Save Oswegatchie Hills Coalition Members
A broad range of civic leaders, residents, conservation, and environmental groups are advocating to preserve and protect the Oswegatchie Hills and the Niantic River in Southeastern Connecticut.
In the last decade, almost 460 acres of undeveloped Oswegatchie Hills terrain have been protected for perpetuity in the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve.
Coalition members believe the best use of the remaining 236 acres of this vulnerable coastal forest is preservation, not high density housing. We want this land to be acquired at fair market value and added to the adjoining Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve to protect the entire contiguous ridgeline and a mile of Niantic River shoreline.
Save Oswegatchie Hills Coalition founding members
Founding Members
Connecticut Fund for the Environment and its bi-state program Save the Sound
Friends of the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Save the River-Save the Hills
Statewide Organizations
Connecticut Forest and Park Association
Connecticut Land Conservation Council
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
Connecticut Chapter of the Sierra Club
Organizations in Niantic River Watershed
East Lyme Harbor Management Shellfish Commission
East Lyme Land Trust
East Lyme Historical Society
East Lyme Historical Properties
Samuel Smith Farmstead
East Lyme Garden Club
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut
Waterford Land Trust
Friends of Smith-Harris House
Our friends across the state
Hamden Land Conservation Trust
Connecticut Citizens Against Overdevelopment
Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee
Old Lyme Land Trust
Old Saybrook Land Trust
Middlesex Land Trust
Groton Open Space Association
Tributary Mill Conservancy
Plus hundreds of individuals who have signed on to our cause
The native Mountain Laurel thrives in the rugged terrain of rock outcroppings and shallow soils.
CT Commissioner of Energy and Environment Rob Klee and East Lyme students rest after hiking through the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve,
June 2014.
The Oswegatchie Hills support a diverse ecosystem of flora and fauna, including this red eft, the terrestrial juvenile stage of the aquatic Eastern Newt.
You can help save the Hills!
Sign the petition to join the Coalition.
Call Suzanne at 860-662-1531 to find out how you can help us protect these natural resources. Want a guided hike of the adjoining Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve? Ask Suzanne.