The 2025 Mary Edwards Friend of the Land Trust Award—the GLT’s highest honor—was given to Will Hart and his sister Sarah Koeniger, who donated 44 acres of land—now known at the Hart Family Preserve—to the trust earlier this year. In accepting the award, Will spoke of their father, longtime Granby resident Bill Hart, Sr., who passed away in 2024 at the age of 101. Bill owned, loved and cared for the property for most of his life, maintaining the view from the top until he no longer could. The Harts are descendants of the Godard Family, who settled in Granby in the 17th Century, and who operated mills at the Crags. Godard Family descendants also donated the 118-acre Godard Preserve to the GLT in 1997.
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Mary Edwards Friend of the Land Trust Award
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Sarah Koeniger and Will Hart (c.) received the 2025 Mary Edwards Friends of the Land Trust Award. GLT President Rick Orluk (r.) and GLT Vice President Dave Emery (l.) made the presentation. Photo by Don Shaw, Jr.