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News Notes Conserving the Land, Trails and Natural Resources of Connecticut Since 1895 NEWSLETTER OF THE CONNECTICUT FOREST PARK ASSOCIATION CFPANews Notes Conserving the land, trails and natural resources of Connecticut since 1895. Winter 2008 Volume 1 Issue #2 Annual Fund Easier than Trail Mix CFPA wants you! Ever to Support Many Hands on the (to volunteer for special CFPA kicks off our 2008 Trails, Annual Awards events). Eastern Annual Fund with to Trail Managers, and Mountain Sports easier donation options tally of Trail hours. provides CFPA Club Day than ever before. Page 4-5 benefits to members. From the Executive Wedding Bells & Happy Page 5 Director’s Desk Trails brings support to CFPA’s Image Problem. CFPA. Giving options WalkCT Gains Ground Staff updates - Awards abound. New program makes and new family. Page 3 strides to connect you Page 2 with good hikes. Page 6 Conservation Center. For several years influence Connecticut’s forest resources, Partnership at after the 1964 gift, CFPA was contracted either now or in the future. Forest by the state to operate the educational landowners, foresters and loggers, scout Goodwin Center center. In 2005, after 2+ years of and other youth groups, and municipal Renewed minimal activity at the Center, we were commissioners are some key examples. instrumental in forming the “Goodwin The foundation of the Center’s On October 1, CFPA opened a new Collaborative”: a 3-way partnership educational programs is demonstration: chapter in educational partnership when on-the-ground examples of good forest we officially began directing programs and wildlife stewardship put in place at the Goodwin Forest Conservation and documented. These demonstrations Education Center in Hampton, CT. are occurring at every landscape scale, From 1914 until 1964, the same from the 1.5-acre native plant wildlife James L. Goodwin for whom our CFPA gardens on the Center grounds, to the Headquarters is named owned a 30+ mile long open space corridor that working Tree Farm in Hampton. A Yale includes the Goodwin, Natchaug and educated forester, Goodwin practiced Nipmuck State Forests and the Yale- intensive, state of the art, often Meyers Forest. pioneering forest management and kept The Goodwin Forest Conservation meticulous records. In 1964 he gifted the Education Center is located just off of entire 1,763-acre “Pine Acres Farm” to Route 6 in Hampton. the state of Connecticut, to be managed designed to reinvigorate the Contact Steve Broderick at (860) as a state forest. As part of the programming there. Now, 44 years after 455-9534, [email protected], conveyance, Goodwin specified that the Goodwin’s original gift, we are once or visit www.ct.gov/dep/Goodwin. house, museum, and 80 forested acres again directing programs at the surrounding them be managed in Goodwin Center. Former UConn perpetuity as an educational center, to Extension Forester Steve Broderick, who The Goodwin Forest Conservation provide “forestry, wildlife, and general retired from UConn recently after a 30 Center is an inspiring example of how conservation education to youth and year career, has been hired by CFPA to careful estate planning can create a adults.” direct our efforts. perpetual legacy of community and CFPA has a long history of The Goodwin Center programs are conservation service. Call Jim Little at partnership at the Goodwin being targeted to a wide variety of CFPA if you would like to learn more. audiences who have the ability to CFPA News Notes 1 CONNECTICUT FOREST PARK ASSOCIATION Board of Directors From the Executive Director’s Desk President: David Platt, Higganum CFPA’s Image Problem of how to appropriately increase our Vice-Presidents: visibility. On one hand, there was wide Jean Crum Jones, Shelton; Eric As we work to grow membership and agreement that we need to do a better job Lukingbeal, Granby; David Sullivan, increase sustainability as an organization, of letting the general public know who Higganum it is becoming clear to me that CFPA has CFPA is, but this is a somewhat unnatural Treasurer: somewhat of an image problem. It’s not task for an organization that has always Gordon Anderson, Glastonbury that CFPA isn’t known and valued within shone the spotlight most brightly on our Secretary: the conservation community - we most partners. Our focus on conservation Eric Hammerling, West Hartford definitely are. Beyond our strong network partnerships will not change, but we At Large: of friends, however, lies confusion about need some help in getting out the word. Mark Ashton, New Haven who we are and what we do. As we move forward, I invite you -- Richard Bauerfeld, Branford At an election night gathering, I was as someone who cares about CFPA -- to William D. Breck, Killingworth asked where I work. When I told them help us with your ideas. How can we Russell Brenneman, Westport “the Connecticut Forest & Park increase our visibility (as a means to help George M. Camp, Middletown Association,” their responses were implement our strategic initiatives) Starling W. Childs, Norfolk instructive. One teacher friend said, I bet without losing our modest reputation as Ruth Cutler, Ashford you enjoy working for Commissioner Connecticut’s quiet but effective Laurence Diamond, Coventry McCarthy, she’s doing great work with conservation organization? I’d love to James Dombrauskas, New Hartford that No Child Left Inside program. I hear your ideas whether you are a PR Caroline Driscoll, New London informed him that although I do respect professional or not. Please feel free to call Astrid T. Hanzalek, Suffield the Commissioner greatly, CFPA is an me at 860.346.2372 or email me anytime David Leff, Collinsville independent non-profit conservation at [email protected] with Scott Livingston, Bolton organization. Another friend asked me your ideas. If you want to volunteer some Geoffrey Meissner, Southington “Does CFPA have anything to do with time and energy to work with us on this Karen Mignone, Fairfield Trails?” and followed this with “I love venture, that would be even better. Randy Miller, Hamden hiking on the Metacomet Trail.” I Thomas R. Mongillo, North Branford patiently informed her that yes, CFPA Staff News Bob Morrison, Manchester and hundreds of our Trail volunteers CFPA’s tradition of Trail excellence James Ritchie, Sandy Hook maintain the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail continues as our Trails Director and GIS Starr Sayres, East Haddam System including, you guessed it, the Specialist, Ann Colson, has been recently Donald L. Snook, Westport Metacomet. chosen as the winner of the “National Deborah Spalding, Guilford What can we do to ensure that more Trail Worker Award” sponsored by Colin Tait, Norfolk people both understand our mission and, American Trails. With this Award, Ann is Richard Whitehouse, Glastonbury hopefully, join CFPA to support it? This recognized for her work editing the Staff question and others were central at the Connecticut Walk Books, her efforts on Strategic Planning Retreat that we the New England National Scenic Trail, Jennifer Benner, WalkCT recently held in Lyme at the home of an and for 10 years of service to CFPA. Communications Coordinator incredibly gracious CFPA member. Our We also have wonderful news that Lori Paradis Brant, Education Director Board, Staff, and consultants discussed there are at least two new additions to the Steve Broderick, Forest & Program the fundamentals of our mission, our CFPA family on the way: Director, Goodwin Forest Center vision, and our values as an organization, Land Conservation Director Damon Ann T. Colson, Trail Conservation and then focused on four strategic Hearne and his wife Megan are expecting Director & GIS Specialist initiatives: 1) increase the size and their first child in early March. Linda Cunningham, Financial Education Director Lori Brant and Management Assistant diversity of our membership; 2) become her husband are welcoming Camron, an Eric Hammerling, Executive Director more sophisticated in raising funds to support the organization; 3) invest in energetic 5-year old, to their family. Damon Hearne, Land Conservation Camron loves animals, especially his new Director enhancing the leadership skills of the James W. Little, Director of board and staff; and 4) secure the Blue- dog and 3 cats. Of course, Camron has Development Blazed Hiking Trail System for future his own letterboxing stamp he carved Leslie Lewis, WalkCT Director generations. with Lori, and he is simply brilliant at Teresa Peters, Office Manager It was quite interesting to see our deciphering those letterboxing clues and Dan Donahue, Volunteer Forester own organization struggle with the issue following the maps to hidden treasures. 2 CFPA News Notes CONNECTICUT FOREST PARK ASSOCIATION Annual How can I give more and not feel it as much? Fund Easily give over a period of time. It might be difficult for many of us to write a $250 or 2008 $500 check to CFPA at year’s end, but for many of us it is easy to give $50 or $25 each pay period. The Annual Fund will be extended this year so that automatically giving every month or every two weeks makes it easy for you to give more without feeling it so much. Go to the Donate Now link at www.ctwoodlands.org for easy instructions on how to set this up. Donate from your IRA and not increase Supporting CFPA is simple and taxable income. If you’re over 70 ½, you can donate from your IRA and not have to takes so little of your time. report the distribution as taxable income. This tax relief was recently extended to the Please give generously … end of 2009. Since many have to take mandatory IRA distributions that increase If you enjoy hiking the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails… their taxable income, this tax relief allows If you feel a balanced voice for Connecticut’s land is individual to be more generous to the needed at the legislature… organizations they value while reducing their taxable income.
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