Plant Explorers
In the spring of 2012 Doug McGrady led plant exploration walks for the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society and the Connecticut Botanical Society on the Chase Reservoir property in Killingly. The property is owned and managed by the Town of Killingly and the conservation easement is held by the Wyndham Land Trust. You can view a list of the plants Doug discovered on the Killingly Conservation Commission web site. (The Wyndham Land Trust and the Killingly Conservation Commission are holding a joint "Walking Weekend"event at the Chase Reservoir in October.) Below - Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) and Early Blue Violet (Viola subsinuata) at the Chase Reservoir. Photos by Doug McGrady.
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New MacFarlane Preserve in Eastford
Working with the land trust, MacFarlane permanently protected this twenty-five acre parcel adjacent to Natchaug Forest on November 18th. The family has owned and lived on this land for three generations. MacFarlane chose to name the preserve in honor of her father.
Donor Jo-Ann MacFarlane of Abington Road in Eastford and Wyndham Land Trust board member Andy Rzeznikiewicz look over the newly established Robert McFarlane, Jr. Preserve in Eastford.
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The Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve in Woodstock
The 55-acre Linda J. Rapoport Memorial Preserve on Pulpit Rock Road in Woodstock, previously donated to the Wyndham Land Trust by Ken Rapoport and Barclay Henderson, has expanded by 37 acres. Thanks to the combined efforts of Avis Spaulding and Mr. Rapoport, the new parcel of land will be named The Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve.
Mrs. Spaulding wished to perpetually preserve some of the 160-acre Spaulding family farm as conservation land. Mr. Rapoport purchased 55 of the acres donating 37 of them to the land trust at the end of 2010. The following pictures show the protected wetland on the Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve and a visitor enjoying a Sunday afternoon walk (on the leash).
Mrs. Spaulding wished to perpetually preserve some of the 160-acre Spaulding family farm as conservation land. Mr. Rapoport purchased 55 of the acres donating 37 of them to the land trust at the end of 2010. The following pictures show the protected wetland on the Paul and Avis Spalding Preserve and a visitor enjoying a Sunday afternoon walk (on the leash).
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Another substantial land donation abuts Quaddick State Forest on Leclair Road in Thomson. Donated by Marie Leclair, the parcel is 76 acres in size and located near the Wyndham Land Trust’s 79-acre Tamler Preserve.
“Marie's husband, Roland, purchased the property in the mid 1950’s. Marie enjoyed countless hours hiking around the property with her three beloved dogs. She is happy that this forest will be protected forever,” said Andy Rzeznikiewicz, a member of the Wyndham Land Trust Board of Directors.
