Open Space Workshop

As part of the Niantic River Watershed Protection Plan update, NRWC sponsored an Open Space workshop with local land trust and municipal land use commissions in February 2020. The workshop was conducted in response to recommendations made during the two watershed update community stakeholder workshops held in October 2019. Those recommendations included developing an inter-municipal, watershed-wide policy and planning strategy to conserve open space, improving communication among stakeholder groups, building open space coalitions, and expanding outreach and messaging efforts regarding open space conservation.

A summary of the workshop was prepared and can be reviewed here.

Open Space Planning Resources:

• Connecticut Land Conservation Council
• The Connecticut Land Trust Advancement Initiative – Shared Services: A Strategy for Land Trust Advancement and Sustainability in Connecticut
• Lower Connecticut River and Coastal Region Land Trust Exchange Natural Resource Based Strategic Conservation Plan – A GIS Overlay Analysis
• Lower Connecticut River and Coastal Land Trust Exchange Funding Guide/Matrix

This workshop was funded by a Peter Grayson Letz Fund for Animals and the Environment grant from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.