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FOUNDED IN 1895
CFPA welcomes you!

The Connecticut Forest and Park Association, the 
oldest private nonprofit environmental organization in Connecticut, invites you to explore
our site and to join us in preserving, protecting and enjoying our natural heritage.

113 YEARS OF CONSERVATION  

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CFPA News: Eric Hammerling has joined the Connecticut Forest & Park Association as its new Executive Director. Details



News:
National Scenic Trail advances in Congress

Blue Blazed Trail Information


Connecticut
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CFPA's
on-line Bookstore

CFPA Research Notes

Resource Center
Links
Providing a comprehensive online resource on the environment and the outdoors in Connecticut.

Find out more about CFPA's efforts in:

Ensuring a healthy environment.

Promoting parks, trails and greenways.

Land Preservation.

Education.

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Merritt Parkway

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 Connecticut Walk Book
 East &West

are now available!

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There are always changes happening on our trails - relocation's, closures, additions.
To keep abreast of these changes or to report conditions please go to this page.


Trails Day 2008
June 7th

Trails Day Info and downloadable Brochure is available here.


Check our Programs.


  Join us for:
 

Guided Hikes & Family Nature Programs

Saturday, 5/31; Easy Hike at Highland Park
Saturday, 5/31; Cockaponset State Forest
Saturday, 5/31; Mclean Game Refuge


  Trail Work Parties

Saturday, May 10:   Cockaponset Trail, Haddam.  
Saturday, June 7:   Orange-blazed multi –use trail, Cockaponset State Forest, Haddam
Saturday, June 7:   Mohawk Trail, Cornwall. 
June 21:  CCC Trail, Natchaug State Forest, Eastford.

or
attend one of
CFPA's Education Programs


CFPA offers professional development workshops for formal and informal educators, student programs, scout badge programs as well as adult & family activities for members and the public.

Educators

CFPA has issued an RFP concerning development of
Connecticut Standards Correlation's to Project Learning Tree.
Trained Project Learning Tree (PLT) Educators are eligible to apply.

Hiking Information: An important safety reminder concerning hunting season!

Notice: Trail Changes
QUINNIPIAC TRAIL - Trail Interruption, Hamden
WILDWOOD TRAIL, Cockaponset State Forest, Haddam
Mattabesett Trail - Route 154 to Aircraft Road in Middletown
Metacomet closed in East Granby

Westwoods Trails re-open.
Mattabesett - Note parking restrictions on River Road in Middletown
A temporary interruption of the Shenipsit Trail in Vernon
A temporary closure of the Metacomet Trail in West Hartford

A temporary closure of the Saugatuck Trail
A 2.50-mile section of the Mattabesett Trail on  Lamentation Mountain is closed
Quinnipiac Trail relocated around YMCA Camp Laurel in Hamden
Metacomet Trail relocated around Shuttle Meadow Reservoir
 Tree Harvest on Mattabesett
Relocation open in Durham

Details at Trail News.



Metacomet, Mattabesett, and Monadnock National Trail Study

House Passes New England National Scenic Trail Bill

CFPA Board and Trails Committee endorse findings of NPS Study.
Read here


In 2002, the United States congress authorized the National Park Service to conduct a study of these trails as possible candidates for inclusion in America's National Trails system.

 The NPS Study and recommendations are now available.

  Go to www.mmmtrail.org for more information. You
may link from that site to the NPS site to download the study.


CFPA Research Notes

CFPA has undertaken a program of applied research and outreach.
A series of reports of interest to landowners growing forest trees and those in the timber business are now available.

Just added - Research Note 5 -
'A Strategic Outlook for Connecticut Timber Investors:
Some Observations and Commentary '

View them all here


CFPA's blog site!

Read the blog (an online journal) of CFPA's Education Coordinator as she shares her views on nature's replenishment of the spirit.
Share your thoughts on hiking, outdoor family time and environmental education.

CFPA  Conserves Forestland

CFPA has purchased 80 acres of hemlock and hardwood forest along the Fenton River in Willington. A section of the Blue Blazed Nipmuck Trail is on this property.  These 80 acres are known as the North Property.

For details


Earn a commemorative patch!

Hike the Quinnipiac Trail, the Metacomet Trail, or the Mattabesett Trail from start to finish and earn an historic patch

America's Forest Research Policy
CFPA is collaborating with the Blue Ribbon Panel on America's Forest Research Policy.
The report to Congress is available at this location.

 





CFPA is the "Connecticut Affiliate" of the National Wildlife Federation.
The largest grassroots conservation organization in the U.S.
CFPA is an affiliate of the American Hiking Society.


Your comments are invited. E-mail them to CFPA , call at (860) 346-2372, or write to:
Connecticut Forest and Park Association, 16 Meriden Rd., Rockfall, CT 06481-2961

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