The Granby Land Trust, working with community partners and supported by a vibrant membership, preserved 320 acres in Granby this year, including the acquisition of a conservation easement on the majority of the historic and environmentally important Holcomb Farm Property. Two additional properties were acquired—The Longley-Weed Preserve (29 acres) and The Kreger Preserve (approx. 15 acres), which are located off of Day Street with linkages to the GLT’s Old Messenger Road Preserve Corridor. The Granby Land Trust has now preserved more than 3,200 acres in Granby forever. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GLT’s founding, we thank all of those who have made this possible! To help us continue to preserve Granby’s beautiful places, become a member at GranbyLandTrust.org
No matter how cold it gets in the winter, the temperature inside a beaver lodge remains a fairly constant 32 degrees. That’s because during the construction stage beavers pack mud into many of the cracks and crevices between the sticks of their lodge. Come winter, that mud helps 1) seal out cold air and 2) keep in the warmth that the beavers radiate. The beavers do not fill all the crevices, though. Enough remain to allow some fresh air to enter the chamber, and for carbon dioxide to escape. This beaver lodge can be seen at Creamer Pond on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve.
Photo by Don Shaw, Jr.
The GLT’s Dewey Granby Oak was mentioned in the cover story of the January issue of Saving Land, the national magazine of the Land Trust Alliance. Photo by Rick Orluk
Afternoon sun illuminates the rocky streambed of Salmon Brook on the GLT’s Nuckols Family Preserve in West Granby. Photo by GLT member Don Shaw, Jr.
The GLT thanks property steward Fran Armentano who welcomed the new year with a hardy group pf GLT members as he led his 15th annual New Year’s Day Hike on the GLT’s Mary Edwards Mountain Property. This year, his hike was written up in the Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s newsletter. Photo by Peter Dinella
