GMCT News and Publications

  • GMCT & CT River Conservancy Trails Day Paddle – June 2, 2024

    On Sunday, June 2, a Trails Day Paddle from the Wethersfield Cove up the Connecticut River to Hartford and a half mile into the Park River outlet conduit was led by Tim Lewis of the Great Meadows Conservation Trust assisted by CT River Conservancy (CRC) Executive Director Rebecca Todd, and CRC CT River Steward, Rhea…


  • The Meadow View: December 2023

    The Meadow View: December 2023 In the latest Meadow View, you can: Read about Kari Kastango’s amazing 410 mile swim of the Connecticut River. Learn about the planned Forest Mulching at the Wood Parcel. Reminisce on a Summer to Remember – with Trails Day in June, the July Flood, Volunteer work days in June, July,…


  • The Meadow View: May 2023

    The Meadow View: May 2023 On the DiPaola parcel Winter Walk out North Great Meadow Road, GMCT’s Ken Etheridge shares his insights as monitor of eagle nests from Middletown and Cromwell to Hartford and Windsor, including the nest hidden in the trees in the background, the new nest in Crow Point Cove, and the nest…


  • The Meadow View: December 2022

    In early October, fifteen Rocky Hill High School freshmen arrived at GMCT’s Wood Parcel for a hard morning’s work. Students and their two advisers helped clean and improve the trails to make the paths more accessible to wheel chair enabled nature lovers.


  • GMCT Brisk Winter Walks ‒ 2023

    Join the GMCT Brisk Winter Walks for 2023. Walks are co-sponsored by the Land Heritage Coalition of Glastonbury, the Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center in Wethersfield, and Goodwin College.


  • Rocky Hill H.S. Terriers “Lend a Paw” for Accessibility

    In early October, fifteen Rocky Hill High School freshmen arrived at GMCT’s Wood Parcel for a hard morning’s work. Students and their two advisers helped clean and improve the trails to make the paths more accessible to wheel chair enabled nature lovers. For two hours, teams of students removed tree roots, loaded and hefted wheel…


  • The Meadow View: May 2022

    President’s Report by Tim Lewis: I took a drive to Old Lyme during the first few days of April. It was a beautiful spring day, too windy to paddle but still warm enough to be out enjoying the sunshine.


  • President’s Report

    Tim Lewis I took a drive to Old Lyme during the first few days of April. It was a beautiful spring day, too windy to paddle but still warm enough to be out enjoying the sunshine. At the Great Island State Boat Launch near the mouth of the CT River, there is a viewing platform.…


  • Meadow View – Vol. XXXVII no. 2

    Focus on the Wood Parcel Environmental Review Team gives direction to stewardship efforts To guide future stewardship efforts, the Trust engaged the services of an Environmental Review Team, a service of the Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development area, under the direction of Jeanne Davies. Ms. Davies assembled a team of experts, including Cathy Labadia, Archeologist…