http://www.massland.org/2013-mlc-conference-materials The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition is a voluntary association of land trusts founded to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information, to increase the effectiveness of Massachusetts land trusts in working with the state legislature and environmental agencies, and to promote high professional standards. The Coalition has played a crucial role [...]
Welcome to a slideshow of scenes of The Sheep Farm followed by a packet of maps. Below the maps is a detailed history of the property, and a description of it in both words and pictures. We will be adding pictures of The Merritt Family Forest and Candlewood Ridge to the slideshow soon. Another [...]
By Charles Boos with Patty Oat On a recent visit to The Merritt Family Forest, you may have noticed small plastic tubes and wire cages surrounding seedlings that have been planted throughout the field margins. A closer look would reveal that many of the structures are protecting seedlings of the American chestnut tree. The American [...]
Welcome to you all: To the Merritts, Nelson, his daughters Susan, Nancy, and Debra, to Tom & Hannah Treuer and John & Carly Matroienni. I hope to introduce you to some of the folks that were able to be here today that have been involved in GOSA, and who have done so much to transform [...]
A beautiful summer/fall day on Monday, October 10, 2011 with temperatures in the high 70’s greeted the 39 guests plus some young neighborhood boys and several wild turkeys. We gathered in a circle of chairs to celebrate Mary Cory Merritt’s life.
Rick Newton is a Vice President and Chairman of the Stewardship Committee of the Avalonia Land Conservancy. His letter on Open Space was published on August 4 in The Mystic River Press, and the full text follows: Recent news reports regarding the concerns of Stonington citizens about the Mary Hall/Greenhaven Road proposed subdivision show that [...]
NEW LONDON — The Day added the Groton Sheep Farm to its guide to hiking sites in the area with an article in the July 23, 2011 issue. Sasha Goldstein, writer of the article, comments: “Nestled just off I-95, this 63-acre tract of land in Groton provides varied, beautiful terrain for a walk in the [...]
GROTON — The GOSA website has posted a 1,500-word article by Nelson Merritt about the Fort Hill Farm where he grew up, a 75-acre portion of which now is The Merritt Family Forest. Also added to the website is a newspaper article describing Mr. Merritt’s remarkable post-farm career as an engineer with significant achievements in [...]
By Sidney F. Van Zandt, GOSA Vice President GROTON — Connecticut Trails Day sponsored by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association, manager of the Blue Trail System, is on Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Groton. Three tours are available in Groton: ( For descriptions see below.) They are sponsored by Groton Open Space Association (gosaonline.org), [...]
By Joan Smith, GOSA President GROTON — The Groton Open Space Association has received the Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s prestigious annual award for Outstanding Land Acquisition Effort. The award was presented at the CLCC 2011 conference Saturday, April 30 at the Exley Science Center at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Other categories for the CLCC’s Excellence in [...]
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