Videos and Slideshows

Dr. Larry Master – conservation biologist, zoologist, and photographer – presents a Zoom program featuring photos of May Neo-tropical Migrants. These are snowbirds such as warblers, vireos, thrushes, tanagers, orioles, grosbeaks, flycatchers, raptors, and shorebirds returning from the tropics to and through Cornwall.

Co-hosted by Cornwall Conservation Trust and Cornwall Conservation Commission. Larry Master, Conservation Biologist and Photographer, shows us some of his most successful photos, videos and techniques. A discussion will follow to answer your questions about products, siting, set-ups, and other tips.

Conservation and Affordable Housing in Cornwall – A Panel Discussion as part of our Annual Meeting. Saturday, November 12 at 3pm by Zoom. Ingrid Ellen, The Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at New York University, will moderate a panel discussion among Jocelyn Ayer, Director, Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity, Ginni Block, Chair, Cornwall Housing Corporation, Heidi Cunnick, Chair, Cornwall Conservation Commission, Bart Jones, President, Cornwall Conservation Trust, and Anna Timell, Chair, Cornwall Planning & Zoning Commission. The panel will answer questions about facts and issues around conservation and affordable housing in Cornwall. Their goal will be to give residents a better understanding of how both of these important parts of life in Cornwall can be made to work in concert towards a common goal.

Join CCT President Bart Jones and guest Will Calhoun as we celebrate the Coltsfoot Valley and a family’s exemplary conservation efforts to maintain this iconic view of Cornwall for all to enjoy. Due to a power outage during the presentation, a portion of the video has been cut from the final version.

View Trinity Forest Preserve from high above, with noted conservation highlights! Filmed and edited by Conservation Director Harry White, originally used for a “Conservation Conversation” with the Connecticut Land Conservation Council on September 2, 2020.

Forests and Brain Health: Why Taking a Walk in the Woods can be Good for the Brain – A special presentation with guest speaker Susan Masino, Professor of Neuroscience at Trinity College. Dr. Masino believes the link between forests and brain health cannot be overlooked, and that our well-being depends on wild areas; a topic especially important during the pandemic of 2020.

Farm Resources Needed to Make a Living
Moderated by Sam Waterston, Owner, Birdseye & Tanner Brooks Farm
Panel Members: Elisabeth Moore – Executive Director – CT Farmland Trust, Inc. -Finding Affordable Farmland
Paul Elconin – Director of Land Conservation – Weantinogue Heritage Land Trust, Inc.
Chelsea Hahn – MPH, Assistant Coordinator, UConn Extension, Solid Ground Farmer Training
Dan Horan – CEO – Five Acre Farms
Wendy Kennedy – Principal – Digits & Sums
Videography by Richard Griggs

A Farmer’s Life, Challenges and Rewards
Moderated by Bill Dinneen, Chair, Cornwall Agricultural Commission

Panel Members: Richie Dolan, Maple Hill Farm, hay market
Bill Hurlburt, Hurlburt Farm & Forestry Inc., beef, maple syrup, and hay
Mark Orth, Birdseye & Tanner Brooks Farm, beef and lamb
Debra Tyler, Local Farm, raw milk and farm education
Roxann Roche, RD Farms, beef, pork and hay
Sarah Casel, Calf & Clover Creamery
Videography by Richard Griggs

Cornwall Conservation Trust hosted a presentation by Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, Manager of Bird Conservation Programs for the Audubon Center Bent of the River about using farming techniques that will help protect bird habitat.

Announcing the winners of our Cold Blooded Creatures Photo & Art Contest. Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to our winners!

Experts describe a relic of Cornwall’s past – how wood from local forests was made into charcoal and then used in the nearby iron industry.

Enjoy this video of wildlife photos sent to us by our Facebook friends!

View the winners from the 2014 Bear Challenge along with some of the great entries we received.