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Joshua's Trust is only 93 acres away from protecting 4,000 acres. Help us reach that goal - become a member today! |
office hours
Former Eagleville School House
South Eagleville Rd
Mansfield, Connecticut,
Thurs.1:30pm to 3:30pm.
Gristmill Lithograph
The full color lithograph
of a new painting of the Gristmill
by artist Charles McCaughtry,
is on sale at the Trust Office.
More Information >
 indigo bunting photo by John Reynolds |
Joshua's Trust is one of the oldest local conservation and historic trusts in the State of Connecticut. A non-profit organization, the Trust is designed to supplement the open space efforts of federal, state, and local governments by receiving gifts of land, conservation easements, and money. It may also purchase tracts of land that it considers especially important to preserve.
Joshua's Trust now owns, or protects by easement, almost 4,000 acres of land preserved for the benefit of future generations, making the trust the fourth largest land trust in Connecticut.
The Trust is named for Joshua, son of Uncas, Mohegan Sachem, who in 1676 bequeathed his hunting grounds in the heart of eastern Connecticut to 16 men of Norwich. The Trust serves an area roughly conterminous with the Windham Region, including the towns of Andover, Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Hampton, Mansfield, Lebanon, Storrs, Tolland, Willington, Woodstock and Windham.
Generous landowners who donate conservation easements to Joshua’s Land Trust are inspired by many things: they love Eastern Connecticut, they feel connected to their land, and they wish to leave a legacy for future generations. This inspiration is at the heart of our work to permanently protect valuable natural resources. But for almost all of our donors, donating a conservation easement is a major financial decision, and the federal income tax deduction that comes with a donation helps make easements possible for landowners in our community.
Connecticut Audubon Society
Featured Property:
For More Information, visit Joshua's Trust History.
For More Information about conservation easements, click here.
Volunteer for Joshua's Trust!
Click here to learn what you can do to help conserve and protect open space in our community!
Related Links:
The Nature Conservancy
River Alliance of Connecticut
Conserving Tolland
Be sure to check out the Joshua's Trust Properties section
for details about the properties our land trust is protecting.
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June 6, 10 a.m. Storrs Center downtown and Whetten Woods. Joshua’s Trust and The Mansfield Downtown Partnership will lead a walk of the future Storrs Center downtown and the Whetten Woods trail located on open space adjacent to Storrs Center. An easy pace over fairly flat terrain; woods and parking lot. Meet 10 a.m. behind Starbucks on Storrs Road (Route 195). Please pre-register with Leader Cynthia van Zelm, vanZelmCA@mansfieldct.org, 860-429-2740. Gardening Tip: Visit the Gardens at Bassetts Bridge in Mansfield during the month of May. Owners Wes and Jean Bell will donate 20 percent of your purchase amount to Joshua’s Trust. Just ask to fill out a donation card. Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust received the award for Excellence in Stewardship at the Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s annual conference, held at Wesleyan University on April 4. Story continues here. The Trust would like to thank Lois E. Clarke for her generous donation of $30.000, which will be used, among other things, to support the existing easement on the beautiful Clarke family farm, located in the center of Columbia. Lois spent her retirement traveling and photographing most of the contiguous states and Canada, and as her gift demonstrates, is committed to the preservation of open space. To read the full story click here. Just Posted:
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Does nature, and those who muse about it inspire you? We have resumed our
first-Thursday-of-the-month meetings to read and discuss
historic and popular writings on nature and conservation. Our next meetings are April 2 and May 7. Check out the