| Our trail guide costs $6.00 and is available at our events and at the Friends of the Library bookstore on Colony Street. Supplies of this limited printing are quickly dwindling. Sorry, Out of print at this time! If you are interesed in a b&w photocopy of this guide for a $5.00 donation, please let us know. Meriden Land Trust T-shirts are available for $15.00 at meetings, at our events or by contacting us by e-mail. Purchasing these items helps support the Meriden Land Trust. |
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| Board of Directors 2007-2008 Bill Revill- President/Director Gerard Adelman - Vice President/Director Mary Ellen Mordarski - Secretary/Director Jessica Kogut - Treasurer/Director Phil Ashton - Director Dwight Needels - Director |
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| Click here for information on the vandalism at Hunter's Trail, the Dee Avenue & Bruce Lane property in South Meriden. |
| Meriden Land Trust P.O. Box 1745 Meriden CT 06450 |
| since 1991.. |
| The Meriden Land Trust Lecture series: for information on our past lectures, click here. |
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| If you would like to receive e-mails about our meetings and events, please let us know and we'll be happy to add you to our e-mailing list. |
| Please join us for our next meeting, Wednesday, May 26, 2008 at 7:00,room 28, City Hall. |
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| What we are about: While Meriden is known primarily as a small industrial city with a large shopping mall in the center of Connecticut, it is also rightfully known for it unique mix of urban and rural characteristics. With its spectacular hanging hills, trap rock ridges, extensive trail system, farmland, lakes and streams, Meriden has much natural beauty to preserve. Development continues to encroach on Meriden's remaining open spaces as it does throughout central Connecticut. Founded in 1991, the Meriden Land Trust was established to help preserve these fragile resources in our community. Open space and habitat preservation are essential to the quality of all our lives. The land the Meriden Land Trust conserves will remain forever open and free from development; it will remain open to those who love the land, and to the wildlife that relies upon it. The Meriden Land Trust is an all-volunteer non-profit organization devoted to protecting the natural environment of Meriden. We strive to help maintain the delicate balance between the rural and urban aspects of our community. The Meriden Land Trust provides an effective way to preserve Meriden’s natural assets which might otherwise disappear. As a private, local, nonprofit service organization, we can operate in areas where it might be impractical for the town or national organizations to act. We can and we have acquired pockets of open space of great value to the wildlife of Meriden.. As of this writing the Meriden Land Trust owns and protects three separate properties in Meriden, a total of approximately nine acres. While these are all relatively small properties, two are in residential neighborhoods on the east side of town and add to the quality of life in those areas. Our third property is also on the east side of town in a less densely populated residential area. These properties will never be developed and will forever remain in their natural state. All of our current properties were donated to the Meriden Land Trust to insure that these pieces of land remain protected and undeveloped. In May of 2002, the Meriden Land Trust and the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center began what has become an annual joint venture in presenting speakers knowledgeable about the natural history such as the geology and archeology of our area. This highly successful series has attracted a growing audience each year and helps us reach out to the Meriden community. In November 2004, the Meriden Land Trust presented its first benefit concert with guitar virtuoso Steve Nystrup. Watch for details on our next benefit event! Your involvment and support insures that we can continue our work in protecting the natural habitat of Meriden. Together, we can all help maintain Meriden's balance between the rural and urban aspects of our community. Please join us! We do need your support. |
| visit our new Flickr photo page |
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| Hope you saw us at Meriden's Daffodil Festival! April 26 & 27, 2008 at Hubbard Park |
| Join us for dinner on Tuesday June 10th at Westbrook Lobster in Yalesville. 15% of your bill will go to support the work of the Meriden Land Trust. Details to follow. |
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