Following the completion of the dam removal and restoration of Sawmill Brook, the Middlesex Land Trust is exploring ways to make Highland Pond Preserve more welcoming and accessible. We want your input. Whether you personally experience accessibility barriers or simply care about conservation and inclusion in our community, your perspective will help inform our next steps.
Beaver Pond at Rattlesnake Brook. By: Catie Resor Last September, we held the Middlesex Land Trust annual meeting. We hosted a speaker, Dr. Tracy Rittenhouse from the University of Connecticut, who studies large carnivores in the…
View looking south over the pond in 2021. Note the heavy aquatic vegetation. (Biohabitats) By: Stuart Winquist Our primary focus for the Highland Pond dam removal was for restoration of freshwater habitat for diadromous (migratory) fish…
Join naturalist and MxLT steward Lucy Meigs for a ~3.5-mile loop Women of the Woods hike in the Mica Ledges and Mt. Pisgah Preserves. We will take a look at the beaver activity along Chalker Brook and visit the beautiful Whitney…
This summer marked a major milestone for the Middlesex Land Trust: The completion of the dam removal and stream restoration at Highland Pond Preserve in Middletown. The project has transformed a century-old impoundment into a reconnected,…
Jeff Dickey-Chasins If you’ve ever spent an hour in the Connecticut woods, you’ve probably heard the knocking of a woodpecker’s beak against a tree trunk. There are seven species of woodpeckers that frequent our forests, parks,…
By Catie ResorBoard Member, Middlesex Land Trust Webs on a fall morning (swamp) You’ve probably had the experience of walking along a trail in the fall and finding a little wooly bear caterpillar trundling along underfoot.…
By Ralph UrbanPresident, Middlesex Land Trust The 2024 Annual Report of the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality, issued last April, describes a mixture of successes and inadequacies in summing up the state of the environment in…
Join hike leader John for a 2-mile hike over moderate terrain. Enjoy the beautiful vistas, autumn woods, and scenic features of Mica Ledges Preserve. Meet at the end of Cream Pot Rd. in Durham. Google Map…
You are invited to the Middlesex Land Trust's Annual Meeting Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 9:30 AMdeKoven House27 Washington StreetMiddletown, CT 06457 Doors open at 9:30 AM for arrival and meet and greet. The meeting will…