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 Farm and Waldingfield Farm—to construct high tunnel hoop houses to expand their growing season for...
https://vimeo.com/852725022?share=copyOn 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 see trees!”Upon investigation, we discovered that a microburst from the previous day’s thunderstorms had snapped off or...
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 increase in heavy rains since 1958. It is not terribly surprising then that over the next...
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 resist and recover from climate-related disruptions. The ecology of rivers and streams are particularly vulnerable, not...
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 old. In 2020, Judea Garden saw a hard, killing frost on September 19th. In 2021, that...