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Topsmead State Forest

Wildlife Wonders

Today is Raccoon Day!

Live Programs

Spring Peepers
Grey Tree Frog
Today is Peregrine Falcon Day!
Today is White-Tailed Deer Day!
American Legion State Forest
Trash or Not
Salt Marsh at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Today is Garter Snake Day!
Build A Bug
Meet the Mallard Ducks
Cedar Island Trail Walk
Today is Bat Day!
Scallops
Great Horned Owlet
Salt Marsh II

Vocabulary

  • Topsmead State Forest – A state forest in Litchfield, CT. The estate was once the summer residence and farm of Edith Morton Chase. Topsmead is a short for “Top of the Meadow”.
  • Wolf Trees – Trees left along the edge of a boundary or for shade in an old pasture. They grew with enough space and sun to have extended branches and large shorter trunk, and now may even be found in a regrown forest.

Fun Facts

  • Waterbury was the brass capitol of the world!
  • The property was left to the people of the State of CT in 1972