

The Council’s mission is to advocate for land preservation, stewardship and funding, and ensure the long term strength and viability of the land conservation community. The intent of the new Council is to enable our conservation community to better learn from each other and to even more effectively advocate for critical issues at the State Capitol.
The Connecticut Land Conservation Council was formed in 2006 by the merger of two existing programs of The CT Chapter of Nature Conservancy: the Land Trust Service Bureau (LTSB) and the Land Conservation Coalition for Connecticut (LCCC). The Council provides CT’s conservation community with:
- Technical assistance and referrals for land trusts and other organizations on Connecticut-specific conservation topics
- A new and improved website to increase communications with the membership of CLCC
- Training and education, including the annual Convocation
- A voice and advocate for your organization and at the capitol
- Your source of conservation news and activity
- A venue for bringing forward issues of importance to other conservation groups
The CT Land Conservation Council Steering Committee
- Kevin Case, Chair
Land Trust Alliance
- Amy Blaymore Paterson
The Trust for Public Land
- Sandy Breslin
Audubon Connecticut
- Elaine LaBella
Housatonic Valley Association
- David Bingham
Salem Land Trust
- Tom O'Dell
CT Association of Conservation and Inland Wetland Commissions
- Charles Leach
Farmington Land Trust
- Katchen Coley
Middletown Garden Club
- Hunter Brawley
Brawley Consulting Group
- Chuck Howard
Simsbury Land Trust
- Damon Hearne
CT Forest & Park Association
We are actively recruiting volunteers to serve on the Council’s working committees; please contact Sarah Pellegrino, Program Coordinator, at (203) 568-6293 if you would be interested in joining the Finance and Administration Committee; the Training, Education and Communications Committee or the Advocacy Committee.
Nature picture credits (left to right): Photo © Alden Warner (Azaleas); Photo © Cheryl Rose (Green frog).
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