Conserving Connecticut for Today & Tomorrow

We connect people to forests, parks, and the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails to ensure their protection for future generations.

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URGENT: Double your impact—defend forests and trails! Federal funding cuts, extreme weather, and development threaten the forests and trails you love. Your gift of $100 or more is DOUBLED to defend the natural places that make Connecticut home.

Defend the Places You Love!

photo by Paul Rochford

We connect people to the land in order to protect forests, parks & the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails in Connecticut for future generations.

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Connecticut Woodlands

Summer 2025

Read stories about the Terrapin Tracking project, Wesleyan University students building on tradition, bird flu, and more!

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CFPA Stories

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Meet Your 2025 CWCC Fall Trail Crew

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Sacred Land

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Building on Tradition

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CFPA’s Master Woodland Manager Program Marks Five Years with Record Enrollment

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CFPA Events

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December 2, 2025

9:00 am - 7:30 pm

Giving Tuesday Hikes at Highlawn Forest

Rockfall

December 4, 2025

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The Winslow Society: Art & Nature

Old Lyme

December 7, 2025

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Nature Nerds Hike at West Rock Ridge State Park

Hamden