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Published by the Connecticut Forestand Park Association, Inc.
Summer 2002 • Volume 67 Number 2
The Magazine of Connecticut ConservationThe Magazine of Connecticut Conservation
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EDITOR
Christine Woodside
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Karen Ward 
OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT
 Richard Whitehouse
, GlastonburyVICE-PRESIDENTS
 Russell L. Brenneman
, Westport
 Richard A. Bauerfeld 
, Branford
 David Platt 
, HigganumTREASURER
 Ronald J. Manzi
, Old Saybrook ASSISTANT TREASURER
Gordon L. Anderson
, East Hartford
STAFF:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FORESTER AND SECRETARY
 Adam Moore
, DurhamDIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEERSAND TRAILS COORDINATOR
 Ann T. Colson
, ClintonDIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICYAND MEMBERSHIP
Patricia Pendergast 
, ChesterADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
 Jessica McAnally
, Bristol
DIRECTORS:
 Mark Ashton
, New Haven
 Jill Barrett 
, Hartford
George M. Camp
, Middletown
Starling W. Childs
, Norfolk 
 Ann M. Cuddy
, Lakeville
 Ruth Cutler 
, Ashford
 Daniel F. Donahue
, Ashford
 Astrid T. Hanzalek 
, Suffield
 Nicole J. Herbst 
, Avon
Karen Johnson
, New Haven
 Jean Crum Jones
, Shelton
 Eric Lukingbeal
, Granby
 Randall Miller 
, Cheshire
 Larry Marsicano
, Sherman
 Brian O’Connor 
, Westbrook 
Susan E. Olmstead 
, Niantic
 John Olsen
, Voluntown
Stephen C. Parsons
, Cheshire
 Edward A. Richardson
, Glastonbury
 David M. Smith
, Hamden
 Donald L. Snook 
, Westport
Sally L. Taylor 
, Quaker Hill
 J. Stanley Watson
, Middletown
HONORARY DIRECTORS:
 Harrol W. Baker, Jr.
, Bolton
 Richard F. Blake
, Milford
Clyde S. Brooks
, Glastonbury
Samuel G. Dodd 
, Mansfield Center
 Mrs. Reynolds Girdler 
, Riverside
 John E. Hibbard 
, Hebron
Philip H. Jones, Jr.
, Shelton
 Jerome H. Lowengard 
, West Hartford
George M. Milne
, Hebron
 John Reynolds III 
, Middletown
 L.P. Sperry, Jr.
, Middlebury
 Henry H. Townshend 
, New Haven
CONSERVING CONNECTICUT
The Connecticut Forest and Park Association,in its 107th year, is a voluntary organizationdedicated to the conservation and enhance-ment of Connecticut’s natural resources,including its forests, scenery, wildlife, andoutdoor recreation. The Association’s aim is tomake Connecticut a better place in which tolive. Accomplishments are limited only bymembership support.The Connecticut Forest and Park Associationis affiliated with the National WildlifeFederation, the National Woodland OwnersAssociation, the American Hiking Society, andthe Environmental Federation of New England.
CONNECTICUT WOODLANDS
Published quarterly by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association,Middlefield, 16 Meriden Road, Rockfall, CT 06481-2961. Subscriptions$15.00; single numbers $4.00. Indexed in the Connecticut Periodical Index,ISSN 00106257.Telephone: 860-346-2372 or 860-346-TREE; FAX (860) 347-7463.E-mail address:
info@ctwoodlands.org
World Wide Web site:http://www.ctwoodlands.org
MEMBERSHIPS:
Individual....................................................................................$30Family..........................................................................................$45Organization/Club.......................................................................$65Benefactor..................................................................................$250Corporate..................................................................................$500
MEMBERSHIPS:
Life.........................................................................................$1,000
Connecticut Forest and Park Association, Inc.
Printed on recycled paper
Diana McMasters
The coast of New London, within reach of the general public. See page 12.
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Association News
Association adopts trail-use policy; JohnHibbard wins state award.
Legislative Update
Farmland funds less than hoped; Assocationworks on environmental changes; invasiveplants bill dies; all-terrain vehicle policyemerges.
Trail Mix
A scrapbook of the annual trail maintenanceworkshop at Black Rock State Park; nationalgroup honors trail volunteer.
Woodlot Wisdom
Old-growth patches wait to be found.
Cover:Fort TrumbullChristine Woodside
CONTENTS
Volume 67 Number 2 • Summer 2002
Departments
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Features
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Olmsted’s influence:‘Plant spacious parks… and unloose their gates’
Frederick Law Olmsted was a Hartford native wholeft a profound mark on Connecticut’s urban land-scapes.
The wilds of Meriden
Land protection activist Norm Zimmer grew up play-ing scout games in Hubbard Park and Giuffreda Park.
Meet New London’s waterfront, at a fort
An Egyptian style fort with a grass top emerges as astate park, shaking off its old duties of bulwark andlaboratory.
The view from Gillette Castle
Lazing along in his houseboat in 1914, WilliamGillette bolted out of a reverie when he discovered thecliffs where he would build his retirement house.
Why one group labored to save Harkness
Diana McMasters took her kids to her favorite child-hood spot, and found it was falling apart.
How the public got Hammonasset Beach
The state bought an old shooting range and created abeach by placing a barrier of old tires.
Amazing East Rock 
Take an armchair geology tour of the New Havenpark with Peabody Museum paleontologist CopelandMacClintock.
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