Just wanted to not the NHRegister mention of the Conservation Commission's award from CFPA.
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/09/19/news/valley/b4-shaward.txt
As these articles are not always kept online for extended periods, I cut/paste for reference/comment:
Shelton trail volunteers win award
Friday, September 19, 2008 6:35 AM EDT
By Marianne Lippard, Register Correspondent
SHELTON — Volunteers dedicated to improving hiking trails throughout the city have been honored with an award from the Connecticut Forest and Park Association.
Bill Dyer, chairman of the city’s trails committee and vice chairman of the Conservation Commission, said the award of merit came as a surprise to the volunteers. The CFPA recognized the volunteers this month at its annual meeting at the Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby.
According to the CFPA, the Shelton Conservation Commission was chosen “for their vision and perseverance in developing a townwide trail system for passive recreation.”
The CFPA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of Connecticut parks, forests, trails and natural resources; it is the state’s oldest conservation group.
In presenting Shelton with the award, Eric Hammerling, CFPA executive director, and David Platt, CFPA president, said the Shelton commission is making a great effort to restore and extend the Paugussett Trail from Indian Well to the Stratford town line.
Teresa Gallagher, Shelton’s conservation agent, said the trails that the city is trying to restore existed for decades before being cut off by private development around the 1980s. To restore what was lost, the city has been acquiring land in a linear fashion to re-establish a continuous trail system, Gallagher said. The Shelton Lakes Greenway consists of more than 450 acres of contiguous open space and 10 miles of hiking trails.
John Anglace, president of the Board of Aldermen, said volunteers have been working for years to improve the trail system and they frequently apply for grant money to help with the cost of improvements.
A $2,500 grant received by the group will be used for logo and design work to create a granite marker at an entrance to the trails.
** The logo was done via our annual City budget, the grant was due to work at the Ct Capital by now deceased State Rep Richard Beldon, and the granite markers with logo will be pd for via the grant and part of the CC City budget. **
The aldermen just approved a new phase of improvements to the trails near Pine Lake that will open the area to more forms of recreation, rather than just walkers.Conservation Commission Chairman Thomas Harbinson said that an open space plan for the city will be updated soon; the last such plan was revised back in 1992.
** Please see other blog entries for info on the OSPlan update where we seek public comment. Also, the sheltontrails.org website has more info regarding trails and the RecPath specifically. **
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