Stewardship
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The Land Trust Stewardship Committee is
responsible for monitoring and maintaining all Land Trust
properties.
All work done on Land Trust property must
be organized and paid for by the Land Trust.
The Land Trust
has a legal right to inspect each property and enter
it at reasonable times for monitoring purposes.
Each property is inspected by a Land Trust
Trustee at least annually.
A formal Property Inspection
Report is filed for each parcel.
The Stewardship Committee oversees any remediation indicated
by the Property Inspection Reports.
Neighbors
The Darien Land Trust normally inspects
each of its properties during the Spring. After the annual
inspections are completed, remediation is prioritized and
implemented as required.
The remainder of the year, we rely on neighbors
to act as our de-facto stewards. Neighbors who notice any
evidence of trespass, vandalism, dumping, encroachment,
or safety hazards are encouraged to contact the Land Trust.
We expect our neighbors to respect our
property boundary lines and not encroach on Land Trust
property in any way. This includes the dumping of leaves,
wood chips and other vegetation. By the same token, we
hope neighbors will contact us if they feel their property
is being affected by anything occurring on Land Trust property.
Contacts
Shirley Nichols – Executive Director,
655-4148
Kaye Rabin
– President, 656-0272
Chris Filmer – Stewardship Co-Chairperson, 655-2445
Den Frelinghuysen – Stewardship Co-Chairperson, 655-0333
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The
primary goal of the Darien Land Trust is to preserve and
protect open space in Darien. Preservation of open space
benefits our community by adding quality-of-life values
for the residents of our town, including the preservation
of its rural character.
