November Newsletter

Dear Catherine,

Last year, NCLC promised to accelerate the pace of conservation -- and this year, we delivered. In 2023, we worked with our partners to secure protection for over 6,300 acres of land. This extraordinary outcome would not have been possible without your generosity.



From Colebrook in the north to Brookfield in the south, NCLC has been working to save the lands you love. There is more information about a few of these properties below. You will hear updates about them and others in the months and years to come as we continue our work with community members, partner non-profits, and state and regional agencies to raise the funds necessary to protect these properties permanently and to convert three of the properties into premier public nature preserves.

Now is a good time of year to show your support for this accelerated pace of conservation by renewing your NCLC membership. Your continued generosity helps us to continue to protect the land you love.

I hope you will join me in giving thanks to all our partners who work so diligently with us to protect the wild and natural lands and waters for you, for wildlife, forever.

I wish you a warm and bountiful Thanksgiving.

With gratitude,

Here are a few of the magnificent properties that NCLC is protecting for you.

Webinar: Conserving Northwest Connecticut

Wednesday, November 15

6 pm - 7 pm

Do you have questions about the future of conservation in Connecticut?

A panel of experts from NCLC and our partners at the Connecticut Land Conservation Council, Housatonic Valley Association, Save the Sound, and The Nature Conservancy, will discuss the region's comprehensive conservation report, Conserving Northwest 

Connecticut: Adaptive Strategies for Accelerating the Pace of Conservation.

Annual Meeting and

Holiday Party

Sunday, December 10

3 pm - 5 pm

Kent Community House

Kent, Connecticut

Join NCLC's board, staff, and volunteers for a festive evening celebrating community and conservation at NCLC's

Annual Meeting and Holiday Party. This is a great opportunity to learn more about NCLC's goal to safeguard 30% of Northwest Connecticut's natural lands and waters by 2030!

NCLC is hiring and we hope you will join our team. NCLC welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs to join us in achieving our mission to protect the lands and waters of Northwest Connecticut forever. To apply for an open position, please visit our Job Opportunities page.

Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy is a nonprofit regional land trust and the largest land trust in the state. As a guardian of natural and working lands, public recreation areas, and drinking water resources, NCLC permanently protects 13,300 acres (and growing) of vast, connected natural areas in Litchfield and northern Fairfield Counties.