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SVT collaborates with private landowners, local land trusts, and municipal, state, and federal agencies to protect land for wildlife habitat, passive recreation, agriculture, and forestry.

We place a priority on protecting areas with diverse plant life, healthy soils, clean water, and essential wildlife habitat. Our work protects the health of the region, its scenic beauty, and its agricultural heritage. Learn more about conservation options.

Current Land Protection Projects

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Horseshoe Pond, Berlin

SVT and the Town of Berlin realized a long-held dream in Fall 2022 when we permanently conserved the 100-acre Horseshoe Pond property on the northeast corner of Mount Pisgah—an environmentally...

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Prospect Hill Community Orchard, Harvard

Prospect Hill Community Orchard—a stunning orchard that is part of an extensive corridor of conserved land in Harvard and Devens—is protected! On June 29, 2023, the Town of Harvard and...

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Highland Ridge Woods, Berlin

SVT is delighted to have joined with the Town of Berlin’s Conservation Commission to create a new 44-acre conservation area in the northern part of town. On February 23, 2023...

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Campbell Land (Sargent Rd), Boxborough

In a big win for area residents and local wildlife, a collaborative conservation effort prevented these 21 acres along Sargent and Littlefield Roads from being developed into five or more...

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Sherman's Bridge, Wayland

An 8.34-acre property on Sherman's Bridge Road in Wayland is a missing piece in a large block of conservation land that includes the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge. The Town of...

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Eastern Greenway-North, Harvard

Update, March 1, 2022: Thanks to tremendous support from grants and the surrounding community, SVT reached our fundraising goal and will soon finalize the purchase of a conservation restriction (CR)...

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View from Assabet River Bluff. Photo by SVT.

Assabet River Bluff, Concord

Assabet River Bluff has been conserved! On August 9, 2022, the Town of Concord and the Concord Housing Development Corporation purchased this 7-acre property that sits along the Assabet River...

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Mechanic Street Conservation Project, Upton

SVT is working with partners in Upton to conserve 92 acres of forested land on the Upton-Grafton town line. The property is part of a mosaic of open space and...

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Grist Mill Area Expansion, Marlborough

SVT's Grist Mill Pond Conservation Area on the Marlborough-Sudbury line is home to native plants such as winterberry and highbush blueberry with impressively large and statuesque oak trees. SVT has...

Multi-Town Initiatives

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High Ridge Initiative

The Towns of Harvard, Littleton, and Boxborough intersect along a ridge that spans thousands of acres of ecologically rich lands. We call this area the “High Ridge.” A mosaic of...

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Tri-Town Landscape Protection Project

In 2014, SVT initiated the Tri-Town Landscape Protection Project, an effort to protect at least 500 acres of the region’s most ecologically and recreationally important land. Working with the Towns...