CLT's annual #OptOutside Black Friday hike at Ives Farm (and Cheshire Street Cemetery) was excellent. Lots of sunshine. Lots of people. Lots of good stories and info from our special presenters, Thomas Mulholland and Mark Kasinskas. Thanks to all who came out!

Just like you have housekeeping duties at your home, the Cheshire Land Trust has a few "honey-do" lists for our properties. One "to-do" is trash pick-up. This past weekend, we had our year-end pick-up at Ives Farm. Luckily, we had a lot of help! Quinnipiac University's Greek Life Fraternities and Sororities gave up their Saturday morning to make the rounds on the lower fields, in the woods, along CLT's property that runs alongside the banks and floodplain areas of the Quinni

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