The Native Pollinator Task Force (NPTF) of the Metrowest Conservation Alliance (MCA) is hosting Native Pollinator Preservation Tours in Lincoln, Chelmsford, Littleton, Southborough, Marlborough, Northborough and Sudbury during June. The Littleton/Chelmsford date is June 23rd. The tours are designed to demonstrate how MCA members, NPTF Ambassadors and others can design and install their own Pollination … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Get out there and find these spring ephemerals while you can!! Why Trillium Have Become the Poster Child for Endangered Native Plantshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/realestate/trillium-endangered-plants.html?referringSource=articleShare Pink lady’s slipper is a perennial orchid. Please do not disturb it; it will not survive transplantation. It is found in environments from partial to all … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members: ACT’s Spring Bird Walk led by Acton birder, Al Sgroi, coordinated by ACT Trustee, Jody Harris at NARA Park last Tuesday. Between 7-9 AM the group saw 41 species of birds – including Baltimore Orioles and Indigo Buntings! If you would like to see the list, we would be … Read more
What a lovely morning we had for our bird walk led by Al Sgroi at NARA Park. Here is the list of the birds and number of each species that we saw or heard. 41 species in all! 5/17/227:00 – 9:00 am1.6 miles Turkey vulture 1 Canada goose 2 Mallard 1 Red tailed hawk 1 Great … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members: Don’t be surprised if you see a stone wall covered in black construction plastic on Wright Hill in Acton. The stone wall was the focus of ACT’s recent Service Day aimed at invasive species removal. Our volunteers did an amazing job cutting and pulling the Oriental bittersweet out by … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members: The following news and events may be of interest: Now – September 5New Exhibit: Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord Thursday to Sunday, 10 am to 4 PM, Walk ins welcome!Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA Visit this special exhibition to discover the beauty of birds. William Brewster (1851-1919) … Read more
Many thanks again to our volunteers for helping to remove invasives at our beautiful Wright Hill Conservation Area. We were lucky to have the best weather of the week for working. And work we did, judging by the piles of plants and root material which collected on the tarp! The beds we prepared on either side … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members: ACT celebrated Earth Day last week with a beautiful walk of Pratt’s Brook Conservation Land. Dogs were invited! We were treated to this stately stand of old white pines, blueberry “barrens”, two brooks, skunk cabbages, two big ant hills, and more – see the ACT Instagram page … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members: On a beautiful Wednesday morning this week the Acton Conservation Trust Conservation Restriction (CR) Committee and Bettina Abe, Town of Acton Natural Resources Assistant, gathered at the 8.5 acre Caouette-Simeone Agricultural Conservation Restriction at 20 Maple Street. We were delighted to be joined by Dylan Frazier, Director of … Read more
ACT celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2022 with a beautiful walk of Pratt’s Brook Conservation Land. Dogs were invited! We were treated to this stately stand of old white pines, blueberry “barrens”, two brooks, skunk cabbages, two big ant hills, and more – see the ACT Instagram page