The history of Connecticut’s forests is the story of glacial setting, managed landscapes, their cultivation and preservation and of course raging fires, leveling hurricanes, and expanding blights.… Read more…

Previous years:   2017  |   2018  |   2019  |   2020 It’s that time of year when people like me fire up their laptops, open a blank doc, look… Read more…

Previous years:    2017   |  2018   |  2019  Fourth annual review, once again looking back not just in terms of exploration, but also in the growth of this site.  The…

It has been a big month here at ExploreCT! Now that I have passed “back to square one” I’ve been able to tackle so many of the… Read more…

I’m proud to say that Explore Connecticut is back to 100% after The ‘Great Crash’ earlier this year in March. I was originally thinking that I could get the… Read more…

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the influence of the Yale Forestry School on the open spaces of Connecticut. The more research I do into the… Read more…

See The Complete Nipmuck Trail Guide I had thought that this year was going to be the Year of the State Parks, but with several state parks… Read more…

No fancy article this month just a couple updates and announcements.First, since The Great Crash I’ve added back 175 locations which, as I announced on Instagram, officially puts me past… Read more…

I’ve been rebuilding.  This is not what I intended for March or April, but perhaps you remember in my 2019 Annual Review how I said at some point this… Read more…

https://youtu.be/APjEJDlNMDk Third annual review, once again looking back not just in terms of exploration, but also in the growth of this site.  The exploration highlights of the… Read more…