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All Persons' Trail Ribbon Cutting, July 24, 2025. Photo by Anushri Mishra.
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Wolbach Farm with LTAC Accreditation Logo

SVT Invites Comments About Accreditation Renewal

SVT is applying to renew our accreditation through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission (LTAC), which is an independent program of the Land Trust...

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Bumble Bee Project Launches Plant Sale

The Bumble Bee Project, which works to conserve native pollination systems, is selling a kit of plants that anyone can use to create and improve...

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Cozy book cover. Story by Jan Brett.

Cozy Now Featured on Storybook Trail

The Storybook Trail at Wolbach Farm in Sudbury now features Cozy, a tale of a furry musk ox written and illustrated by Jan Brett.

As the snow piles...

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Installing the Horseshoe Pond Kiosk. Photo by SVT Staff.

Readying the Trails in Berlin

SVT and the Town of Berlin continue to make progress on the trails at the recently conserved Horseshoe Pond. These trails have long been used by area...

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Installing a Water Flow Device at Upper Mill Brook. Photo by Carole Hohl.

Baffling the Beavers

On a cloudy December day, SVT's Dan Stimson worked with volunteers Dan Clawson, Ken Appel, and Carole Hohl to install a water flow device in a beaver...

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Minuteman Tech Students Pulling Invasives at Memorial Forest.

Students Battle Buckthorn

Thank you to the students from Minuteman Regional High School's environmental science program who helped pull glossy buckthorn from the Desert Natural...

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Fighting Invasives at Cowassock Woods

Jane Maloney, SVT Land Steward, has been hard at work fighting invasive Asian bittersweet and winged euonymus (burning bush) at Cowassock Woods in...

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MassWildlife Grant Supports Desert Project

SVT and the City of Marlborough have received a MassWildlife Habitat Management Grant in support of our efforts to improve the pitch-pine scrub oak...

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Perkins Woods/Sargent Road Land, Boxborough

SVT Acts to Conserve Boxborough Property

Boxborough’s Campbell/Sargent Road Land is protected! Located along Sargent and Littlefield Roads, these 21 acres protect local water resources and...

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Mechanic Street Property. Photo by Lauren Scheuer.

Upton Conserves 92 Acres

The Mechanic Street Property in Upton is conserved! The Town of Upton has purchased these 92 acres that include a beautiful vernal pool and several...

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Memorial Forest Pines. Photo by Craig Smith.

Eversource Construction Begins in Desert Natural Area

During the week of October 31, 2022, Eversource will launch a two-year project to construct an electric transmission line along the abandoned rail...

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Christa Collins Receives Commendation from Massachusetts House

Christa Collins, Director of Land Protection since 2008, announced her retirement earlier this month after 20 years at SVT. We honored her at our...