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Agriculture is still a large contributor to Connecticut's

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economy and plays an important role in preserving what is left of Connecticut's rural charm. As land values increase so do taxes and farmland rentals for crops or pasture. Connecticut's farmers are |
under increased pressure to make the best use of the land that they have available to them.
| Charles Leigus Forestry and Logging has branched out to offer assistance in the restoration of overgrown farmland to productive pasture and cropland. |

Creating small agricultural ponds |
Some of the restoration projects undertaken in the past few years have included the total removal of invasive plant species, removal of trees and fencerows, implementing erosion and sedimentation control measures, creating new cropland
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from unproductive forestland and building small ponds. Horse farm owners have taken advantage of being able to have riding trails and training areas created in once inaccessible areas of their properties. |
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High volume removal of undesirable vegetation
along fencelines
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