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Great Blue Herons at Horse Meadows Knoll. Photo by Raj Das. Join the Crowd! Help Protect Horse Meadows Knoll
SVT still needs to raise $44,000 to reach our goal of $285,000 for the Horse Meadows Knoll project. We are assisting... -
"Volunteer Week" Projects Postponed
Because of the inclement weather on Sunday, April 15, we have rescheduled two of the programs we had planned for National Volunteer... -
Photo by M. Iarossi Wayside Forest Project Accelerates
Big news! The effort to protect Wayside Forest got a huge boost in March when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts unexpectedly... -
Westford Protects Salt Box Farm
Congratulations to the Town of Westford! At the 2018 Town Meeting on March 24, town residents approved the recommendations of the...
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Great Blue Herons at Horse Meadows Knoll. Photo by Raj Das. Join the Crowd! Help Protect Horse Meadows Knoll
April 5, 2018 -
"Volunteer Week" Projects Postponed
April 16, 2018 -
Photo by M. Iarossi Wayside Forest Project Accelerates
April 5, 2018 -
Westford Protects Salt Box Farm
March 29, 2018
Impact
Together with our 2800 members and 200 volunteers, we...
- Conserve and care for over 4300 acres of fields, forests, and farms in the 36 communities surrounding the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers.
- Maintain more than 55 miles of hiking trails.
- Help friends and neighbors connect with nature through our events, programs, and outings.
- Assist local organizations in their efforts to protect the region’s most important natural areas.
Upcoming Programs
April 23, 2018 7:00am to 9:00am
Mainstone Farm, Wayland
April 23, 2018 6:00pm
Wolbach Farm, Sudbury
April 29, 2018 10:00am to 12:00pm
Horse Meadows Knoll, Harvard
April 29, 2018 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Edmands Road, Framingham
May 2, 2018 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Wolbach Farm, Sudbury
Stay Connected
Take a Hike
Please note that Mainstone Farm is privately owned. Portions of the land are not open to the public. Please stay on designated trails, shown on the map.
Hamlen Woods and Mainstone Farm highlight a complex of conserved lands owned by the Town of Wayland, Sudbury Valley Trustees, and other private entitites. Additional protected lands, including Mainstone Hills, Reeves Hill, and Turkey Hill contribute to a network of wildlife habitat and public trails.
Trails are open for passive, public recreation. They are managed cooperatively by SVT and the Town of Wayland.
The trails are marked with colored diamond-shaped signs, indicated by the corresponding colored lines on the map. The blue trail will lead you from the Hamlen Woods parking area, north to Reeves Hill Conservation Land, over a one-way route of approximately 1.75 miles. The red trail will take you on an approximately 4.5 mile circuit through all of the connected areas. Use caution while walking Rice Road if you plan to link your walk between the Mainstone Farm parking area and Turkey Hill Road.
Nature Sightings
April 19, 2018
Harold McAleer photographed this red fox kit in Lincoln.
April 16, 2018
Steve Forman photographed this cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham.
April 15, 2018
Steve Forman photographed these white-tailed deer in Framingham.
April 13, 2018
Carole Hohl, a Volunteer Preserve Steward and Nest Box Monitor at Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed this nest box that contains a nest and eggs of an eastern bluebird - our first reported eggs of the season. SVT volunteers help to monitor boxes at our reservations to ensure that native species, such as bluebirds or tree swallows, are able to use them. Although pesticides and competition negatively impacted bluebirds in the early and mid-20th century, they have recovered well in recent years and are stable or increasing both as breeding and wintering birds. Much of this recovery is thanks to bluebird boxes that provide nesting locations for the cavity nesters. Monitoring nest boxes alerts us to problems birds may be having with predators and competitors. House sparrows (sometimes called English sparrows) and European starlings are non-native species introduced from Europe. Their aggressive seizure of cavity nest sites is a primary reason for declines in eastern bluebird populations.
April 5, 2018
Harold McAleer photographed this meadow vole beneath his bird feeder in Lincoln.