[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]While Steep Rock invests considerable resources to ensure our trails are in excellent condition, we will never control the weather. On a beautiful but very windy recent Saturday, a visitor reported that a large tree had fallen...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Partnering with Vets Healing on the Fly and the Washington Rod and Gun Club (WRGC), SRA was honored to welcome seven veterans to the Shepaug River for a beautiful day of fishing and another step in their healing...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Passport to the TrailsAn Outdoor Adventure Created by Local Students The Passport to the Trails program is back for its second year! This year, students from Shepaug Middle School and Oliver Wolcott Technical School teamed up with Steep...
Power of Partnerships Steep Rock Association is strengthened by an extraordinary community of volunteers and partners whose dedication to conservation is truly inspiring. Last year, we launched our Community Partnership Program, bringing together businesses, organizations, schools, and sponsors to take on high-impact conservation work. The response...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Steep Rock is proud to join a coordinated effort to support Purple Martins (Progne subis) in western Connecticut — a region where until recently they hadn't lived. Purple Martins are our largest swallow and a cavity-nesting bird that is...
Nature Is Calling After a long, cold, snowy, quintessential New England winter, it’s good to welcome mud season and the signs of spring emerging over the Litchfield Hills landscape. Spring is always an exciting season as I get to visit with old friends appearing ephemerally in...
The Power of Participating For the month of March, Steep Rock is proud to recognize and laud the invaluable contributions of all our volunteers, community organizations, business and farm partners, schools, government agencies, and sponsors. We are incredibly grateful for your knowledge, expertise, hands-on labor, and...
Year In Review As 2026 unfurls, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share Steep Rock Association’s 2025 Year in Review—a reflection on our Centennial year and the legacy of conservation your support continues to advance. In 1925, our organization began with a gift of 168 acres...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="block-hidden-valley__title h1-sm"] 2025 Impact Report [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]In 2025, Steep Rock Association celebrated 100 years of protecting what you love in Washington and the Litchfield Hills. Your generosity, together with hundreds of others who stepped forward to protect land,...
Photo: Eastern bluebird by Haig Leonard 100 Years of Gratitude As our Centennial year comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the vision of our founders and whether they could have anticipated the impact their bold idea in land conservation would have for the forested hills,...