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All Persons' Trail Ribbon Cutting, July 24, 2025. Photo by Anushri Mishra.
Matt Morris (left) and Jonathan Haarstick met at Wolbach Farm during a time of social distancing.

SVT Welcomes Two AmeriCorps Members for Coming Year

SVT is pleased to welcome two members of the national AmeriCorps service program who joined our staff on September 8. 

Jonathan Haarstick, a first...

Photo by Pam Keeney.

Bird Box Reports

It's a banner year for bluebirds. SVT's volunteer bird box monitors are sending in their year-end reports, and they have seen dozens of bluebird...

Mainstone Farm in Wayland is one of the many properties that have been conserved with the help of CPA funds. Photo by Raj Das.

CPA on the Ballot in Framingham, Shrewsbury

In this fall's elections, the residents of Framingham and Shrewsbury will have a chance to approve the Community Preservation Act (CPA) and set aside...

Forest Health Toolkit Now Available

The Metrowest Conservation Alliance (MCA) has produced a Forest Health Toolkit to help conservation commissions and local land trusts assess the...

Great American Outdoors Act Holds Promise for Local Projects

Conservationists around the country celebrated when the Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law by the President last week. This act provides...

Award Recipients at the 2019 SVT Annual Meeting.

Save the Date: SVT's Annual Meeting

Please make plans to join us for our 2020 Annual Meeting, which we will hold as an online event:

Thursday, September 24
7:00 p.m.

Even though we are...

SVT, OARS Featured on Channel 5 Newscast

On Thursday, August 7, 2020, SVT's Lisa Vernegaard and OARS' Alison Field-Juma were featured on the 5:30 p.m. news broadcast on WCVB-TV.

Reporter Josh...

Have You Received Unsolicited Seeds in the Mail?

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) has learned that several Massachusetts residents have received unsolicited packages of...

Seen Any Butterflies Lately?

UMass Extension needs your help. The Extension has been hearing from people who perceive a decline in the state's butterfly population, but it does...

Trail Opens at Peach Hill in Berlin

The Town of Berlin and SVT have opened a public hiking trail at the town’s Peach Hill Conservation Area on Lancaster Road. The new Mountain Laurel...

Robertson Property Now Protected with a CR

In another win for conservation, the Town of Upton and the Massaschusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation now co-hold a conservation...

Saving the Wild Lupines

SVT is taking pre-emptive steps to save the threatened wild lupine at our Memorial Forest Reservation in Sudbury. This native plant, which blooms in...