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SVT Volunteer Appreciation Event, 2023

SVT is delighted to be one of seven land trusts that have received a $20,000 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation. These grants were...

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SVT and the City of Marlborough are planning a prescribed burn to restore the pitch pine/scrub oak barrens habitat.

In Spring 2025, SVT and the City of Marlborough plan to hold a prescribed burn over 75 acres of SVT's Memorial Forest and the City's Desert...

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Conservation Prioritization Multi-Model Viewer Screenshot
The Multi-Model Viewer provides data for all parcels in the 36 communities around the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers.

SVT and our colleagues in the Metrowest Conservation Alliance have improved our interactive tool that helps conservationists study the undeveloped...

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The UCC Property is a forested property that sits adjacent to Ashland Town Forest.

Congratulations to the Town of Ashland! 

On Friday, January 24, the Town acquired the 53-acre UCC Property along Winter Street. This land is rich with...

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Pulling Invasives in Winter

Just because it's winter doesn't mean we can't fight invasives! 

As long as the ground is not frozen, you can remove invasive plants simply by pulling...

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Elise Brown, at right, was our 2024 Stewardship Field Assistant.
Elise cleared trails, mowed fields, pulled invasives, and restored stream banks during her time at SVT.

SVT has an opening for a Stewardship Field Assistant to assist with invasive plant control projects and property maintenance at SVT properties. This...

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Baiting Brook Meadow Farm CR

The conservation community in Massachusetts got a big boost during 2024, when the Massachusetts Land Court sided with SVT in a dispute with the...

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UCC Land, Ashland Town Forest Expansion Project

Thanks to a collaboration of the Town of Ashland and SVT, the Ashland Town Forest-Cowassock Woods Conservation Area could soon span more than 700...

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Elise Brown

In early November, SVT said "farewell and good luck" to Elise Brown, our Seasonal Stewardship Field Assistant who had been on the staff since April...

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Bridge Replacement at Elliott Concord River Preserve. Photo by Steve Tobin.

A collaborative effort of SVT and the Carlisle Trails Committee has improved the trail at our Elliott Concord River Preserve. Working together, we...

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Scout Aidric Tschantz at Cowassock Woods. Photo by Bill Tschantz.

Aidric Tschantz of Troop 12 in Framingham has completed his Eagle Project, “Plants for Pollinators,” at SVT's Cowassock Woods conservation area. 

Aidri...

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Weed Warriors at Smith Conservation Land, October 2024

During an early October workday at SVT’s Smith Conservation Land in Littleton, a group of Weed Warrior volunteers got down in the dirt to dig out the...