{"id":2379,"date":"2024-11-16T01:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/?page_id=2379"},"modified":"2024-11-16T01:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:36:02","slug":"carrington-preserve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/Test\/preserves\/bethany-farms-complex\/carrington-preserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrington Preserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2379\" class=\"elementor elementor-2379\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0258c14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0258c14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe38628 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe38628\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409d342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"409d342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 73.75-acre Carrington Preserve is owned by the Town of Bethany but managed by the Bethany Land Trust. Purchased by the town in 2015, it was part of the larger Cherry Tree Farm, a historic property dating back to the early 1800s, which combines pasture and woods.\u00a0 In 2016, the Carrington family decided together to permanently protect the remaining portion of Cherry Tree Farm adjacent and west of the Preserve. This was Bethany\u2019s first project protecting farmland as part of the State of Connecticut\u2019s Farmland Trust.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c519587 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c519587\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-440a553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"440a553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/carrington-IMG_4142-1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12cd77 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f12cd77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e6d68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19e6d68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77841a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77841a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Preserve is surrounded on the east, north and west by a combination of open fields, wetlands and woods. Some of the features in the Preserve include hardwood upland forests of oaks, hickories, birches and maples, a stream that empties into wetlands shared with Bethany Farms, and stone walls that cordoned the property when it was used as pasturage. Habitat features include large trees for nesting raptors; cavity trees for sheltering wildlife; rock outcrops which offer shelter for small mammals and possibly unusual plants; an abutting stand of eastern red cedars which provide shelter in winter and a valuable source of berries; oak and hickory trees which provide hard mast like nuts.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Trails:<\/strong><\/p><p>Trails in the Carrington Preserve maintained by the Land Trust connect with those in Whispering Pines, Bethany Farms and Hidden Brook. Part of the historic Naugatuck Trail courses through the property.<\/p><ul><li>A trail (1.17 miles, moderate) leaves the Atwater Road parking area into the Preserve and climbs into the uplands, where a connecting trail (0.07 miles; easy) leads to Whispering Pines. The trail continues down a slope, crosses a streambed and eventually splits, with one ending on Farm View Road and the other at the Bethany Farms Road cul-de-sac. A portion of the historic Naugatuck Trail leads onto private property.<\/li><li>Another connector (0.1 miles; moderate) leads into Bethany Farms.<\/li><li>From the northern entrance, the Wopowog Trail (0.4 miles; moderate) connects Atwater Road to Whispering Pines through Carrington Preserve. Named from the indigenous word for interconnected, the trail runs along a stone wall that borders the Hidden Brook Preserve, passes an entrance to the Falling Waters Trail and then courses down into Whispering Pines.<\/li><li>The white Falling Water Trail (0.2 miles; moderate) leads from Wopowog Trail to the Sisyphus Trail at Hidden Brook and continues through Carrington Preserve to Whispering Pines. Water cascades from Hidden Brook to form Bladens Brook near the junction of the Falling Water Trail and the Sisyphus Trail.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7328a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc7328a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fca3d addressparking elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7fca3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a0120 Atwater Road, Bethany CT<\/p><p><strong style=\"font-size: 17px; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Size:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 17px; text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a073.75 acres<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Parking:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Roadside parking is available in the town\u2019s parking lot at the end of the paved section Atwater Road. Please don\u2019t block access to the Cherry Tree Farm\u2019s fields. Roadside parking is also available on the Bethany Farms Road cul-de-sac and along Farm View Road. \u00a0Access to the northern entrance is available where the unimproved portion of Atwater Road meets Russell Road adjacent to 103 Russell Road. 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