New Hartford Land Trust

June 24, 2015

Volume 6, Issue 9   

Red Wing Blackbird 
Photo by Madeline McClave
 
Make a Call for Conservation in CT Today! 
The CT General Assembly's 2015 Special Session will likely end early next week and budget decisions that affect conservation will be finalized. The CT Land Conservation Council (CLCC), 
 of which NHLT is a member, has 
issued a final call to action for conservation.

 

Please read about the three key issues we are most concerned about and consider contacting our state legislators about them today. They directly affect the work of land trusts and other conservation organizations in CT. 

 

Click here to find out why we: 
  • Oppose Any Further Cuts to the Community Investment Act
     
  • Support the Bond Package to fund DEEP's Open Space & Watershed Land Acquisition (OSWLA) Grant Program and Recreational Trails Program (RTP); and, restoring funding for the Recreation & Natural Heritage Trust (RNHT) Program
     
  • Support the Amendment that removes three sections of concern from the Conveyance Act

Thank you!  

 

  Do something different this weekend . . . count birds! 

 

Summer Bird Count
Around New Hartford
With Fran Zygmont

Sunday, June 28 
7:00 a.m.

Cedar Waxwing in Mulberry MRM
Cedar Waxwing in Mulberry Tree
Photo by Madeline McClave

Join Birder Extraordinaire
Fran Zygmont of the
Litchfield Hills Audubon Society
as he travels to various locations
around New Hartford for the annual, summer bird count. Please e-mail or
call us if you plan to join so we can
let you know where to meet, if
weather will cancel, etc. (Steady
 rain does cancel.) It will also help
Fran to know the group size.

If you would like to accompany Fran at about 3:00 a.m. on Sunday looking for owls, let us know!


Click  here for information from the National Audubon Society on threats to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
 
Be a Friend to Pollinators!

Go to the web sites at right to find out how to do that!

Did you know that, historically, there are 326 species of bees in Connecticut? Many are in decline including bumblebees. Learn more!
  
Butterfly MRM
  Tiger Swallowtail 
Photo by Madeline McClave
 

National Pollinator Week

was last week. To celebrate,  

NHLT is donating some wonderful new books about pollinators for adults and children to the libraries in town. Check them out in a few weeks!

  

 

Thanks to the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation, we are working to make our Alfred Sabolcik Property more attractive to pollinators and other wildlife. We have  purchased native meadow plant plugs from the New England Wildflower Society's Nasami Farm. If you can help dig in these plants that attract butterflies, bees and other native pollinators, please e-mail us.
Quick Links

 

 

Bumblebee on Apple Blossom at Hayward Farm 
Photo by Solveig Hayward

Did you know that our native bumblebees are declining?

 

Save These Dates! More hikes to come. . .
Hummingbird Moth  Photo by Madeline McClave

     

 

Sunday, July 19th at 1:00 p.m.  

Guided Hike:  Insect and Plant Interactions

with Rob Clarke, Ph.D. Student at Wesleyan 

 

Marlene with giant mushroom
'Mushroom' Marlene

 

 

October 3rd at 10:00 a.m.

Mushroom Walk
with Marlene Snecinski  

 

 

 Saturday, October 17th 

4th Annual Fall Frolic at Ski Sundown 

Live Music, Great Food, Bonfire,

Costume Parade and Other Activities for Kids 

      

Join the Fall Frolic Planning Committee! E-mail us for the next meeting date.

 

We also need folks to help decorate, move furniture, pick up farm items, bake a dessert, tend the bonfire or clean up on the night of the event.
There are many ways to pitch in! 

New Hartford Land Trust

P.O. Box 272
New Hartford, CT 06057
 
For more information, please e-mail us at:   newhartfordlandtrust@yahoo.com
or call 860-480-4844.