Celebrate conservation efforts at Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby

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DERBY - Join the staff at the Kellogg Environmental Center at 10 a.m. May 18 to learn about the Connecticut Forest and Park Association.  

Eric Hammerling, Executive Director of Connecticut Forest and Park Association will present on the past and future works by CFPA in conservation of land and natural resources. Established in 1895, CFPA is the oldest private, nonprofit conservation organization in Connecticut. It is credited as an important early pioneer of the national land conservation movement and as an early advocate of long distance trail building. 

Kellogg was part of CFPA Board of Directors in the 1940s.  

Learn how her involvement in this organization helped add some special places to Connecticut’s State Parks.  

The focus on conservation continues May 19 at 1 p.m. when the Center hosts Lauren Cosgrove from National Parks Conservation Association in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of National Parks Conservation Association. 

One hundred years ago, two people, Stephen Mather and J. Horace McFarland spearheaded the creation of the National Park Service to ensure many of America’s most iconic landscapes would be protected for all who would come long after them. 
Those same visionaries also knew the parks would need an independent agency, unconnected with and uninfluenced by government, to protect them and also formed National Parks Conservation Association.  

NPCA’s mission - to protect and enhance America's National Park System for present and future generations - is just as relevant today as it was 100 years ago at its founding. 

Today, we are looking ahead to the next 100 years, engaging advocates as diverse as the parks themselves, and inspiring the next generation to love our parks as much as we do.

The Kellogg Environmental Center, a facility of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection at 500 Hawthorne Ave., is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 

For more information or directions email donna.kingston@ct.gov or call 203-734-2513. 

This is a press release from the Kellogg Environmental Center.