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Members

Photo: Judy Preston

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2026 Board of Directors

President – Joe Samolis - Middletown

Treasurer – Gail Reynolds, Haddam Land Trust

Secretary – Michael Pelton - Portland

Joe Porcaro - Berlin Land Trust

David Brown – Middlesex Land Trust

Alan Ponanski – Ct River Gateway Commission

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2026 Permanent Members

Land Trusts

Berlin Land Trust – Joseph Porcaro
Chester Land Trust - Jenny Kitsen 

Deep River Land Trust

East Haddam Land Trust - Barbara Pokorny

Essex Land Trust - Jim Denham
Haddam Land Trust - Gail Reynolds

Lyme Land Trust - Jim Arrigoni

Middlesex Land Trust - David Brown

Old Saybrook Land Trust - John Ogren, Anna Termine

Salem Land Trust - David Bingham
Westbrook Land Conservation Trust - Bill Neale

 

Conservation Organizations
Ct River Gateway Commission - Alan Ponanski
Lower Ct River Valley Council of Governments - Margot Burns

 

Town Representatives

Chester - Cindy Lignar

Cromwell - Anthony Salvatore
Clinton - Michelle Benivegna
Deep River - Carol Doak-Jones
Durham - Brendan Rea
East Haddam - Todd Gelston
East Hampton - David Cox 
Essex - Norm Needleman
Haddam - Sean Donlan
Killingworth - Eric Couture
Lyme - Christine Erica Zelek

Middlefield - Robert Yamartino

Middletown - Joe Samolis 
Old Saybrook - Carl Fortuna 
Old Lyme  - Martha Shoemaker  
Portland - Michael Pelton
Westbrook - John Hall

145 Dennison Road, Essex CT | 860-581-8554 | mburns@lcrlt.org
© 2022 The Lower Connecticut River Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
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