The Aspetuck Land Trust and the Wilton Land Conservation Trust are teaming up to try to protect more than 350 acres of forest land spanning Wilton and Weston. The Weston-Wilton Forest Block is adjacent to more than 21-hundred acres of land that is already protected. Land Trust officials say the property is considered rare and resilient habitat, critical to the long-term survival of native Connecticut species threatened by the effects of climate change and fragmentation from residential and commercial development. The groups have started a fundraising and education effort to protect the land.