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Jim Shelhamer, Dan Clawson, and Jeremiah Ambrose renovated three sections of boardwalk at Memorial Forest.

The boardwalks and bridges on our trails get a lot of use--and they require lots of maintenance to keep them safe for visitors. 

On November 20...

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MCA Meeting to Discuss Priority Lands

SVT and our partners in the Metrowest Conservation Alliance (MCA) have received some great news: The Network for Landscape Conservation recently...

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Eastern Greenway-North. Photo by Louis Calisi.

SVT is thrilled to reach an incredible milestone! On September 12, we finalized a conservation restriction (CR) on the remarkable 45-acre Eastern...

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Sabina Cardenas, SVT Staff

Sabina Cardenas recently joined the SVT staff as our Development and Administrative Assistant. Sabina will be involved in all aspects of SVT's...

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Black-eyed Susans at Gowing's Swamp

For the past few years, SVT has worked with our partners in Concord and dozens of volunteers to restore a wildflower meadow at Gowing's Swamp. Through...

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549 Main Street, Acton. Photo courtesy of the Acton Water District.

A 57-acre property that protects important water resources for Acton residents has been permanently protected with a conservation restriction (CR)...

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SVT's Elise Brown, Kristin O'Brien, and Jane Maloney led a protocol training session at Cowassock Woods in early May..

Jane Maloney, SVT's Land Steward, has devised a new protocol for mapping and documenting the invasive plants on our conservation lands. The protocol...

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The SVT staff has received the good news that our accreditation has been renewed. First accredited by the national Land Trust Alliance Commission...

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Bose Volunteers at Mechanic Street, Upton

Thanks to the efforts of many hard-working volunteers during Volunteer Week 2024, we are making impressive progress on new trails at the recently...

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Elise Brown, SVT Stewardship Field Assistant

Elise Brown joined the SVT staff in April as our Stewardship Field Assistant. From now until October, Elise will play a pivotal role in helping SVT...

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Elise Brown, Margo McMahon, and Shelley Trucksis volunteered to add the plantings and restore the stream bank.

Thanks to support from several volunteers, we have taken another step toward restoring a stream bank at our Gray Conservation Area in Sudbury.

On April...

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New native plants.

The grounds at our Wolbach Farm headquarters are being transformed!

We have many beautiful gardens and trees at Wolbach, but they were created at a...