Land Trust Alliance
The Land Trust Alliance is a highly respected national organization providing strategy, support and representation to over 1300 land trusts across the nation.
Nature Conservancy CT Chapter
The mission of the Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants and animals and natural communities that represent the natural diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Lots of good information and photos in this site.
CT Forest & Park
Find out about Connecticut's blue blazed trails, and more in this informative site.
CT Farmland Trust
The Connecticut Farmland Trust is protecting our working lands by accepting donations of land and agricultural conservation easements, assisting towns and land trusts that own farmland with stewardship and management concerns, and locating and supporting farmers interested in farming protected land. Visit this site to find out more.
Preserving Family Lands
This website from Attorney Steve Small is a great place to learn more about the many ways to preserve family lands. His books are available for purchase online, too!
Trust for Public Land
The only national nonprofit organization working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being, the Trust for Public Land helps conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health and quality of life of American communities.
Town of Colchester
The Town of Colchester's website is designed to provide you an overview of Colchester, its history, things to do here, and other pertinent information.
National Resources Conservation Service USDA
For nearly 70 years, the National Resources Conservation Service has worked cooperatively with landowners, conservation districts, federal, state, and local governments, and citizens from urban and rural communities to restore and enhance the landscape.
American Farmland Trust
The American Farmland Trust helps win permanent protection for American farmland through the development and implementation of sound strategies that unite farmers, environmentalists and policymakers.
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
The mission of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is to conserve, improve and protect the natural resources and environment of the State of Connecticut in such a manner as to encourage the social and economic development of Connecticut while preserving the natural environment and the life forms it supports in a delicate, interrelated and complex balance, to the end that the state may fulfill its responsibility as trustee of the environment for present and future generations.
Working Lands Alliance
The Working Lands Alliance is a broad-based coalition, whose supporters include farmers, conservation organizations, food security groups, local government associations, and others who have joined together in an effort to halt the loss of Connecticut’s remaining farmland.
Farmland Information Library
The Farmland Information Center is a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a public/private partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust which was authorized by the federal Farmland Protection Policy Act.
Connecticut's Changing Landscape
The UConn Center for Land use Education and Research (CLEAR) has made use of cutting-edge remote sensing techniques to provide data about how our landscape has changed since 1985, with a special emphasis on the growth of developed land. Very cool maps!
Colchester Talks
A fun site full of interesting information about Colchester. Check it out!
Spring, Part 1 and Spring, Part 2
Photographs Along the Airline Trail -- Stan Malcolm miraculously captures the flora and fauna along the Airline Trail and comments on this photographic journey -- well worth a look!