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Thistle Dew Farm. Photo by Adrian Collins and Kevin Drake.

Thistle Dew Farm Protected!

Thistle Dew Farm on Highland Street in Holliston has been permanently conserved as farmland, thanks to an Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR)...

Photo credits, clockwise from top left: Dany Pelletier, Joan Chasan, Raj Das, and Joan Chasan

Grant Assists Effort to Identify Conservation Priorities

SVT has received a $10,000 Land and Climate Grant to help produce and share an updated regional conservation prioritization plan that addresses...

Meet Lily Zanta

Lily Zanta has joined SVT as our TerraCorps/AmeriCorps member for the 2021-2022 service year. Among her many responsibilities, Lily will work with...

New Boardwalk Protects Vegetation

Walker Fryling, an Eagle Scout candidate from Sudbury, worked with SVT on his leadership project and built a new boardwalk for our General Federation...

Marcia Wilson and her husband Mark have been presenting live owl programs for 27 years. The Wilsons care for non-releasable owls and hawks that work as wildlife ambassadors. They will present “Eyes on Owls” on October 17

SVT Announces Fall Programs

Finally! After 18 months of hosting mainly webinar events, the SVT staff is delighted to be planning several in-person walks and programs for Fall...

SVT honored the manager and regional coordinators of the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program with the 2021 Distinguished Public Service Award. The team includes Kara Runsten (Program Manager), Courtney Rocha (Southeast), Michelle Rowden (Northeast), Carolyn Meklenberg (Greater Boston), Hillary King (Central), Andrew Smith (Greater Connecticut River Valley), and Carrieanne Petrik (Berkshire and Hilltowns).

SVT Celebrates Conservation During 2021 Annual Meeting

SVT celebrated another successful year of conservation during our 2021 Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 26.

In the past year, we helped to conserve...

SVT Accepts Conservation Restrictions in Northborough and Southborough

Sudbury Valley Trustees has accepted conservation restrictions (CR’s) on town-owned conservation lands in Northborough and Southborough.

In...

Calling All Volunteer Photographers

Are you an enthusiastic amateur or professional photographer who would like to volunteer to help SVT update its photo collection? If so, and if you...

Wayland teen partners with SVT on Girl Scouts Gold Award project

Recent Wayland High School graduate Kristen Bestavros partnered with SVT to produce and install five picture posts on SVT conservation land that will...

SVT is hiring! Now accepting applications for our next Land Steward

SVT seeks a full-time Land Steward to assist with the management of its land holdings that consists of 91 reservations and 90 conservation...

Rainy Day Stewardship

Thanks to SVT volunteers Jim Makuc, Ken Appel, and Dan Clawson, who helped SVT's Dan Stimson and Mike Murray install a set of steps on a rainy day...

Stonefield Farm in Acton is now permanently protected!

Stonefield Farm is now permanently protected! The Boston Area Gleaners (BAG) purchased the Acton farm and granted an Agricultural Preservation...