Over a nine-year period (2008-2017), the Fairfield County Regional Conservation Partnership (FCRCP) laid the foundation for increased cross-boundary communication, coordination, and collaboration among its member organizations, municipal commissions, agencies, and councils of government in Fairfield County, CT. Through the implementation of its strategic action and land protection plans, FCRCP was the catalyst behind the development of the Hudson to Housatonic Conservation Initiative and its subsequent iteration, the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2H). The history of FCRCP is one of a circle of close partners keeping their eye on their brass ring—to normalize collaborative land protection and stewardship—even as they continuously re-invented their partnership to be ever more inclusive and productive. Read the FCRCP History document here.
Special Thanks
H2H partners have coordinated dozens of outreach events throughout our service area. In total, these events armed landowners with practical resources to better steward their land and understand their conservation options. These events would not have been possible without the sizable in-kind support of the following conservation professionals:
Diane Blais
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Carol Capobianco
Native Plant Center
Kevin Carter
Teatown Lake Reservation
Purnima Chawla
Center for Non-Profit Strategies
Peter Farina
Salient Science & Technology, LLC
Corrine Folsom-O’Keefe
Audubon Connecticut
Michelle Frankel
Audubon Greenwich
Ron Frisbee
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties
Ted Gilman
Audubon Greenwich
Brian Hall
Harvard Forest
Tony Hiss
Author, Lecturer
Helene Hochholzer
CT Dept. of Energy
& Environmental Protection
Sven Hoeger
Creative Habitat Corporation
Karl Honkonen
US Forest Service – Northeast Area State and Private Forestry Program
Maria Janowiak
US Forest Service – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
Ted Kazlowski
Westchester County
Emma Kravet
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Thomas Lewis
Trillium Invasive Species Management, LLC
Connie Mannes
Kent Land Trust
Maraleen Manos-Jones
American Museum of Natural History
Pete Muroski
Native Landscapes, Inc.
Jim Nordgren
JN Land Trust Services
Jay Rasku
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
Ravi Singh
Center for Non-Profit Strategies
Emily Stephan
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Chris Swanston
US Forest Service – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
David Tobias
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Mary Tyrrell
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Tyler Van Fleet
Watershed Agricultural Council
Oscar Velez-Juarbe
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Marilyn Wyman
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties