OUR PRESERVES
We preserve land and the natural waterways
and wildlife around it. Forever.
This Land is Your Land.
When the Trust began in the late 1960's Rachel Carlson's "Silent Spring" was still fresh in a lot of people's minds. The environment was under assault. Many of our rivers were polluted. The summertime air was hazy with smog. Suburban sprawl was eating up an increasing amount of our acreage. As in many other communities, a Land Trust was formed by local citizens to do what they could, to counter the negative effects of progress. Their hearts were in the right place. Today, the rivers are cleaner, the air cleaner and some very nice pieces of property have been protected. The urgency of protecting land may not be what it once was, but the benefits of having so much land in the area extend to everyone. Our quality of life is improved.
PROPERTIES
Two parcels; trails, woodland, birding
87 acres (total) near Hillandale Blvd. and Penny Lane.
Timberlake East
Woodland buffering active farmland.
8.5 acres
George Allen Property
University Drive.; woodland buffering Torrington Water Company
67 acres
Harold Burns Property
Four Story Lane.
(This acquisition eventually led to the larger Ronda Burns acquisition.)
.3 acres
Hogan Property
Weed Rd.; woodland bordering on Bantam River
20 acres
Lester Tract
Lover’s Lane brook; beautiful stonewalls and wildlife. 10.5 acres.
Brooks Property
Goshen Rd., bordering on First Ecclesiastic Cemetery and Water Company watershed.
16.5 acres
McLean Property
Newfield Rd.
.2 acres
Meadowview
Borders Paugnut State Forest
4 acres
Northwoods
Woodlands and wetlands
3 parcels of land, approximately 29 acres, off White Pine Rd.
Ronda Burns Tract
Woodlands
35 acres west of Wyoming Ave.
Carriage Lane
Wildlife Habitat
7 acres of off Carriage Lane on city’s east side.
Pfistner Property
Roberts St.
.67 acres bordering rest home.
Stillwater Pond Rd.; marsh woodland and dramatic rockfall. Donated by Theresa Shirer. 20 acres
Leona Zele Property
4 acres along Winsted Rd north of Kennedy Drive
Leon Zele Property
Woodland, wildlife sanctuary
13 acres off Kennedy Drive, north of city’s Alvord Park
Trobel Property
New Litchfield St, marsh
20.4 acres
Fragale Property
Hassig Rd.; marsh
15.6 acres
Santa Maria Property
Santa Maria Drive
2 acres
LaGanga Property
Hayden Hill Rd.; woodland
3 acres
Church St.; the dam is the last vestige of the Brass Industry in Torrington
12 acres. The prettiest spot on the river in downtown!
Blinkoff Property
Felicity Drive; one of our first acquisitions, practice for what ensued
.36 acres.
Hewitt Property
Off Westside Lane; landlocked. Originally was reserved as a woodlot for the first settlers in town. 16 acres. Above is Allen Stickles, former officer of the Trust, thanking Gertrude Hewitt for her donation of land.
Starks Road
Borders Paugnut State Forest