NORWALK — The recent merger between the Norwalk Land Trust and Aspetuck Land Trust will not only create one of Connecticut’s largest regional conservation organizations, but ensure the NLT’s long-term sustainability, officials from both said.
As part of the union, ALT will hire a staff member to oversee NLT’s 33 properties totaling 110 acres, and manage initiatives such as the Farm Creek Education Program, which each year introduces Norwalk fourth-graders to the ecology of the salt marsh in the Rowayton neighborhood.
ALT Executive Director David Brant said the move aligns with ALT’s Green Corridor 2030 Initiative, a long-term strategy to connect and protect natural areas across the region. ALT, which is based in Westport, also merged with the Monroe Land Trust a few years ago.
Norwalk's 16-acre Charles Irwin Schoendorf Preserve at Farm Creek, located along the Connecticut coastline, is a “beautiful parcel,” Brant said.