The Avon Land Trust presents Farms and Bears in Avon, at its 2013 Annual Meeting

On Friday, November 15, the Avon Land
Trust presents its Annual Meeting program at 7:00 p.m. at the Avon Free Public
Library.

Featured speakers will explore two land
use topics of great interest to Avon residents: plans for the Town Farm, and
the results of a recent Bear Study.

Rodger and Isabelle Phillips were
selected by the towns of Farmington and Avon to lease and manage the Fisher Farm
property on Old Farms Road. They will discuss their own story of managing
community farms and their belief in the importance of sustainable agriculture.
The couple will delve into the history of the Fisher Farm and how they envision
its future. They will share their plans for putting the land back into food
production, their farm model, the systems they will set in place, the types of
products they will produce, and how they will engage the local community.

Next up will be Michael Evans, a
graduate student in wildlife biology at UConn, who is working with DEEP to
monitor black bear populations in the Farmington Valley.  This year,
Michael collected information and specimens on the Land Trust's Talcott Ridge
properties. He will share the results of his study and general information
about the evolving interaction of bears and humans in our valley.

Please join us for a fun
and informative evening, suitable for all ages. 
Refreshments will be served. 
For more information, please visit our website, www.avonlandtrust.org, or contact Susan at
860-673-7544