Harvest Time at the Gavel Preserve.

The Halloween Snowstorm did extensive damage to our Preserves. We are working to clean them up. Please walk or hike with caution and report areas in need of attention to the RLT office, 860-350-4148 or by e-mail to knorris@roxburylandtrust.org.

Mine Hill Stonewall Stabilization Project has been completed.

How to avoid Bear Encounters.

Preserves Map: 30 miles of trails available as a single PDF download or as a web page. From this page you can also download several individual preserves maps.

For information on invasive plants please explore the website of the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group. And here is an excellent video about garlic mustard.

Be on the lookout for a noxious plant, Giant Hogweed. This PDF brochure provides more information and will help you distinguish it from other benign plants.

What are those purple boxes hanging from trees? A "new" invasive insect pest, Emerald Ash Borer, has recently been detected near the western boundary of CT, and there is a multi-agency effort under way to conduct a survey and monitoring program this summer to find out whether EAB has become established in CT, and what to do if it is found. For more information, check out these PDF files: EAB flyer and the state's introductory explanation letter.

Time and the Land: The Story of Mine Hill is available to download in PDF

For Sale at the Office: RLT hats, T-shirts, aprons, organic cotton shopping bags, metal water bottles, map packets and the book Roxbury Remembered.

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Established in 1970, the Roxbury Land Trust is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the community's rural character for generations to come. Today 3,400 acres or about 17 percent of Roxbury is conserved as open space under the Trust's stewardship.

The Roxbury Land Trust is supported through membership dues, employee matching gifts, state and federal grants, foundation grants and charitable contributions.

It is staffed by Susan Payne, executive director and Kim Norris, associate director; served by a volunteer board of directors and aided by volunteer effort.

Roxbury Land Trust P.O. Box 51 Roxbury, CT 06783     Office hours: weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Phone: 860-350-4148      Our office is located at 7 South Street (Old Town Hall) Home | Our Mission | History | Preserves | Mine Hill | Stewardship | News | Ways to Give | Email Us Copyright © 2005-2011 Roxbury Land Trust. All rights reserved. Site created by Polly Roberts