Open Spaces in Newtown, Connecticut
Newtown is blessed with forests, fields, rivers and streams. The Town Open Space index currently lists 2,000 acres of Open Space, which includes 6 preserves: Deep Brook, Halfway River, Pole Bridge, Pond Brook, Laurel Ridge and Stone Bridge. Many open space parcels abut State Forest land, Newtown Forest Association properties, and private land trusts, creating wildlife corridors.
In 2010 the Commission asked the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences to compose a management plan for three recently purchased properties: Pole Bridge, Stone Bridge and Pond Brook. This plan is one of the tools that the Commission is using to create healthier and more diverse open spaces.
In addition, the Commission continues to identify new parcels that will protect and improve native wildlife and vegetation.
Click the thumbnail images below for detailed information on Newtown's Open Spaces:
In 2010 the Commission asked the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences to compose a management plan for three recently purchased properties: Pole Bridge, Stone Bridge and Pond Brook. This plan is one of the tools that the Commission is using to create healthier and more diverse open spaces.
In addition, the Commission continues to identify new parcels that will protect and improve native wildlife and vegetation.
Click the thumbnail images below for detailed information on Newtown's Open Spaces:
Stone Bridge
Deep Brook
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High Meadow
Halfway River
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Pole Bridge
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