Helping Local Farms Adapt to Climate Change
Steep Rock Association was a partner organization in a CT Department of Agriculture “Climate Smart Ag” grant awarded to the Northwest CT Land Conservancy (NCLC). SRA enabled two Washington farms—Averill […]
Microburst in Hidden Valley Preserve
https://vimeo.com/852725022?share=copy On June 27th, we received a call from a hiker in Hidden Valley Preserve that trees were down on some trails, and she was “seeing sky where I usually […]
Managing Trails For A Changing Climate
Featured image: Stone steps built by SRA Staff along a vulnerable riverside trail. In the last century, average precipitation in the Northeast increased 10 percent, with a corresponding 70 percent […]
Cold Water in a Warming World
In recognition of a rapidly shifting climate and increasingly pronounced weather events, Steep Rock Association (SRA) has proactively managed our preserves to enhance their climate resilience – the ability to […]
Climate Change in the Garden
April Showers Bring May Flowers? Maybe not anymore. Climate change has shifted the weather patterns of old so that current gardeners can no longer rely on the patterns and rhythms of […]