Great news! During Upton Town Meeting on November 5, town residents voted to protect the 48-acre Robertson Property on Fowler Street. The Town will use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to purchase a conservation restriction (CR) on the land, which will be opened for public access, including

Congratulations to the City of Lowell, where residents voted to pass the Community Preservation Act (CPA) in a city election on November 5. The Lowell Sun reported that the measure passed by a vote of 5,018 to 3,646.

Lowell is the northernmost of the 36 communities in the SVT region and the 27th to

Congratulations and thanks to the residents of Holliston!

During a Special Town Meeting on October 28, town residents overwhelmingly voted to protect 28 acres of Thistle Dew Farm on Highland Street. The town will now contribute $500,000 of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds toward the purchase

This fall, Laura Mattei, SVT’s Director of Stewardship, has been leading educational walks that teach participants how to evaluate forest health and assess the needs for forest management. The walks are part of a new Forest Health Initiative that SVT is working on with other members of the Metrowest

On October 30, SVT’s Dan Stimson and Matt Morris invited several of our partners in the High Ridge Initiative to attend a training session on culvert assessment. Participants learned how to study culverts and other road-stream crossings to determine whether wildlife can pass through them easily.

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Birds, insects, amphibians, plants, water. There’s a citizen science project for almost every interest. Some projects run only a short time—a night, a month, a season—while others are open-ended and collect data for years. 

Many citizen science projects rely on volunteers who explore natural areas

The Boroughs Loop Trail (BLT), which links the trail networks of Marlborough, Westborough, Northborough, and Southborough, is now open to the public. Even though portions of the 33-mile trail are still being cleared and marked, the BLT provides a great way to explore the beauty of the four

SVT, the Holliston Open Space Committee and the Holliston Agricultural Commission hosted a public walk at Thistle Dew Farm on October 20, in advance of an October 28 Special Town Meeting vote about the future of the farm. 

During the Town Meeting, Holliston residents will be asked to contribute up

The new 33-mile Boroughs Loop Trail (BLT), which links the trail networks of Marlborough, Westborough, Northborough, and Southborough, was opened in grand style during a ceremony on Friday, October 4.  Representatives of the four towns and SVT, along with State Senator Jamie Eldridge, participated