The Board is a statutorily created group established to advise the DEP on open space matters. Below is a list of grant recipients and descriptions of the properties. This property, bounded by the Hop River Greenway, is likely to continue its use as an active dairy farm. It is also the site of a well-preserved encampment used during the Revolutionary War. This historically significant portion may be excavated and used as an educational location.
Property consists of two small ponds, woodland, wetlands and meadow.
This property, located on the top of a traprock ridge, is one of the last working farms in Cromwell. The parcel would continue in active farm use and provide community gardens. These adjoining lands are known collectively as the Mica Ledges and would provide for forest protection, hiking and picnicking. Also included in the project is the acquisition of the Pest Housing Complex, a significant site in Connecticut history where smallpox victims were housed and cared for from 1760-1790. This project is the first phase of purchasing land between two disconnected elements of the 650-acre Shenipsit State Forest.