David K. Leff
David Leff (1955–2022) was an environmentalist, lecturer, author, and poet who served as the Deputy Commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection as well as the town historian, meeting moderator, and poet laureate of Canton, CT. In addition, Leff was The inaugural National Park Service New England National Scenic Trail Poet in Residence and New England Beat Poet Laureate. He was the author of Maple Sugaring: Keeping It Real in New England (2015), Hidden in Plain Sight: A Deep Traveler Explores Connecticut (2014) and other books.