Platinum Gold - Connecticut Land Conservation Council

The success of the 2011 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference would not be possible without strong participation
by the following dedicated financial sponsors. Thank you for your support of land conservation in Connecticut!
Platinum
$1,000
The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) has been part of everyday
life in Connecticut for more than 100 years, providing safe and reliable electric
service to homes, neighborhoods and businesses. With 1.2 million customers
in 149 cities and towns, CL&P is improving the environments you live in,
by offering programs in energy conservation, economic development and
environmental stewardship. CL&P is a Northeast Utilities company (NYSE:
NU). For more information, please visit www.cl-p.com and follow us on Twitter
@CTLightandPower.
$500
Gold
The mission of the Land Trust Alliance is to save the places people love by
strengthening land conservation across America. Working with the 1,700 land
trusts across America the Alliance focuses on three strategic goals: accelerating
the pace, improving the quality, and ensuring the permanence of land conservation.
By building highly effective and well-governed land trusts that protect lands with
the highest conservation values and ensure their protection in perpetuity, the
Alliance helps preserve healthy human and natural communities, clean air and
water, beautiful vistas, recreation areas, and working farm and ranch lands before
they are lost forever. Visit www.landtrustalliance.org for more information.
The Rockfall Foundation supports
environmental education, conservation
programs and planning initiatives in
Middlesex County. Celebrating its
75th anniversary in 2010, it is one of
Connecticut’s oldest environmental
organizations whose mission is to be
a catalyst – bringing people together
and supporting organizations to
conserve and enhance the county’s natural environment.
Rockfall awards grants each year to organizations, schools and municipalities,
and continues to hold and manage open space property in the county. It also
preserves and operates the historic, 18th century deKoven House as a meeting
center for community organizations, and to provide offices for environmental
and other nonprofit groups based and working in Middlesex County. Visit www.
rockfallfoundation.org for more information. The Natural Resources Conservation Service works cooperatively with landowners, government agencies, nonprofit
organizations, and citizens from urban and rural communities to protect, enhance, and restore the landscape.
NRCS conservation experts provide technical and financial assistance to landowners and managers at the local
level to benefit the soil, water, plants, and animals for productive working lands and healthy ecosystems. Visit
www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov for more information.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national nonprofit land
conservation organization that conserves land for people
to enjoy as parks, gardens, and natural areas, ensuring
livable communities for generations to come. Since its
founding in 1972, TPL has helped protect more than 2.8
million acres of land in 46 states; in Connecticut, TPL has
protected more than 5,000 acres since 1986. The Trust
for Public Land depends on the support and generosity
of individuals, foundations, and businesses to achieve
our land for people mission. For more information please
contact us at 203.777.7367 or visit us on the web at
www.tpl.org/Connecticut
Norcross Wildlife Foundation
The mission of the Norcross Wildlife Foundation Inc. is to
conserve wildlife habitat. It’s primary goal is the perpetuation
of Tupper Hill, the Norcross Wildlife Sanctaury, in Wales,
Massachusetts. Beginninng with 100 acres in 1916, the founder established
Tupper Hill in 1939; the sanctuary has grown from 2,000 acres in 1992 to just
over 8,000 acres today. Norcross also supports the conservation work of other
organizations throughout the country by offering a small grants program and
a no-interest loan fund for land trusts working to protect habitat in their own
communities. The mission is also acheived through long-term educational
and horticulture programs that operate out of the sanctuary. Visit http://
www.norcrossws.org/Foundmain.html for more information.
16 Meriden Road • Rockfall, Connecticut 06481-2961 • T 860 685-0785 • F 860 347-7463 • www.ctconservation.org
Silver
$250
Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA), founded in 1895, is
a non-profit organization serving Connecticut to protect forests,
parks, walking trails, and open spaces for future generations. CFPA
maintains the 825-mile Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail system. CFPA is also
creating healthier communities through its WalkCT initiative. Visit
www.ctwoodlands.org and www.walkct.org for more information.
Founded in 1964, Kahan, Kerensky & Capossela, LLP (KKC) is a sophisticated,
community law firm of fifteen attorneys, with a wide variety of practice area
concentrations, including real estate, land use and zoning, land use litigation,
farm/land preservation and conservation matters, estate planning and probate,
and business succession planning. With offices in Vernon and Mansfield, KKC
is able to serve clients from a wide geographic area. KKC has worked with
town staff and commissions throughout much of Tolland, Hartford and Windham
Counties. In addition, KKC has worked with the Connecticut Farm Bureau,
the U.S. and Connecticut Departments of Agriculture, the Connecticut Rural
Development Council, and various land conservation or preservation groups.
Visit www.kkc-law.com for more information.
MIDDLESEX
LAND TRUST
Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) is the only private
statewide conservation organization dedicated solely
to permanently protecting Connecticut’s farmland.
Established in 2002, CFT holds agricultural
conservation easements that protect 2,096 acres of
farmland on 26 farms around the state, has assisted partners in the preservation of 789 additional
acres, and serves as a leading resource on conserving Connecticut’s working farmland. Visit www.
ctfarmland.org for more information.
RUSS APPRAISAL SERVICES
Division of RUSS, LLC
Providing appraisal services and real estate valuation consultation since 1949, including market
valuations for sale or acquisition, Conservation Easement valuation, Internal Revenue Service gift
tax valuation, appraisals for mortgage purposes, litigation support, right of way valuations, eminent
domain valuations, and municipal tax appeal for individuals, attorneys, lending institutions, local land
trusts, individual Towns and Cities, and numerous Federal Agencies. We have also provided valuation
reports for several major corporations. Call (860) 442-5719 for more information.
Highstead is a non-profit organization located in Redding Connecticut
and is dedicated to understanding and conserving natural landscapes.
Our work is centered in three main areas: field science, regional land
conservation and ecologically sensitive land management. Highstead’s
programs include public lectures, conservation and science-based
workshops, student internships, art exhibitions and guided walks through
Highstead’s wetlands, woodlands and meadows. Highstead is also an
active conservation organization advancing landscape protection across
New England in support of the Wildlands and Woodlands Vision. Visit
www.highsteadarboretum.org for more information.
Founded in 1987, the Middlesex Land Trust is a not-for-profit organization who’s
mission is to preserve open space in Northern Middlesex County by identifying,
protecting, and maintaining significant natural features such as wetlands,
scenic areas, critical wildlife habitats, prime farmland, and unique geological
formations. The Land Trust is currently the steward of more than 50 preserves
which consist of over 800 acres of protected conservation lands. The Land Trusts
accepts donations of property as well as conservation easements to ensure
that these lands remain in open space for the benefit and enjoyment of future
generations. Please visit our new website at: www.middlesexlandtrust.org
With over 115 attorneys in six offices throughout Connecticut and
Massachusetts, Murtha Cullina LLP offers a full range of legal services to
meet the local, regional and national needs of our clients. Their practice
encompasses litigation, regulatory and transactional representation of
businesses, governmental units, non-profit organizations and individuals.
Murtha Cullina handles numerous land conservation matters on behalf of
individual, corporate and non-profit clients. Visit www.murthalaw.com
for more information.
R.P. McDERMOTT ASSOCIATES, INC.
R.P. McDermott Associates Inc.
Commercial Real Estate Appraisal/Consulting was established in July 1993.
The firm provides appraisal
consulting, fee appraisal and
appraisal review services to land
trusts, financial institutions, corporations, federal, state and local agencies, municipalities and private
individuals. Selected major clients include the State of CT Department of Environmental Protection;
The CT Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation Program; The US Forest Service; The
Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land. The firm’s primary focus is residential land valuation
throughout the State of CT for: residential acreage tracts; conservation easements; farmland preservation
easements; farms; subdivisions and recreation land. Call (860) 242-2700 for more information.
The mission of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
is to provide high-quality undergraduate and graduate education, to
generate new knowledge by conducting research, and to provide extension
and outreach programs in the field of natural resources management and
engineering and environmental science. The Department places distinct
emphasis on the problems associated with the interface between rural and
urban environments. Visit www.nrme.uconn.edu for more information.
The Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative, sponsored by the
Housatonic Valley Association, is a partnership of more than 22
conservation organizations working to save half the remaining farms,
forests and drinking water resources in Northwest Connecticut. Visit
www.hvatoday.org for more information.
Marjorie Shansky Attorney at Law
Solo practice established in 1992 and offering diverse land use representation, including development
proposals, administrative appeals, regulation amendments, environmental intervention, municipal
representation, and farmland preservation. Attorney Shansky is the Law Trainer for the Connecticut
Land Use Leadership Alliance and lectures at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Call (203) 469-3004 for more information.
Audubon Connecticut, the state organization of the National Audubon Society, works to protect birds,
other wildlife, and their habitats through science, conservation, education, and advocacy for the
benefit of people and the earth’s biological diversity. We own and manage more than 5,000 acres in
Connecticut. Through our network of nature centers, protected wildlife sanctuaries and local, volunteer
Chapters we seek to connect people with nature and inspire the next generation of conservationists.
Visit www.audubonct.org for more information.
Bronze
$100
Bob Stewart started the Tolland, CT based
Stewart Appraisal Services in 1981. Bob
has the Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA)
designation from the Appraisal Institute and
has a Connecticut Certified General Appraiser
License. The company appraises all type
properties although Bob has specialized in
land for the past twenty years. Clients include the State of Connecticut Farm Preservation program, the
DEP for open space purchases, and many towns for open space and fee-in-lieu of open space subdivisions.
Appraisals are completed following the “Yellow Book” format when needed. Stewart Appraisal Services
focuses on east of the Connecticut River south to Portland out to Sterling although has done work west of
the river in northern Connecticut. Visit www.stewartappraisalservice.com for more information.
The firm of Diana, Conti & Tunila, LLP is a general practice law firm in continuous
existence since 1932. With an office in Manchester, Connecticut, our attorneys
represent clients in all state courts in Connecticut, Federal District Court for
the District of Connecticut and the United States Tax Court. In addition to trial
representation, the firm represents clients in a wide variety of transactional
matters. We provide these legal services to individuals, businesses and
governmental entities. Among the services we offer are Real Estate and Land Use
representation and Estate Planning. Visit www.dctlaw.com for more information.
FERRUCCI & WALICKI, LLC
Forestry and Land Management Consultants
Ferrucci & Walicki, LLC has over 29 years of experience writing and implementing natural resource
inventories and management plans, completing trail enhancement projects, managing timber sales,
and performing GIS-based analysis and mapping for public, private, and non-profit clients throughout
Connecticut and the northeastern U.S.
F&W’s client base includes many towns, land trusts, and private landowners interested in responsible,
science-based stewardship of their forestland and open space parcels. Our municipal and land trust
clients are frequently interested in management plans that help maintain/improve healthy forests and
natural ecosystems, and expand recreational opportunities such as hiking trails. We have assisted
many private landowners with improving their property for wildlife and aesthetics, generating revenue
through timber sales, and entering into significant tax reduction programs.
Extensive information about F&W is available at www.fwforesters.com.
Connwood Foresters, Inc.
Connwood Foresters, Inc. is a forest owner’s cooperative providing forestry services
throughout southern New England. Our forest services are designed to meet
landowner objectives, while protecting the sustainability, productivity, and ecology
of the forest resource. We are licensed foresters, arborists and NRCS technical
service providers. Visit www.connwood.com for more information.