Meriden Land Trust Lecture series

May 9, 2002. State Geologist Roger Lewis at the first of the MLT and Augusta Curtis Cultural Center's presentations.

May 6, 2003.  State Archeologist Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni at the MLT and Augusta Curtis Cultural Center's presentation on the archeology of central Connecticut.

May 11, 2004. Meriden City Planner Dominick Caruso speaks at the MLT and the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center's third annual presentation.

On May 10, 2005, the MLT and the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center presented Hartford Courant Outdoor reporter Steve Grant in his talk on hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Over eighty people joined us on May 9, 2006 at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center as local photographer and former Conservation Commissioner Bob Pagini shared his digital photographs of some of the most beautful parts of Meriden. It was an evening of great photographic art combined with a renewed appreciation of the stunningly beautiful hills and dales of Meriden.

Coyotes in Our Midst: Local Coyote expert Tom Pepe spoke on the coyotes of our area on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at the Augusta Curtis Cultural  Center.  This was our sixth annual presentation with the ACCC.   Over one hundred people attended this standing room only talk. We hope you enjoyed it! Read Dan Champagne's Record-Journal article about Tom here.

On Tuesday April 8, 2008, we presented Robert Rocks of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protections speaking on "Connecticut's Changing Landscape: Challenges Past, Present and Future." Rocks, the DEP Service forester for New Haven, Middlesex and Hartford counties, covered the evolution of our Connecticut Landscape with a focus on the past (going back 13,000 years), present and future challenges to forest stewardship. Among the current challenges he addressed are the invasion of non-native species, the rising deer population and climate change, and how to address these challenges.