The largest acquisition was the 2017 transfer of the Farnham farm, which had been in the same family since 1735—an addition made possible by financial support from the Connecticut Farmland Trust. The property includes "farm fields, stone walls, meandering streams, wetlands, diverse forest habitat, and a portion of the Mattatuck Trail.""Morris Land Trust, CT Farmland Trust partner to protect historic farm" (Aug. 11, 2017), The Register Citizen, registercitizen.com, Hearst Media Services, retrieved 24 Aug. 2019 The land trust continued to seek additions of property consistent with a strategic plan that set priorities for land acquisition. Funding remained an ongoing challenge.
