Wintonbury

The Wintonbury Land Trust was established in 1982 to preserve the natural environmental resources so important to the quality of life in Bloomfield, Connecticut. At present the Wintonbury Land Trust holds and preserves over 200 acres principally in the Town of Bloomfield, as well as Windsor, West Hartford and Simsbury, Connecticut. Our 17 distinct properties range in size from less than 1 acre up to 46 acres. Year round ponds can be found on four of our properties and one parcel even supports an active waterfall.

The Wintonbury Land Trust is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation established to engage in and promote for the benefit of the general public the preservation, improvement, protection and conservation of natural resources principally in but not limited to the Town of Bloomfield, Connecticut, including streams and water sources, wetland, woodland, farmland, and other open space, including the plant and animal life thereon, and unique scenic, natural and historic sites. Visit our blog for property reports.

Events

  • WINTONBURY LAND TRUST 2012 CELEBRATION

    Begin the New Year with warmth and friendship at the Wintonbury Hills Golf Course 206 Terry Plains Road, Bloomfield onJanuary 20, 2012 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Come help us celebrate a year of accomplishments: Stout’s Fields, Lisa Lane    Community         Farm, Thrall Potato Barn and Farm,  LaSalette Trail and other volunteer coordinated activities of the 2011 year. Appetizers and Light Dinner Fare with Cash Bar Snow Date 1-27 verified through the land trust web site: wintonburylandtrust.org RSVPs are appreciated by January 10:  Diane Mack  (860) 242-4832, dianemack@comcast.net or Anne Farnum,  (860) 216-0719, farnumanne@comcast.net Wintonbury Land Trust  Connecting people with nature.

Community News

  • Board Meeting 11/29

    Board Meeting Tuesday the 29th, 7:00 at 52 Duncaster Rd. See blog for agenda.

  • Auer Farm Fall Festival

    Saturday, October 1st, 11 A.M to 4 P.M.  Join us at Auer Farm’s annual fall festival for crafts, food, music, as well as visiting the animals.  http://auerfarm.org/

  • Wintonbury Land Trust Awarded Grant from New England Grassroots Environment Fund

    The Wintonbury Land Trust has received a $1250 grant from the New England Grassroots Environment Fund.  NEGEF’s small grants program provides grants to groups working on community level issues in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.  The goals of the Small Grants program are to: Increase civic engagement, volunteerism, emerging leaders and community initiatives that create health, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities at the neighborhood and town level in New England; Help community leaders move single issue, backyard debates to positive, inclusive, systemic, constructive, and lasting community solutions; Link community-based advocacy with the work of state-wide  Read More…

  • Wintonbury Land Trust Bike Tour a Success!

    Thank you to Vic Herson, Event Coordinator, of the inaugural Bike Tour (Tour du Land) of the WLT, which took place Sunday, May 22, 2011.    The goal of the tour was to showcase land trust holdings and publicize WLT activities and missions.    The Tour’s originally scheduled date was 5/15/2011 but postponed because of rain.  Despite  threatening early morning skies, the event was held under favorable bicycling conditions:  cloudy but dry. Registration/riders:  a total of 30 people registered—1/3 on-line in advance and 2/3 on the day of the ride.    Half of the registrants were from Bloomfield, the rest (in decreasing order) from  Read More…

  • Wintonbury Land Trust on Facebook

    Please become a fan. http://www.facebook.com/wintonburylandtrust

  • Hamilton Sundstrand Sustainability Grant

    WLT has received the Hamilton Sundstrand Sustainability Grant for the Thrall Project. Plans to continue trail work to connect the farm road to the wetlands path are in process for this fall. Call Dale Bertoldi at 860-243-1749 for more information.

News Archive

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