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All Persons' Trail Ribbon Cutting, July 24, 2025. Photo by Anushri Mishra.
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Photo by Dany Pelletier

Spring 2020 Program Calendar Now Online

SVT's Program & Events Calendar for March - May 2020 is now available. The calendar features a program for almost every interest, with special...

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Farmland Owners Learn About Conservation Options

On Wednesday, February 19, nearly 30 people attended a workshop in Bolton to learn about soil health, farmland conservation, and succession planning...

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Public Forum to Address Burn at Memorial Forest

On Thursday, February 27, SVT will lead a public forum about the upcoming prescribed burn at the Desert Natural Area and Memorial Forest. The burn...

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State Awards $11.6 Million in MVP Grants

We’re thrilled that several communities in the SVT region received some of the $11.6 million worth of Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grant...

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A scene from Memorial Forest, three months after the prescribed burn in 2014.

Habitat Restoration Continues at Memorial Forest

As part of a long-term project to restore pitch pine/scrub oak barrens that provide habitat for several threatened species, SVT and the City of...

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Helping Our Native Pollinators

The January 2020 issue of The Wren, SVT's member newsletter, focuses on how all of us can take steps to save our native pollinators.

One of the...

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Photo by Brent Mathison

Workshop to Cover Agricultural Land Conservation

The Bolton Conservation Commission and SVT invite owners of agricultural lands to attend a free workshop on soil health, conservation options, and...

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The walkers paused along the trail to discuss the wonderful wildlife habitat at Smith Conservation Land. Photo by Rick Findlay.

Grand Opening at Smith

On Sunday, January 12, a day when the weather seemed more appropriate for early June, SVT and our conservation partners held a grand opening trail...

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Photo by William Dunbar.

Happy Anniversary, MESA

The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA), which protects vulnerable species and the habitats on...

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Conservation Corridor Expands

In the northwest part of Upton, a town characterized by beautiful forests, SVT now holds a conservation restriction on the Bonner property. The CR was...

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Nature Sightings: The Best of 2019

We received over 400 Nature Sightings submissions in 2019, most of which included several photos of the flora and fauna in our region.

Thank you to...

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Trails Now Open at Smith

We've been talking about the Smith Conservation Land for months, and now you can see it for yourself.  

SVT has opened the hiking trails on this 60...