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Yellow-bellied sapsucker

It's time for the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Across the country, thousands of volunteers participate in this...

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Dylan Zickus (second from left) and some of the volunteers he recruited to help build the bridge. Photo by Don Zickus.

As part of his Eagle Project, Dylan Zickus of Boy Scout Troop 41 in Marlborough is managing the effort to build a lengthy bridge at SVT's Memorial...

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Mike Perrin has joined the SVT staff as our new Conservation Associate. Working in the Land Protection department, Mike will help to identify and...

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Cecil Hynds-Riddle

SVT welcomes Cecil Hynds-Riddle as our new Director of Development. Cecil replaces Grace Fauver, who retired on October 19.

Cecil comes to SVT with...

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SVT is pleased to welcome Anthony (Tony) Scibelli as Land Protection Specialist.

Tony joined the staff on October 11, after previously practicing law...

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Nobscot Hill Property. Photo by Louis Calisi.

Thank you to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for supporting land conservation!

SVT and DCR have been awarded a $1.25 million Landscape Partnership...

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Rick Findlay shows off a large bittersweet root he dug up at Smith Conservation Land.

Digging up Asian bittersweet is no mean feat--just look at the size of those roots!

Thank you to Rick Findlay and all the volunteers who dug up Asian...

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SVT Mushroom Walk Led by David Babik

This year's plentiful rain led to a bounty of mushrooms in our yards, meadows, and forests. What a great year for a mushroom walk!

Thank you to David...

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At Gowing's Swamp in Concord, SVT volunteers have been fighting invasives for the past three years! Their efforts are paying off, as we have seen an...

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New Bridge at Chickatawbut Woods

Thanks to some hard work by volunteers Ken Appel and Dan Clawson as well as two SVT staff members, we recently rebuilt a short bridge over a seasonal...

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Chris Reardon (left) helped pull invasives from the pollinator garden on the Cochituate Rail Trail.

On Saturday, September 23, SVT's Chris Reardon participated in a trail work day set up by the Public Lands staff in partnership with the Framingham...

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Lyons-Cutler Boardwalk--Second Boardwalk
Volunteers Eric Foertsch, Dan Clawson, and Jim Shelhamer stand atop the second boardwalk at Lyons-Cutler on September 11, 2023.

Thanks to many volunteers who constructed two new boardwalks in the past five months, visitors can now access our Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in...