Volunteers

Preserving Open Spaces​

 
 
 
 
 
 
Chester Land Trust board member volunteers work in partnership with residents and Town officials to identify land that has conservation possibilities, and determine if and how the acquisition of such parcel could benefit both the Town residents and others in the community. ›› more
 
 
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Protecting irreplaceable forests, farmlands, wetlands and wildlife
for the purpose of enjoying our natural resources, open spaces 
and unique environment for present and future generations.
 
 
Who We Are
 
 
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THE CHESTER LAND TRUST
 
 
​Chester, Connecticut
 
 
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
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Rachel Carson
 
 
 
 
​​​​​​​2024 CLT Properties
Carini Preserve
Scudder Preserve
Burr Brook Preserve
Duck Pond Preserve
Piquet Preserve
Wood Preserve
Chester Creek Preserve
Waterhouse Brook Preserve
Rayner Preserve
Gateway Preserve
Constance Baker Motley Preserve
​Lakeview Avenue Preserve
​The Old Tannery Preserve
Melillo Preserve
​The Pines Easement
Brooks Lane, Liberty Ridge Easement
Bush Conservation Easement



 
 
 
 
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Despite the 2 hours of rain at the onset of CLT’s town-wide cleanup day on Saturday April 20th, we finished with great results! About 20 people participated, which was significantly lower this year than in previous years, probably due to the encountered inclement rainy weather. However with amazing dedicated hard working volunteers, significant results were obtained!

38 BAGS OF LITTER were removed from the street sides along with tires, car parts, metal of various sizes, chunks of plastic and wood. Once again the largest volume of litter found and removed was alcohol related: Nippers, beer bottles and cans, and other various sized liquor and wine bottles. Plastic bags and general refuse of every category were found and removed.

Thank you to the Town of Chester for making the dumpster available, and a HUGE special THANKS to the dedicated amazing hard working volunteers that came out to help ! They spent many hours scouring the street sides with the cumbersome task of collecting and removing hundreds of pounds of trash encountering not so nice weather conditions! BRAVO!

Bill Myers
President Chester Land Trust,
on behalf of all of the Board of Directors
 
 
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​Chester Land Trust Earth Day Town-Wide Cleanup Results!
 
 
 
 
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The Chester Land Trust is a volunteer non-profit organization established in 1987. Currently, the Land Trust has 87 gifted or donated preserve acres and an additional 6.7 purchased acres which is the Motley preserve. 
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