词条 | Aspetuck Land Trust | ||||||||
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| name = Aspetuck Land Trust | image = | caption = | founder = Barlow Cutler Wotton | type = | tax_id = | registration_id = | founded_date = {{Start date|1967|08|07|}} | location = Aspetuck Land Trust, PO Box 444, Westport, CT 06881 | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Paul Newman | area_served = | products = | services = | focus = | mission = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | motto = | former name = | homepage = AspetuckLandTrust.org | dissolved = | footnotes = }} The Aspetuck Land Trust is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967 that seeks to preserves open spaces in the towns of Westport, Fairfield, Weston and Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 2011 it was reported that the trust covered an area of 1,700 acres over 43 sites which include public trails.[1] HistoryIn 2011 Joan duPont donated 34 acres owned since 1982.[2] In 2011 the trust acquired the Trout Brook Valley lands in Easton.[3] Paul Newman is recognized as responsible for lobbying the Connecticut governor for assisting with the funds for the purchase.[4] Part of this land is a state park known as Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve. ReceptionIn 2010 it was reported that the trust had preserved hiking trails arounds the Saugatuck river.[5] Protected areasLee's Canal Wetlands Habitat, WestportNewman Poses Nature Preserve, WestportTaylortown Salt Marsh, WestportTrout Brook Valley Preserve, EastonReferences1. ^{{cite news|last=Hennessy|first=Christina|title=Sightseeing: Newman Poses Nature Preserve may have marquee name, but nature is the star|url=http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Sightseeing-Newman-Poses-Nature-Preserve-may-2226539.php|accessdate=16 September 2012|newspaper=The Stamford Advocate, Conn.|date=20 October 2011}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Julian|title=Aspetuck Land Trust opens new nature preserve|url=http://www.thehour.com/news/stamford/aspetuck-land-trust-opens-new-nature-preserve/article_22e3b437-eb8a-5293-a46b-1097113db7c1.html|accessdate=16 September 2012|newspaper=The Hour, CT|date=9 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Ron Merly|title=Flyfisher's Guide to Connecticut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVLtl98q9bsC&pg=PA23|accessdate=19 February 2013|date=15 December 2011|publisher=Wilderness Adventures Press|isbn=978-1-932098-89-1|pages=23–}} 4. ^{{cite book|author1=Christopher Brooks|author2=Catherine Brooks|title=60 Hiles Within 60 Miles: New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6O-VwJe-oEwC&pg=PA620|accessdate=19 February 2013|date=22 April 2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4596-1793-3|pages=620–621}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Doe Boyle|title=Guide to the Connecticut Shore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vshMKzTFA8sC&pg=PA53|accessdate=19 February 2013|year=2006|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-0-7627-3483-2|pages=53–}} External links{{commons category|Aspetuck Land Trust}}
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