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May 26, 2020

For the past several years, SVT has opposed the efforts of Eversource to place a 115-kv transmission line along an abandoned MBTA...

The 2020 Massachusetts Open Space Conference, which became a series of six webinars when COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the in-person event, has...

Rob St. Germain, a member of the Ashland Town Forest Committee and an SVT Volunteer, has been working to reduce garlic mustard and other invasive...

Update May 26, 2020: The Joint Committee on Public Health has redrafted the bill, and initial reports indicate that the new version addresses our...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing an expansion of hunting opportunities at three national wildlife refuges in the SVT region...

In compliance with Governor Baker's extension of the statewide shutdown, the SVT office at Wolbach Farm is closed until at least May 18. We have also...

by Matt Morris, SVT TerraCorps-AmeriCorps Member

With "nonessential" public places like malls and museums closed during the COVID-19 crisis, more...

On Wednesday, April 22, SVT marked the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration by encouraging everyone to appreciate the wildlife in your...

On Tuesday, April 21, SVT Executive Director Lisa Vernegaard was a featured guest on "In It Together," a radio program broadcast by WGBH Boston.

Lisa...

Framingham’s Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer recently expressed support for the collaborative effort to enliven a local park with handmade yarn flowers. 

Throu...

Calling all crocheters, knitters, and those who are craftily inclined! Help us bring native "flowers" and "pollinators" to Framingham!

SVT is joining...

Thanks to the generous and longstanding support of our members, SVT remains strong. Our staff members have been working from home, and we continue our...