The number of acres of protected open space in Wilton is possibly about to increase, as a local conservation group has agreed to purchase two parcels originally earmarked for residential development. But the land is pricy, and the group is looking for Town of Wilton officials to support a request for state grant money to offset the cost — and that has raised some questions.

Representatives of the Aspetuck Land Trust (ALT) recently briefed Wilton’s Board of Selectmen (BOS) on the group’s ongoing efforts to acquire two Wilton properties at the end of an old abandoned town road. If successful, the purchase will expand and enhance the ALT’s already sizable holdings along the Wilton/Weston border.

At last Tuesday’s, Aug. 17 Board of Selectmen meeting, the ALT asked Wilton town officials to support its application for a state grant that would help fund the acquisition, which the ALT says would be “at the heart of one of the last significant forest block expanses in Fairfield County.”

GOOD Morning Wilton took a look at what the ALT’s pending purchase means for Wilton residents, and whether the request is something the BOS will get behind.

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