{"id":1581,"date":"2018-07-23T11:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/?page_id=1581"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:46:10","slug":"high-meadow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/?page_id=1581","title":{"rendered":"Etter Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P1110360-2.jpg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Etter Marsh, formerly known as High Meadow,\u00a0 was the first property obtained by the land trust.\u00a0\u00a0 It was donated in 1980 by Stanley Lesser as part of his development of homes near the corner of Birge Park Rd. and Lake Harwinton Rd. \u00a0 It is 6 acres in size and entirely wetlands.\u00a0 The land trust sees no need to provide public access to this property, but does occasionally perform roadside litter pickups.\u00a0 The main function of Etter Marsh is to protect the headwaters of Leadmine Brook, as it enters Harwinton from the more densely developed watershed in Torrington.\u00a0 It also provides a protective habitat for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><em>The land trust wishes to thank the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation in 2015 for a grant to support a professional survey of the area.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Etter Marsh, formerly known as High Meadow,\u00a0 was the first property obtained by the land trust.\u00a0\u00a0 It was donated in 1980 by Stanley Lesser as part of his development of homes near the corner of Birge Park Rd. and Lake Harwinton Rd. \u00a0 It is 6 acres in size and entirely wetlands.\u00a0 The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/?page_id=1581\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Etter Marsh<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2714,"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions\/2714"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harwintonlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}