I agree.

Also, there are so many references to Native Americans in town names, river names, street names - you name it!

Good questions and points all. I just posted it to get the discussion started - with the disclaimer that no one is saying it's perfect. Most of all, the group itself.

Here's the website for them: https://native-land.ca/

Thanks a lot for the comment. Happy to pass along great stories about our state's incredible past.

Glad you're enjoying the podcast. Much more history yet to uncover and discuss.

;-)

You can hear the podcast story here: https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

Glad to hear it!

I'll take your point on the condition of the forest lands being in the same shape. Perhaps some loose wording there. Simply saying that a lot of the acreage is still untouched by housing/commercial development (85%). And, I was only talking about CT, not out west. But even there, sprawl is crazy. In the 1970s, it took me three hours of driving through barren (but absolutely gorgeous) nothingness along the base of the Rocky Mountains to get from Denver to Colorado Springs. Now, due to housing development, there's only about 15-20 minutes of true untouched nature between them (and that was 10-15 years ago - last time I drove it - could be even worse by now). American land use policy stands in stark contrast to Europe, where communities have concentrated centers and the land around them remains open for nature walks and other such purposes. Having lived in Switzerland for 7 years, my family experienced this regularly. Quite a refreshing difference. Not everybody needing/wanting a 1-2 acre plot of land with a house.

It's supposed to be the one dark spot along the coastline. Inland sections tend to be darker, more remote and less developed. The point of the 36 CT and MA communities in The Last Green Valley is that it's a National Heritage Corridor with 700k acres, of which 85% remain undeveloped and in pristine condition. If Litchfield County ever decided to move in a similar direction, they would give TLGV a run for its money - although Litchfield County is only 600k acres.

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Thanks!

I did not draw the circle. It was a copy and paste. You're right that the circle is too broad, in that it covers parts of both eastern CT (The Last Green Valley) and RI. The purpose of the circle was not to pinpoint CT's dark spots - rather, to draw the reader's eye towards The Last Green Valley. The podcast explores TLGV in some detail, with two of its staffers. No need for you to partake in that. Doubt you would enjoy it much from the sounds of things. Happy Thanksgiving.

Got it.

I didn't create the circle. It's a copy and paste. But you're right in that the circle is a little broader and more encompassing. That's why the actual cut out of the land area was put in there by the creator of the graphic, to be a little more clear.

Your point is well taken. NW CT is the other part of CT that is very rural - it's just not as big (or as undeveloped) as the eastern CT portion: 700,000 acres of land, of which 85% is undeveloped - much of it in the same shape as when Native Americans were the only inhabitants.

Grand Canyon National Park is 1.2 million acres. The Last Green Valley is 700,000 acres. If I wasn't confined by the number of letters allowed to be typed in the title, I would have completely spelled out Grand Canyon National Park. My apologies.

Yes, they do a lot of publicity - and I was taken aback by the fact that I had never heard of it before. Just sharing their desire to get the word out. They love tourists - like to see them come and they like to see them go.

I have another map that is actually fuzzier, but a tad more accurate. Message me if you would like to see it. You can learn more about The Last Green Valley on the podcast (https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com).

Thanks for the comment, but I'm not geographically challenged. The satellite photo was intended to highlight the rural nature of The Last Green Valley, more so than its darkness. There aren't enough letters allowed in the title bar for Reddit, so I was confined in what I could convey. If you listen to the podcast ( https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com ), you can learn more about the 700,000 acres of largely (85%) undeveloped land and all of the benefits it brings CT. To learn more about dark places in CT (including the NW corner), try this site: https://www.darksky.org

Maine has the only two certified "dark sky places" in New England under the International Dark Sky Association. You can see the whole map at: https://www.darksky.org. To learn more about The Last Green Valley, please have a listen to the podcast: https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

The satellite photo was intended to highlight the fact that the area is rural, more so than "dark" at night (the darkest night time skies in CT are in the very NW corner). Please have a listen to the podcast ( https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com ) to learn about the 700,000 acres of land in eastern CT and south-central MA that is 85% undeveloped, some of it nearly the same as when the Native Americans were the only inhabitants. For info on dark skies (including maps), try this site: https://www.darksky.org

It's not about darkness - it's about the rural nature and the fact that there are 700,000 acres of largely undeveloped land. It's much like it was when the Native Americans were inhabiting the area. The satellite photo is supposed to highlight the rural nature. The very corner of NW CT is considered about the "darkest" place in CT. Please have a listen to the podcast to hear about The Last Green Valley: https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

It's not so much about darkness (if you listen to the podcast on The Last Green Valley) - it's about the rural nature and the preserved open space. NW CT is indeed dark - in fact the very corner where NY and MA touch CT is one of the darkest spots in CT. Please have a listen to the podcast: https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

https://AmazingTalesCT.Podbean.com

In those days, the primary reason was that it was too long of a horse and buggy ride on Sunday to attend church - or, during the week, to do business.