NFA Benefits From Troop 370 Eagle Scout Projects

Several Boy Scout Troop 370 members earned the rank of Eagle Scout recently after completing various projects at Newtown Forest Association (NFA) properties.

Brian Van de Werdt completed work at the NFA’s Hattertown Pond/Straus Preserve. He and a team of volunteers installed a new trail with opening allowing access to the water in more spots, wood duck houses, and a floating dock for small unpowered boats.

Two other projects took place at NFA’s Greenleaf Preserve. Boy Scout Connor Pineau and his team installed a new information kiosk, blazed and created a new trail loop, and built a small bridge in the northern end of the preserve. Kyle Watts and his volunteers completed a prominent bridge, blazed a short trail along the stream, installed an informational kiosk and a natural rock bench in the southern end of the Greenleaf Preserve leading from the NFA sign on Greenleaf Farms Road.

The Newtown Forest Association, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the oldest private land trust in Connecticut. NFA is dedicated to preserving open space and natural resources in Newtown, for the benefit of the community and all nature lovers. Currently, more than 1,000 acres are preserved through NFA stewardship, thanks to the support of membership dues and generous donors. The NFA cooperates with but operates independently from the Town of Newtown and receives no funding from the town.