Follow the Forest Team – brought to you by the Housatonic Valley Association
Tim Abbott – Regional Conservation Director, Housatonic Valley Association
Email: taselkie@gmail.com
Contact Me About:
Land conservation projects, fundraising, questions about the Highlands Conservation Act and the Open Space & Watershed Land Acquisition Program, charitable giving in support of Follow the Forest.
If you could be any animal what would you be?
Black bear: wide ranging, overcomes obstacles, alert, arboreal, omnivorous. Resurgent. Evolved in North America 2 million years ago. Nettlesome. Our futures are intertwined.
Julia Rogers – Senior Land Protection Manager, Housatonic Valley Association
Email: jrogers.hva@gmail.com
Contact Me About:
Partnership opportunities, land conservation projects, strategic conservation planning, grant opportunities and assistance, and forest land conservation easements.
If you could be any animal what would you be?
I would be a Torrent Duck – Torrent Ducks are native to the Andes Mountains, and thrive in the steep mountain streams – nesting among the steep rapids, and able to swim upstream with no challenge. Torrent Ducks are known for playing amongst the rapids in these areas, even at a very young age.
Connie Manes – Greenprint Director, Housatonic Valley Association
Email: connie@manes-consulting.com
Contact Me About:
The Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative, conservation planning, land trust accreditation, organizational capacity-building, conservation connections, and crazy ideas that we really should try out.
If you could be any animal what would you be?
I would be a bird (who doesn’t want to fly?) or an office dog.
Stacy Deming – GIS Manager, Housatonic Valley Association
Email: hvamaps@gmail.com
Contact Me About:
Creating GIS maps and requests for GIS data.
If you could be any animal what would you be?
I would be a pika as I would love to live above tree line and scurry amongst the boulders annoying travelers.