Below are lots of links to organizations & information resources of interest (like publications and maps). If you know of other land trust, preservation or conservation organizations that we should include, please email us so that we can add them!
Conservation & nature study organizations
Local area
Nature Centers
New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park
Other Area Land Trusts
Meriden Land Trust
Middlesex Land Trust (northern Middlesex County)
Find other CT Land Trusts: Land Trust Alliance search page
Other local conservation groups
Mattabesset River Watershed Association (MRWA)
Ragged Mountain Foundation (RMF) (Southington)
State-wide (Connecticut)
Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District (CRCCD)
The Nature Conservancy - CT Chapter
Connecticut Watershed Conservation Network
Connecticut Audubon Society Check out Connecticut Audubon Society's new Connecticut State of the Birds publication!
Trust for Public Land - Connecticut page
- - TPL's "Listen to the River" hearings (2006-07) - Helping to identify important lands for conservation in the Connecticut River watershed
Farmland Preservation
Connecticut Farmland Trust
Working Lands Alliance (WLA is a CT-based project of American Farmland Trust.)
National:
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
The Conservation Fund
Land Trust Alliance (LTA): About Land Trusts
Trust for Public Land
- - TPL in New England
Farmland Preservation
American Farmland Trust
Farmland Information Center
Trails, Maps & Education
Trails
Hiking in Berlin (on town of Berlin website)
Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA)
Check out the current list of CFPA programs in CT!
Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail: National Scenic Trail Study
Giuffrida Park (Meriden)
Maps & Educational Materials
CT State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
DEP Store - Publications on Connecticut's Environment, Geology, Natural History and Outdoor Recreation Mapping
Internet Guide to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
University of Connecticut websites
NEMO Website (Non-point Education for Municipal Officials)
CLEAR Website (Center for Land Use Education and Research)
CT’s Changing Landscape - a CLEAR Project
Geospatial Technology Program (GTP) - another CLEAR project focusing on the use of geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), and global positioning systems (GPS)
Town Government websites: Berlin & other nearby towns
Town of Berlin: http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/
Berlin's Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) is available in Acrobat (PDF) file format:
http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/content/2821/66/153/default.aspx
City of Middletown: http://www.cityofmiddletown.com/
City of Meriden: http://www.cityofmeriden.org/
Town of Southington: http://www.southington.org/
Town of Cromwell: http://www.cromwellct.com/
Town of Rocky Hill: http://www.ci.rocky-hill.ct.us/
City of New Britain: http://www.new-britain.net/
Town of Newington: http://www.ci.newington.ct.us/
If you know of other land trust, preservation or conservation organizations that we should include, email us!
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