and possibly the well water below it) or our rivers and Long Island Sound.” So you are cleaning out your garden shed and you come across a container of pesticide that you no...
