Ron D’Andrea, Executive Vice President who works out of the Connecticut Office, is a Board member of the Darien Land Trust. Their mission is to preserve open space in Darien which is 98% built up. Darien Land Trust owns, or has conservation easements on, almost 200 acres in our small town. Our office is surrounded on three sides by a 50 acre park made of Selleck Woods and Dunlop Woods (which is Land Trust property.)
Part of our mission, as volunteers, was to remove invasive non native plants that choke out native plants that support beneficial birds and insects.
On June 11, 2013, members of the Darien, Connecticut office helped to remove ARTEMISIA (sometimes called Mugwort ) from the butterfly meadow which is made up of milkwood and butterfly plants that attract butterflies etc.
Everyone worked hard, sweated, and was followed by lunch with Erik Petersen. It was a great morning. (by Ron D’Andrea-June 12-2013)
[Left to right: Lisa Slen, Sabina Walters, Sibley Law, Ron D’Andrea, Stacy Kopald, and Diane Frate and Chris Filmer, Bill Van Loan from the Darien Land Trust)
