Join Us: How You Can Help
This field off Route 66 near St. Clements, donated by Prudence Palmer, is now part of the new 80-acre Taylor-Palmer Preserve in Portland.
Become A Member
The Middlesex Land Trust is making a concerted effort to increase our membership base in the Middlesex County area. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Trust and helping to support our efforts to preserve our wilderness areas, please contact us and become a member!
The Middlesex Land Trust
27 Washington St.
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone (860) 343-7537
Fax (860) 346-3284
We welcome volunteers who would be willing to commit themselves for a few hours per month. No experience is needed other than a love of open space and a willingness to work with others to preserve it. Volunteer opportunities range from office work, to land and property maintenance and stewardship, to creating a photographic record of our preserves.
If you would like more information, please contact us at
860 343-7537 or e-mail info@middlesexlandtrust.org
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Spring Stewardship Activities
Sunday, March 29, 1 p.m., Palmer Preserve, Portland: Stain signboards and walk the three-mile trail to perform routine maintenance. Bring loppers and saw. Meet at the Palmer barn on Middle Haddam Road. Call John at 342-0658 for more info.
Saturday, April 4, 9 a.m., Mica Ledges Preserve, Durham: Repair and stain the signboard. Hike the three-mile trail and perform routine maintenance. Bring loppers and saws. Meet at the end of Creampot Road in Durham. Call John at 342-0658 for more info.
Saturday, May 16, 1 p.m., Pine Brook Falls Preserve, East Hampton: Blaze a new trail on this 40-acre preserve and perform routine maintenance on the rest of the trails. meet at the preserve entrance on Sexton Hill Road. Call John at 342-0658 for more info.
Annual Meeting: Be There!
We’ll meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, on the Kruger Farm Preserve in Haddam Neck. Dedication of this new, 50-acre preserve by Middlesex Land Trust members and friends from the community will follow the business meeting at 10 a.m. Join us for either or both events.
The dedication of is the culmination of years of effort by the MLT, Haddam Neck Spirit, the state of Connecticut, the town of Haddam and local supporters who made this purchase possible. Immediately following the dedication, enjoy refreshments and then a guided hike through the property and adjacent conservation lands. The trail will cross field and forest and wind down to a small stream and continue into the Pine Brook valley. The Kruger Farm Preserve is an important addition to hundreds of acres of preserved land in the Salmon Riverand Pine Brook watersheds.
Directions: From Middletown/Portland, travel east on Route 66. At the first traffic light in East Hampton (Cobalt), turn right onto Route 151. At 3.4 miles, bear right onto Haddam Neck Road. Just past the firehouse and fairgrounds, turn left onto Quarry Hill Road. The preserve is just over a half-mile down the road on the left.