History

This delightful essay about the ski trails and history of the New Land Trust surfaced during a perusal of some NLT memorabilia. From the events mentioned in the piece, it appears to have been written circa 2016, but the author is unknown. If anyone recognizes their work, let us know! ------------------- From Guadeloupe, just shy of the swamp, slither along Darkside, where the woods dim and the midday light goes dusky. Turn away from the fen on a serpentine path beckoning you

In 1978, a group of idealistic and enthusiastic SUNY Plattsburgh students had just acquired the former farmland that was to become the New Land Trust, with a vision of creating a community of ecologically minded co-conspirators in cooperative living. The Barn was in rough shape, but it was their first permanent abode, after several had spent the summer in a tipi and other shelters. Here are some anonymous entries from the "Barn Book" journal, dated October 1978, written as

The NLT has some new historical markers, a project two years in the making.  Jeff Cochran, a spiritual seeker and poet who has been with the New Land Trust since the beginning, and who led many types of community ceremonies, has, at his own expense, created some signs which offer an abundance of information about the spiritual happenings that took place on the land over the years.  From its founding and into the early 2000s, the New Land trust served its members as not just a