Walker Fryling, an Eagle Scout candidate from Sudbury, worked with SVT on his leadership project and built a new boardwalk for our General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.

Walker's 128-foot boardwalk, in the floodplain of Hop Brook near SVT's Dutton Road

Finally! After 18 months of hosting mainly webinar events, the SVT staff is delighted to be planning several in-person walks and programs for Fall 2021. Please join us as we explore the region's natural areas and take note of the many plants and animals that live among us.

Our full program calendar

SVT celebrated another successful year of conservation during our 2021 Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 26.

In the past year, we helped to conserve more than 148 acres of land, collaborated on several projects to fight invasive plants, and engaged nearly 200 volunteers in managing our properties

Sudbury Valley Trustees has accepted conservation restrictions (CR’s) on town-owned conservation lands in Northborough and Southborough.

In Northborough, the Town of Northborough and SVT collaborated on a successful effort to protect 19.2 acres of land on the east face of Mount Pisgah, adding to

Are you an enthusiastic amateur or professional photographer who would like to volunteer to help SVT update its photo collection? If so, and if you have a couple hours a month to devote to this project, please join us for an (outdoor*) inaugural meeting of the SVT Photo Task Force. At this first

Recent Wayland High School graduate Kristen Bestavros partnered with SVT to produce and install five picture posts on SVT conservation land that will help community members document environmental change in the area. The project was completed as part of Kristen's Girl Scouts Gold award, an honor

SVT seeks a full-time Land Steward to assist with the management of its land holdings that consists of 91 reservations and 90 conservation restrictions, totaling more than 5,300 acres and more than 65 miles of hiking trails. The Land Steward is a junior position that is ideal for a person with a

Thanks to SVT volunteers Jim Makuc, Ken Appel, and Dan Clawson, who helped SVT's Dan Stimson and Mike Murray install a set of steps on a rainy day along the trail at Smith Conservation Land in Littleton. The steps improve a steep section of the red trail leading to Beaver Brook Marsh. National

Stonefield Farm is now permanently protected! The Boston Area Gleaners (BAG) purchased the Acton farm and granted an Agricultural Preservation Restriction to SVT and the Town of Acton, ensuring the land's permanent protection. Our thanks go to the town of Acton and the many supporters who donated to

Volunteers Nan Burke and Don Burn are helping SVT and our partners rejuvenate wild lupine plants at the Desert Natural Area in Sudbury and Marlborough, which includes SVT’s Memorial Forest. Wild lupine is a native, yet uncommon, plant that provides food for pollinators and birds. Unfortunately, the