The New Hartford Land Trust is an all- volunteer, private non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting the permanent preservation and protection of farmland, forest, and other open space and natural resources in New Hartford.
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In the mid 1800's, many "village improvement societies" formed in New England to "improve the quality of life and of the environment." These small nonprofit organizations were the forerunners of today's land trust movement. A few years later, in 1891, the Massachusetts legislature incorporated The Trustees of Reservations to protect the “jewels of the living landscape”. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, with similar purposes, was formed in 1901. Today, both organizations are among the nation's leading state conservation groups.
Not all the pioneers were in the northeast. At the turn of the century, a group of Californians organized the Sempervirens Club with the slogan "Save the Redwoods".
The New Hartford Land Trust, a private, non- profit, tax-exempt organization formed in 1973, is currently preserving 425+ acres of open space and natural resources in New Hartford for the benefit of the public.
The Land Trust provides a means by which woodlands, meadows, farmlands, water resources and unique natural sites can be preserved forever.
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