Sudbury

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An eastern towhee at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Dan Trippe.
Dan Trippe photographed this eastern towhee at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Canada geese at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, tree swallows, a great blue heron, a muskrat, and red-winged blackbirds at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A snapping turtle at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury, photographed by Richard Morse.
Richard Morse photographed this snapping turtle at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury.
Bill Fadden recorded this video of a mute swan breaking ice as it swam in Carding Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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Memorial Forest Fire Break. Photo by Dan Clawson.

Habitat Work Continues in Desert

As part of the effort to restore pitch pine-scrub oak barrens at the Desert Natural Area, the City of Marlborough is conducting a timber harvest to...

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Signs of beavers at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury, photographed by Larry Lawrence.
Larry Lawrence photographed these beaver-chewed trees at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Jim Shelhamer, Kelsey Thompson, Terry Lockhart, and Jim Makuc (not pictured) worked on the fence with SVT's Chris Reardon.

Saving Hop Brook

If you visit SVT's Gray Conservation Area in Sudbury, you'll see a new fence next to a bridge that crosses a stream that is a tributary to Hop Brook.

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Mushrooms at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury, photographed by Ruth Ladd.
Ruth Ladd photographed these mushrooms along the trail at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury.
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Nobscot Hill Property. Photo by Louis Calisi.

Good News for Nobscot

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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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.

Lyons-Cutler Boardwalks Are Open!

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