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All Persons' Trail Ribbon Cutting, July 24, 2025. Photo by Anushri Mishra.
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SVT Mushroom Walk Led by David Babik

Learning About Mushrooms

This year's plentiful rain led to a bounty of mushrooms in our yards, meadows, and forests. What a great year for a mushroom walk!

Thank you to David...

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Fighting Invasives at Gowing's Swamp

At Gowing's Swamp in Concord, SVT volunteers have been fighting invasives for the past three years! Their efforts are paying off, as we have seen an...

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New Bridge at Chickatawbut Woods

New Bridge at Chickatawbut Woods

Thanks to some hard work by volunteers Ken Appel and Dan Clawson as well as two SVT staff members, we recently rebuilt a short bridge over a seasonal...

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Chris Reardon (left) helped pull invasives from the pollinator garden on the Cochituate Rail Trail.

Removing Invasives in Framingham

On Saturday, September 23, SVT's Chris Reardon participated in a trail work day set up by the Public Lands staff in partnership with the Framingham...

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Lyons-Cutler Boardwalk--Second Boardwalk
Volunteers Eric Foertsch, Dan Clawson, and Jim Shelhamer stand atop the second boardwalk at Lyons-Cutler on September 11, 2023.

Lyons-Cutler Boardwalks Are Open!

Thanks to many volunteers who constructed two new boardwalks in the past five months, visitors can now access our Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in...

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Aimee Powelka and Ethan Major with a weed wrench

Battling the Buckthorn

At our Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland on August 24, Aimee Powelka and Ethan Major made good use of a weed wrench as they unearthed an invasive...

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Memorial Forest. Photo by Craig Smith.

Trails Closing Again at Memorial Forest

Eversource has notified us that the trail connection across the old rail line in the Desert Natural Area will close as of August 1.

This closure is...

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Vegetation Monitoring at Cedar Hill in Northborough

Vegetation Monitoring at Cedar Hill

Botanist Ted Elliman and SVT's Jane Maloney recently conducted a vegetation-monitoring visit at our Cedar Hill property in Northborough, where we have...

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Restoring Natives at Gowing's Swamp

As part of our multi-year effort to restore native plant communities at Gowing's Swamp in Concord, SVT recently contracted with Land Stewardship Inc...

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Second Boardwalk Underway at Lyons Cutler. Photo by SVT Staff.
Dan Clawson (left) and Tim Puopolo pause for a photo break while installing the new boardwalk.

Second Boardwalk Underway at Lyons-Cutler

SVT staff and volunteers have started the installation of a second boardwalk at our Lyons-Cutler Conservation Land in Sudbury. Once complete, the...

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Natick Cedar Swamp Outing

Cedar Swamp Outing

SVT's Laura Mattei (far right in photo) recently participated in a group walk at Cedar Swamp in Natick. Organized by the Massachusetts Municipal...

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Lindsey Ketchel

Lindsey Ketchel Named SVT Executive Director

The SVT Board of Directors have appointed Lindsey Ketchel as our next executive director. Lindsey replaces Lisa Vernegaard, who is retiring at the end...