Cooper, Whitney & Francois

07/10/2026

https://ctconservation.org/perpetuity-beats-a-742-year-lease-the-extraordinary-conservation-of-tanner-farm-in-warren/
A great story about how tenacity over a seven year period paid off!

How do you conserve a 198-acre tract of prime farmland, core forest, and riparian corridors that has been stewarded by one family for nearly 250 years? The Warren Land Trust (WLT) answered this question over the course of five years through their acquisition of Tanner Farm in Warren.

01/14/2026

An amazing tenacious collaboration protected this historic working farm - two land trusts, four federal and state funding entities and Yale University,

https://litchfield.bz/2026/01/07/our-towns-land-trust-acquires-tanner-farm/

By John McKenna: BZ editor and publisher

WARREN – The long-awaited acquisition of the historic Tanner Farm on Route 341 by the Warren Land Trust has been completed and will ensure the permanent preservation of the farm’s 198 acres of fields and woodlands as well as its barns and outbuildings, which will remain in use for farming activities.

07/18/2025

Its going to be another great busy year for Connecticut land conservation!

Press Release Homepage Governor Lamont Announces State Grants To Protect 2,270 Acres of Open Space and Create Six New Community Green Spaces 7/15/2025 (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding $14.3 million in state funding to aid in the purchase and ...

03/28/2024

Peter Cooper is the first recipient of the CT Land Conservation Council's Excellence in Conservation Law Award and it will carry his name.

2024 Excellence in Conservation Awards We are proud to celebrate and feature our winners for our annual Excellence in Conservation Awards. In making these awards, CLCC seeks to recognize organizations…

10/17/2023

A great project many years and many people (including our firm) in the making...

Thanks to you, Steep Rock closed on the acquisitions of four forested properties that expand Hidden Valley by 25%--a plan that’s been 17 years in the making!

07/25/2023

Open space in CT and MA to be permanently protected if abandonment permit  COLEBROOK, CT—A groundbreaking win for open space protection in Northwest Connecticut is being celebrated by the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) and Save the Sound, who have reached a Memorandum of Understand...

07/25/2023

Something really exciting that we helped Northwest CT Land Conservancy achieve:

Open space in CT and MA to be permanently protected if abandonment permit  COLEBROOK, CT—A groundbreaking win for open space protection in Northwest Connecticut is being celebrated by the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) and Save the Sound, who have reached a Memorandum of Understand...

07/10/2023

Great article about the value and challenges of our land trusts.

While the state struggles to meet its open-space conservation goal, land trusts are...

06/22/2023

An ode to our farmer clients:

04/24/2023