The 2020 Massachusetts Open Space Conference, which became a series of six webinars when COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the in-person event, has posted its webinars online. 

The annual conference is a peer-to-peer learning event where volunteer members of municipal open space committees and

Rob St. Germain, a member of the Ashland Town Forest Committee and an SVT Volunteer, has been working to reduce garlic mustard and other invasive plants at the entrance to SVT's Cowassock Woods Reservation in Framingham.

So far, Rob has collected enough garlic mustard to fill three large rice bags

Update May 26, 2020: The Joint Committee on Public Health has redrafted the bill, and initial reports indicate that the new version addresses our concerns. 

On April 16, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker filed a bill with the Massachusetts Legislature that covers statewide spraying to reduce the mosquito

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing an expansion of hunting opportunities at three national wildlife refuges in the SVT region: Great Meadows (regional), Assabet River (Sudbury-Marlborough-Maynard), and Oxbow (Harvard). Hunting has been permitted at these three refuges since 2005. 

In compliance with Governor Baker's extension of the statewide shutdown, the SVT office at Wolbach Farm is closed until at least May 18. We have also cancelled all programs through the end of May.

Our staff members are working from home and can still receive and respond to voicemails and emails.

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by Matt Morris, SVT TerraCorps-AmeriCorps Member

With "nonessential" public places like malls and museums closed during the COVID-19 crisis, more people have turned to the outdoors to calm their cabin fever. SVT decided to keep our trails open to provide opportunities for everyone to enjoy open

On Wednesday, April 22, SVT marked the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration by encouraging everyone to appreciate the wildlife in your own backyard. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancellation of public celebrations, we thought it was important to commemorate this anniversary

On Tuesday, April 21, SVT Executive Director Lisa Vernegaard was a featured guest on "In It Together," a radio program broadcast by WGBH Boston.

Lisa and host Arun Rath discussed Earth Day and SVT's plans for "Earth Day in Your Backyard."

Listen to Lisa's segment.

Framingham’s Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer recently expressed support for the collaborative effort to enliven a local park with handmade yarn flowers. 

Through a project spearheaded by Framingham MakerSpace in collaboration with the City and SVT, area residents are invited to crochet and knit yarn flowers

Calling all crocheters, knitters, and those who are craftily inclined! Help us bring native "flowers" and "pollinators" to Framingham!

SVT is joining a public arts project to install a field of crocheted and knitted flowers at the Arlington Street Park in Downtown Framingham this year.

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