June 5th @ 4:30 PM, Guilford Community Center Join GLCT and State Senator Christine Cohen, Chair of the Environment Committee and member of the Aging, Children, Finance, and Revenue & Bonding Committees. Senator Cohen will speak about the latest happenings in Hartford, including funding for land and trails, and efforts to protect the Deer Lake Boy Scout Camp in Killingworth.

Heavy cedar post signs with property and trail names carved into the have been successful, long-lasting design for GLCT throughout town. They take particular skill and patience to design. Thanks to Dave Hackett’s Wood Shop class at GHS for building a new batch for our properties.

In September, GLCT hosted renowned naturalist and author of Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, and Nature’s Best Hope, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, Doug Tallamy. If you were unable to see it or want to share it with someone who might enjoy it, now you can. Please click/tap the image to start the video. […]

GLCT has purchased the last privately owned land on Totoket Mountain in North Guilford, near Bluff Head.

A consortium of conservation and environmental groups, including Branford and Guilford land trusts and Connecticut’s environmental agency have joined forces to protect Jarvis Creek salt marsh. The Branford Land Trust, Guilford Land Conservation Trust, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the Seedlings Foundation, is purchasing a 20-acre section of the Medlyn Farm south of Route 146, across from […]

We are thrilled to report that all of the trails in Westwoods are now open following months of work to remove power lines. Some work will continue but it will not impact the trails. Please stay on marked trails. Thank you for your patience!

UPDATED 3/29/2021 Please refer to the above map for closed trail segments. Over the winter and early spring, Eversource will be removing the electric lines and poles from Westwoods.  Using access from Moose Hill Road and Dunk Rock Road, this work will involve heavy equipment and large work crews.  We ask our many hikers and bikers to stay clear of […]