Ambitious Project Will Buy Land to Preserve the Connecticut River

Illustrated map of Connecticut River from Norton Pool, Vermont, to Old Lyme, Connecticut. Highlated are landmarks and threatened wildlife and vegetation.

Creator: Nick Ravo

Source: The New York Times

Date: 1985-03-15

Type: Article

Coverage: Hartland, Vermont

Physical Dimensions:

Identifier: MS-HUMMEL-BonnyDoonEnvironmentalProtectionGeneralCAandUSA-05

Collection

Marilyn Hummel: Bonny Doon History and Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

Tags

American bald eagles; Big Bend Florida Gulf Coast; Champion International timber company; Chimon Island; Cloyce L. Hedge, the conservancy's regional director of preserve selection; cobblestone tiger beetles; David L. Reynolds, Connecticut; Dennis B. Wolkoff; dwarf wedge mussel; Enfield Rapids in Connecticut; Falkner Island; Griswold Point; Guilford, Conn.; James S. Hoyte; Jessup's milk vetch; Jonathan Lash; Jonathan Lash State Secretary of Natural Resources, Vermont; Jonathan Sachs; Latin America; Leslie N. Corey Jr., executive director of the conservancy's Connecticut chapter; Long Island Sound; Lotus software; Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs; Milford Point; Nature Conservancy; Norton Pool; Norwalk, Conn.; Old Lyme, Conn.; piping plover; Plainfield, N. H.; rock outcroppings Hartland, Vt.; Sachs Foundation of Cambridge, Mass.; Selden Creek; Sheffield Island; showy lady slipper; St. Regis; Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; virgin balsam fir; virgin white spruce\; Virginia river snail

The effort of the Nature Conservancy, based in Arlington, Va., targets preserving the four state river valley.

Citation

Ravo, Nick. “Ambitious Project Will Buy Land to Preserve the Connecticut River.” The New York Times. 1985-03-15. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/143207. Accessed 6 July 2026.