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Charlene Perkins Cutler of The Last Green Valley thanks Shawn Johnston of CL&P after the company awarded TLGV a $25,000 grant. Courtesy photo.
CL&P grants
$25,000 to TLGV
The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) announced that Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) recently awarded the non-profit organization a $25,000 grant to support protection of The Last Green Valley’s land and water resources. The monies will be allocated to expand its volunteer water quality monitoring program, to re-design and print new water quality monitoring brochures, and to host a water resource conference for volunteers in February 2013. Additionally, the grant will be used to enhance TLGV’s water trails development and watershed stewardship through the production of a 30-minute documentary and shorter presentation videos designed to interpret the Quinebaug River Water Trail. It will further promote volunteer efforts and watershed stewardship by coordinating and conducting river cleanups, as well as developing a series of land use education workshops for municipal boards in the National Heritage Corridor. A series of three workshops will be held in the spring of 2013.
“CL&P has been a consistent advocate of TLGV, Inc. from the organization’s very beginning,” said Charlene Perkins Cutler, TLGV executive director. “CL&P has continued to increase its support over the years, and has been the premier sponsor of Walktober for many years. We are very gratified by CL&P’s generosity.”
“Connecticut’s natural beauty is one of our state’s greatest assets, and The Last Green Valley helps preserve and protect water and land resources that we can all enjoy,” said Kathleen Freeman, director of Environmental Affairs for Northeast Utilities, parent company of CL&P. “At CL&P, we take great pride in being environmental stewards, and through grants such as this, we’re able to work together to make an even bigger impact.”
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor is 78% forest and farmlands. It is the 3rd largest watershed draining into Long Island Sound, it produces oxygen for 8.3 million people, it encompasses 35 towns in 2 states and it is 1,086 square miles in size. TLGV provides a number of programs and services developed to sustain its precious resources. These include: the annual Walktober event, agricultural support, water trails, water quality, clean-ups, community preservation, tourism marketing, and so much more.