The Watertown Land Trust
Recent and Upcoming Events
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The Watertown Land Trust Recent and Upcoming Events
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Group Hike - Sunday January 22, 2012, NOON GROUP HIKES TO BE SCHEDULED We are thrilled with the interest we've received in
more frequent, scheduled group hikes, in connection with our new 30-Something Club. We will be announcing hikes as soon
as the weather gets a little warmer. Past Events: Congressman Murphy Hosts Land Trust & Conservation Roundtable Saturday, January 14, 2012, Congressman Chris Murphy hosts a Land Trust and Conservation
Roundtable at the Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington, CT from 2:30
PM to 4:00 PM. Please join some of our land trust members for this
important discussion. Congressman Murphy wants to hear from advocates of land conservation to
discuss how he can better champion the cause. He will also discuss his new draft legislation, the
Clean and Beautiful Comunities Act, which will provide stewardship and management assistance to non-profit
conservation organizations. Congressman
Murphy asks attendees to RSVP to Meghan Forgione, 860-223-8412. Also, if you'd like to carpool, please call Gail
Sangree at 860-274-4268.
Sunday, December 18, 2011 GROUP HIKE Sunday, December 18th, please join us at NOON for a hike at Fleisher Trail. We'll meet
at the intersection of Northfield and Fern Hill Road and walk the Land Trust's property, the Fleisher Trail. This
is the second scheduled walk for the Thirty-Something Club. Children and leashed dogs are welcome. Heavy rain will cancel.
If uncertain about the weather, call 860-274-4268 for an update. December
4, 2011 GROUP HIKE Sunday, December 4th,
please join us at NOON for a hike at Black Rock State Park. Meet at Black Rock State Park. We'll hike
a four mile loop that crosses Route 6 and follows Branch Brook down to the insection with the Blue Trail. The trail
then climbs to Leatherman's Cave and returns to the park along Rt. 6. This
hike is out first hike under our new Thirty-Something Club - it's open to all, including those who want to recieve Thirty-Something
Club credit. Children and leashed dogs are welcome. Group Hike October 30, 2011 at 2:00 Sunday, October 30th, please join us at 2:00 PM for a hike at Upper Nonnewaug Preserve,
one of our conserved properties. This hike is jointly sponsored by the Land Trust and the Watertown Historical
Society. This is an exciting opportunity to meet new members, mingle with members of the historical society, and
learn some town history. John Pillis of the historical society will speak at the start of the hike about the settlement
of this area, one of the earliest settled areas in Watertown. Upper Nonnewaug Preserve. 40 acres. Skilton Road. DIRECTIONS: From
the center of town take route 6 west to Guernseytown Road. Go approximately ½ mile
past Mt. Olivet cemetery and turn Left onto Skilton Road. Follow for ½ mile to a one-way bridge.
Go uphill for ¼ mile and turn Left into parking area, located just before a house at 279 Skilton Road.
There is another entrance to this property from Hickory Lane in Bethlehem. From Skilton Road, take
your first Left onto Hickory Lane. Go approximately ½ mile to a pulloff just before a bridge.
Entrance to the trail is on your left. Trail distance 2 miles. Note:
This is a challenging trail, steep and slippery in places. Saturday, May 14th, 2011 – Join Us to Help Clean Up Steele Brook! Please come
join us and the community for this special Naugatuck River & Steele Brook Clean-up. This event is a
partnership among five towns, organized in part by the Watertown Recreation Department, to clean up these local, beautiful
waterways. If you are interested in participating and helping clean up your community and your town, join
us for the fun. We will meet at Depot Square in Watertown. You should bring sturdy gloves
and bags. Participants who are under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Members
of the Land Trust and the community will be there to welcome you! Come for a Hike with Us! Saturday, June 4th is Connecticut Trails Day. We will
be leading a hike to two Leatherman Caves near Black Rock State Park. Meet us at 9:00 AM at Black Rock
State Park parking lot – There is not charge for parking all weekend for the Trails Day celebration. Hikers
will carpool to nearby Park Road where the hike begins. This hike is a loop trail estimated to take 1.5 hours at a moderate pace.
It’s a featured trail in the Connecticut Walk Book West, by the CT Forest & Park Association.
Come enjoy Spring and see where the CT’s famous Leatherman lived when his long looping trek went through Watertown
in the mid-1800’s.
News Correction: The Land Trust has not sold any of its properties. In error, the Waterbury Republic
published a land transaction record that stated that the Watertown Land Trust had sold land to an individual buyer.
This appeared in the paper sometime in February or March, 2011. The sale listing was incorrect.
Rather “Watertown Land Inc.”, a private, for-profit development company, unaffiliated with the Land Trust,
is attributed to the sale. Though we had no involvement with the sale or the error, we hope the confusion
did not cause any concern for our members. New Footbridge At Fleisher Preserve Nearly Complete Thanks to Brian Wohlhieter and his crew from Troop 55 Watertown. For his Eagle
project, Brian and his crew completed a replacement footbridge at Fleisher Preserve. The Land Trust appreciates
the special efforts of this Scout. Just a couple of minor adjustments
and the bridge should be complete. It survived the first major rainstorm of the season. Now the hikers can cross over the stream much easier. Get out and walk this nice parcel
of mostly wooded land. Trail Maintenance and Work Days: Please click on "Scheduled work details" tab to check dates, time, and locations. More Past Events: February 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM - Thursday at Oakville Library A Program on Fighting Forest Fires One of the Land Trust's new members, Dave
Irvin, a forester with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, gave an intriguing talk on the history of forest
fires in Connecticut and on advanced efforts in fighting forest fires. September 29th, 2010 - Wednesday: A
Talk on the Leather Man at 7:30 PM, After Our Annual Meeting at 7 PM The meeting and presentation are open to the
public - Come Join Us! Our annual meeting will begin at 7:00 PM, followed by a special presentation on Connecticut's infamous
Leather Man at 7:30 PM by Ms. Shirley Sutton, of Canton, Connecticut. Shirley
Sutton is a local historian and storyteller. She first became interested in the Leather Man in 1974 when her then landlady
revealed having seen him. During the 1800's there was a mysterious wanderer who hiked Westchester
County, New York, middle-western and southwestern Connecticut. Speaking very little, he communicated his needs of food
primarily with hand gestures. Dressed in his leather "suit" he was, at first, a curious and fearful sight.
But as residents grew to expect his appearances in their towns they were happy to accommodate his simple requests and were
known to also give him leather scraps, tobacco, and sometimes money. Misidentified as Jules Bourglay
of Lyons, France, a great deal has been written about him, some of it truth, some of it fiction. It is hard to discern
what is fact since all who knew him, or saw him, have passed on. Through
a narrated slide show, pictures, 19th century artifacts similar to Leather Man possessions, and some reproductions of Leather
Man possessions, Ms. Sutton will tell the fascinating tale and history of the Leather Man - letting you decide for yourself
who the mysterious Leather Man really was. The meeting and talk will be held at
the Thomaston Savings Bank Community Room, 565 Main Street, Watertown. For
further information, call: Gail Sangree, 860 274 4268. Trail
Maintenance and Work Days: Please click on "Scheduled work details"
tab to check dates, time, and locations. |
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We are proud to announce
our "Adopt a Tree" program in which your name, or the name of someone you wish to remember, can adopt a tree and
have their name attached to the tree selected along one of The Watertown Land Trust’s many trails. See our
"Adopt A Tree" Web Page for details.
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