Salem
Land Trust
Salem
Land Trust
P.O. Box 2133, Salem, Connecticut, 06420, USA
A 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to conserving the natural resources of the Salem area for future generations- the water courses, swamps, meadows, and woodlands, the plant and animal life therein, as well as scenic, natural and historic sites; helping to preserve the area’s beauty, rural character and natural diversity.
SLT Events & Educational
Nature Hikes
For information on events: 860-859-3520 or Lschroeder@snet.net
Hikes for 2010 are being scheduled; check back for updates!
Final call for Land Trust photo contest submissions.
Time is running out for our 5th Annual Photo Contest, which closes for entries on January 31, 2010.
The Land/Conservation Trusts from Lyme, Old Lyme, Salem and East Haddam are sponsoring the contest. All amateur photographers are welcome to enter the contest regardless of what town they reside in.
Photos can be dropped off at the Old Lyme library or mailed to: Land Trusts Photo Contest, PO Box 1002, Old Lyme, CT 06371. Also, this year it is required that digital copies of all photos be emailed to landtrustphotos@yahoo.com or mail us a CD along with your photos.
This contest is being funded with the generous support of Lorensen Toyota, Oakley/Wing Group at Smith Barney, Ballek Garden Center, Evan Griswold at Coldwell Banker, Essex Savings Bank, and ChelseaGroton Savings Bank.
For questions, entry forms and a copy of the contest rules visit: http://lymelandtrust.org/ or e-mail us at landtrustphotos@yahoo.com. To see last year’s winning photos go to: http://landtrustsphotos.shutterfly.com/
The Salem Land Trust Earns National Recognition
Accreditation Awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
Salem, CT – The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, an organization of over 1,700 land trusts in the United States, announced today that The Salem Land Trust has earned accredited status. The Salem Land Trust is only the second all-volunteer land trust in the country to be so approved.
“Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever,” said Commission Executive Director Tammara Van Ryn. “The accreditation seal lets the public know that the accredited land trust has undergone an extensive, external review of the governance and management of its organization and the systems and policies it uses to protect land.”
The Salem Land Trust’s accredited status demonstrates our commitment to permanent land conservation,” says Linda K. Schroeder, Vice-President. “Our land trust is a stronger organization today having gone through the rigorous accreditation program.”
The Salem Land Trust received its non-profit status in 1999 and works in the town of Salem, Connecticut. The land trust owns 190 acres of protected land, all of which is open for the public to enjoy. In addition, SLT has worked with conservation-minded landowners to protect another 232 acres of working farms and forests to keep these lands in their undeveloped state. While having agricultural and conservation easements on them, these 232 acres are still privately owned and pay property taxes to the town of Salem.
Land is America’s most important and valuable resource. Conserving land helps ensure clean air and drinking water, food security, scenic landscapes and views, recreational places, and habitat for the diversity of life on earth. Across the country, local citizens and communities have come together to form land trusts to save the places they love. Community leaders in land trusts throughout the country have worked with willing landowners to save over 37 million acres of farms, forests, parks and places people care about. Strong, well-managed land trusts provide local communities with effective champions and caretakers of their critical land resources, and safeguard the land through the generations.
The Salem Land Trust was awarded accreditation this August along with 19 other land trusts from across the country. These 19 land trusts join 59 other land trusts that have been awarded accreditation since the fall of 2008. Accredited land trusts are able to display a seal indicating to the public that they meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. The seal is a mark of distinction in land conservation.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., awards the accreditation seal to community institutions that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance established in 2006, is governed by a volunteer board of diverse land conservation and nonprofit management experts from around the country. The Alliance, of which The Salem Land Trust is a member, is a national conservation group based in Washington, D.C. that works to save the places people love by strengthening conservation throughout America. More information on the accreditation program is available on the Commission’s website,
www.landtrustaccreditation.org. More information on the Alliance is available at www.landtrustalliance.org.
“The Salem Land Trust is very proud to have earned the right to display the accreditation seal of the Land Trust Alliance,” added David Bingham, Salem Land Trust President.
Salem Land Trust Membership
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Directions to Walden Preserve
From Salem 4-Corners, take Rt. 85 N.
In 1/2 mi. turn L onto Hagen Rd.
Preserve parking lot 200' on R.
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