Cornwall Conservation Trust

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Cornwall Conservation Trust The Cornwall Conservation Trust is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of our town's natural assets.

It is organized to provide broad public participation in its activities, and membership is open to everyone.

Very much the smallest preserve in Cornwall (3 acres), the Bradley preserve makes a nice half mile triangle with Popple ...
10/12/2026

Very much the smallest preserve in Cornwall (3 acres), the Bradley preserve makes a nice half mile triangle with Popple Swamp rd and Lower River Road South with a large rock to rest on !

Great hike at Cooley preserve yesterday, and we also connected to Hart preserve to extend the hike ! Perfect weather, gr...
10/11/2026

Great hike at Cooley preserve yesterday, and we also connected to Hart preserve to extend the hike ! Perfect weather, great companions !

Walk the Cooley Preserve: Saturday, October 10 at 10amJoin us Saturday, October 10 at 10am for an introductory walk to t...
10/06/2026

Walk the Cooley Preserve: Saturday, October 10 at 10am

Join us Saturday, October 10 at 10am for an introductory walk to the Cooley Preserve led by CCT Steward Moss Mansell. This is an exciting start to a new one-mile trail that includes old fields and woodlands and offers a stunning view of the Housatonic Valley. The trail is easy, following field contours. It was constructed this summer by a Greenagers work crew that helped to make the trail and the 19th-century coal mounds visible. Be very tick-savvy.

Meet at the trailhead located at 91 Cherry Hill Road.

Join us for our annual mushroom walk with Dave Paton at Ballyhack Preserve. This is always a memorable and joyful search...
10/03/2026

Join us for our annual mushroom walk with Dave Paton at Ballyhack Preserve. This is always a memorable and joyful search for whatever is popping, and so far, we are having a plentiful year.

Meet at the parking area located at the intersection of Route 125 and Dibble Hill Road.

Where to hike when high winds keep you out of the forests ? Foote-Pope preserve and Furnace Brook make a great 1.5 miles...
09/26/2026

Where to hike when high winds keep you out of the forests ? Foote-Pope preserve and Furnace Brook make a great 1.5 miles walk and there is even a bench to relax on !

This morning’s mushroom walk at Ballyhack Preserve is postponed to Sunday, October 4 at 1pm. 💨☔️
09/26/2026

This morning’s mushroom walk at Ballyhack Preserve is postponed to Sunday, October 4 at 1pm. 💨☔️

Walk the Rattlesnake Preserve - Saturday, September 19 at 10amDeb Bennett and Terry Burke will lead a walk through the f...
09/14/2026

Walk the Rattlesnake Preserve - Saturday, September 19 at 10am

Deb Bennett and Terry Burke will lead a walk through the fields and forests of Rattlesnake Preserve, a mosaic of many different agricultural uses. The wonderful stone walls indicate bygone uses such as pasture for sheep and other livestock. Stone bridges, embedded barbed wire and wolf trees denote hedgerows, and old stone foundations of a possible milk cooler raise the possibility of a previous dairy industry. The forest hosts a number of different biomes, and the hay field at the entrance is graced by a bird viewing platform that overlooks a wetland and streams replete with a small colony of beavers.

Time/Distance: 1 hour–1 mile

Directions: From the Route 4/Route 43 intersection in Cornwall, head west on Sharon Goshen Turnpike and then turn right onto Town St. Continue on Town St. and take a left onto Cogswell Road, which leads to the intersection on the right with Rattlesnake Road. Park at the Rattlesnake Road entrance near Cogswell Road.

This event is in collaboration with the Housatonic Heritage Walks–free, guided walks throughout Berkshire County, Massachusetts and Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Please register via our website - CornwallConservationTrust.org

Stewards at work clearing trees in the Rattlesnake Preserve !
09/02/2026

Stewards at work clearing trees in the Rattlesnake Preserve !

Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt - Saturday, August 29 at 10amOn Saturday, August 29, at 10 am there will be an Invasive ...
08/21/2026

Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt - Saturday, August 29 at 10am

On Saturday, August 29, at 10 am there will be an Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt led by Ellie Appleseed at the Rattlesnake Preserve, offering two $50 gift card prizes. Designed for landowners and families, this fun and educational program will help participants learn to identify plants that threaten native habitats and explore ways to manage them.

This is a joint program of the Cornwall Conservation Trust and the Cornwall Conservation Commission. All are welcome. Please park near the viewing platform at the south end of Rattlesnake Road, and remember to be tick-savvy.

Rain date: Sunday, August 30 at 11am.

08/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who has visited HVA’s collection of Woldemar Neufeld’s “Bridges Across the Housatonic” paintings at the Cornwall Conservation Trust and HRC offices in West Cornwall! Open hours continue on Mondays 8/24, 8/31, and 9/14 from 3 to 5 pm. We hope you will visit us and see this beautiful gallery for yourself!

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7 Railroad Square
West Cornwall, CT
06796

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+18602483255

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