Conservation Commission's Projects
The Young Forest Project
To keep the land healthy and to have a diversity of wildlife, we need to sustain a variety of habitats for them live in. Young Forest provides essential homes for over 50 different species including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. Overgrown fields, shrubby swamps, coastal shrub lands and dense strands of small trees grown back from fires, storms and destruction provide "pockets of light" for new growth for Young Forest.
The Southbury Conservation Commission has been working in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection since January 2018 to identify and implement these practices in the following parcels: Platt Park, Shortt's Field Connector, Janie Pierce Park, McMillian Park and Hollow Swamp Preserve. It can be created through habitat management.