GRAHAM BRUSH PRESERVE

The Preserve was named in Graham Brush’s honor when the WLT purchased the land in 2002, “for his contributions "of time, ideas, money and easements," all of which created the foundation on which the Warren Land Trust is built.

There are three trailheads with parking that provide public access to this beautiful 40-acre parcel which includes one of the highest points in the state and is mostly heavy hardwood forest intercut with white pine. The WLT trailhead, located on Angevine Road with a pull-in parking area, begins the Coords-Graham Brush trail which takes the hiker along an old Town Road through the Coords Preserve and the adjacent State Wyantenock Forest to connect to the Graham Brush Preserve and eventually the CT Blue Blazed Mattatuck Trail. The Preserve can also be accessed from trailheads for the Mattatuck Trail that are located at the end of Valley Road and Hardscrabble Road in Warren, both with roadside parking. See Coords - Graham Brush trail map for details.

The acquisition was generously funded by the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Open Space & Watershed Acquisition Grant Program (“OSWA”). The State of Connecticut hold a conservation easement on the parcel as part of the grant acquisition, ensuring that the land is protected in perpetuity. The acquisition marked the first time the Warren Land Trust had successfully obtained grant funding from the state to achieve its conservation goals.