| "Meriden's Hiking Trails" A limited number of a special reprinting will be available at the Daffodil Festival or at our meeting or events. 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 2008-2009 Dwight Needels - President/Director Roger Kemp - Vice President/Director Mary Ellen Mordarski - Secretary/Director Susan Weronik - Treasurer/Director Phil Ashton - Director Bill Revill - Director |
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| Click here for information on the vandalism at Ice Pond Brook, 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. |
| ENDING SOON: We have been offered a time-limited dollar for dollar matching donation on all new memberships, both individual and organizational, donations and other fund raising sources, such a t-shirt sales, the Westbrook Lobster dinner fundraiser, the QRWA tag sale. We depend on your support so that we may continue our work in preserving the open spaces in your home town. If you are considering membership or making a donation, this is the time to stretch your dollar. You may click below for a membership form. The Meriden Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization. |
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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 five separate properties in Meriden. 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. The Ice Pond Brook property in South Meriden, is out biggest piece. 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. Watch for details on our next benefit event! Your involvement 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. |
| be sure to visit our Flickr photo site |
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| We are delighted to have Peter Picone give a powerpoint slide show and lecture entitled "Wildlife Is My Passion." This free presentation will be at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, 10/06/09 at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center on East Main St. across from City Hall. A reminder will be sent out as the date approaches, but go ahead and put it on your calendar. Here is a short description.
Local Author and Wildlife Biologist Peter Picone will deliver a powerpoint slide show about his lifetime experiences and insights about wildlife in Connecticut. He will share excerpts from his book "Wildlife Is My Passion". Mr. Picone grew up enjoying the outdoors and nature found in the Quinnipiac River watershed including Southington, Cheshire and Meriden. He works as a professional wildlife biologist for the Connecticut DEP. For more information about Mr. Picone's background and published works, go to www.wildlifepassion.net. Also of potential interest is a photo exhibit called Consider the Quinnipiac. If you would like to attend the opening at 5:30pm on 07/08/09 in the New Haven City Hall atrium, RSVP through email or a phone call (see web page for details). www.considerthequinnipiac.com |
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| Thanks to everyone who attended our last meeting of the summer. One of the things we decided was dates for our Fall meetings and the next presentation in the Meriden Land Trust Lecture Series. Mark your calendars!
Meetings will be held the 3rd Wednesday of each month in Rm 28 at City Hall (on the lowest floor). Those dates are 09/16/09, 10/21/09, and 11/18/09. |