Connecticut

Girl Scouts of Connecticut, GSOFCT

  • Camp Francis, Kent
For sale as of 2012 (at least)
Date camp closed unknown
Sole to Kent Land Trust 2014

  • Camp Iwatka, Norfolk
311 of 395 acres sold to the Norfolk Land Trust 2013
Remainder of camp to be divested per board vote May 2014. 

  • Camp Murray, East Haven
To be divested per board vote May 2014.

  • Camp Maria Pratt, Torrington
Review for location of state-of-the-art program building or divest per board vote May 2014.

  • Robertson Outdoor Center, Easton
Terminate lease and return to owner per board vote May 2014. 
Kent Land Trust celebrates Camp Francis acquistion http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/local/article/Kent-Land-Trust-celebrates-Camp-Francis-acquistion-5229268.php
The Kent Land Trust is officially the owner of the 252-plus acre property formerly known as Camp Francis in Kent and Warren.

An assembly of representatives and officials gathered Feb. 4 at Kent Town Hall to sign the deeds and paperwork on the land trust's purchase.

Capping an intensive effort that began more than two years ago, the land trust purchased the property from the Girl Scouts of Connecticut for $1.5 million.

The land will now be protected as a nature preserve open to the public for passive recreation.

Kent Land Trust Seeking Funds to Help Buy Former Girl Scout Camp, Camp Francis  http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2013/07/24/news/doc51efdfaccb09f892055894.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Despite the 90-degree heat, nearly 90 Kent residents turned out at the public hearing last Friday on the Kent Land Trust’s (KLT) request for $150,000 from the town to be put toward the $1.5 million purchase price for the 253-acre Camp Francis, a former Girl Scout camp located on Kent Hollow Road. The majority strongly supported the purchase, and several had concerns about taxes and use.
Kent Land Trust Under Contract to Protect Girl Scout Camp Francis
http://www.litchfieldgreenprint.org/news/show/14
 The Camp Francis Preserve includes some of the state’s cleanest watercourses and large forested tracts critical for wildlife habitat. Recent bird surveys found at least ten species categorized “at risk” by the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as a result of habitat loss. There are interior wetlands, extensive nature trails, and even a small area of prime agricultural soil. It also connects a large system of protected land including state forest and land trust conserved land, providing an important opportunity for preserving a regional greenway corridor.
Long Range Property Plan 
Board approved May 5, 2014
Approved recommendations presented at the Annual Meeting May 28, 2014.
http://www.gsofct.org/content-files/File/Property%20and%20Facilities/LRPP%20Slides%20-%20May%2029.pdf
 
Norfolk Land Trust Completes Purchase of Camp Iwakta Property http://www.hvatoday.org/assets/PDFs/NorfolkGirlScoutLandBought.pdf
–The Norfolk Land Trust (NLT) finalized the purchase of a 311-parcel of forestland from the Girl Scouts of Connecticut today. The property, , located off Grantville and Winchester roads, has long been considered a preservation priority by federal and state officials because of its headwater stream to the Mad River and as part of a contiguous corridor of more than 2,000 acres of protected forestland. The property borders Beckley Bog and Spaulding Pond.

The land trust purchased the property for $630,000 with assistance of state, federal and local grants, and private donations. NLT was awarded $157,500 from the federal Highland Conservation Act and a $284,000 Open Space grant from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Community Foundation of Northwest Connecticut also awarded NLT $5,000 for the purchase. The remainder of the funding came from private donations. 

The NLT’s goal is to open the land to the public and create new trails for passive recreation such as cross-country skiing and hiking. The property has been named “Pine Mountain” in honor of the summit on the land. Access to property will be through the Mad River section of the Billings Trail railroad bed. NLT conserves more than 3,450 acres of land.