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Dec 13, 2009 Article published in The Day – Land Trust asks court to rein in landowner
By Jenna Cho, Day Staff Writer
Jenna Cho interviewed Lyme Land Trust President George Moore, the Trust’s attorney Frederick “Fritz” Gahagan and Leslie Ratley-Beach, Conservation Defense Director for the Land Trust Alliance in connection with the filing of a Declaratory Judgment in Connecticut Superior Court by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. The Trust is seeking to resolve a dispute over a conservation easement at 66 Selden Rd in Lyme held by the Trust.
To read the full article go to: http://www.theday.com/article/20091213/NWS01/312139885
Lisa Niccolai joins the Lyme Land Trust Stewardship Program
November 1, 2009. Lisa Niccolai, a licensed forester joined the Lyme Land Trust as a part-time consultant to assist with stewardship responsibilities and other projects.
Lisa, will participate in an ongoing program compiling a digitized inventory of the legal, environmental, and historic status of every Land Trust asset – both fee properties owned by the Trust and those on which it holds conservation restrictions or easements.
In addition, Lisa will focus on seeking private and public grants to help fund land acquisition, stewardship responsibilities and community outreach programs. She will also undertake special projects as requested by the Board of Directors.
A resident of Lyme, Lisa is the principal in Leaf2Landscape, a consultancy that includes client assignments for the Guildford Keeping Society, the Great Mountain Forest Corporation, Yale Myers Forest, and research work for Yale Forestry School faculty.
Lisa Niccolai is a licensed forester in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. She holds a BA from Dickenson College, Carlisle, PA, where she majored in environmental science as well as a Master’s Degree from Yale University,
For more details on Lisa Niccolai, see the 2010 Spring Newsletter and Annual Report
October 9, 2009
Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc., files Application for Declaratory Judgment in Superior Court
The Lyme Land Trust filed an Application for Declaratory Judgment in the Connecticut Superior Court, New London, to interpret a Conservation Restriction held by the Land Trust that covers parts of two properties on the south side of Selden Road. The Conservation Restriction, restricting certain uses of these properties, was granted to the Trust in 1981 by Paul B. Selden, who was the owner of both parcels at the time. It has significance because it covers important floodplain areas on Selden Cove and the Connecticut River and it was the first Conservation Restriction granted to the Land Trust. The present owner of one parcel disputes the Conservation Restriction. The Land Trust asks the Court to determine the legal scope and extent of its terms.
Read the complete letter to Land Trust members.
