On Wednesday, February 19, nearly 30 people attended a workshop in Bolton to learn about soil health, farmland conservation, and succession planning. SVT and the Bolton Conservation Commission co-sponsored the public event and and encouraged farmland owners from Bolton and surrounding towns to

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, which is part of a long-term project to restore important habitat at these properties on the Marlborough-Sudbury line, will be held this spring

We’re thrilled that several communities in the SVT region received some of the $11.6 million worth of Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grants awarded by the state last week. The grants are designed to help cities and towns identify climate hazards, develop strategies to improve resilience

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 Marlborough are planning a second prescribed burn for a section of Memorial Forest and the Desert Natural Area.

The nationally imperiled pitch pine/scrub

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 simplest things we can do is to add some native plants to our backyard gardens. Every garden, no matter how small, can provide much-needed habitat for the

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

Agricultural Lands: Conservation & Succession
Wednesday, February 19
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Houghton Building
697 Main Street, Bolton

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 walk at the Smith Conservation Land on the Littleton-Harvard town line.

SVT's Laura Mattei (Director of Stewardship) and Dan Stimson (Assistant Director

The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA), which protects vulnerable species and the habitats on which they rely.
Many species have benefited from MESA protection, including the peregrine falcon, the bald eagle, and the northern red-bellied cooter. 

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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 granted to us by Metacomet Land Trust, which was given the land for habitat protection and passive recreation.

Named for the late Dr. Barbara Bonner

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 all the photographers who shared these wonderful images. Your generosity has contributed to a growing list of nearly 650 species catalogued on this site