Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The following events may be of interest: Daily – December 31Self-Guided Story Walk® of Walden Pond, “The Shortest Day”Your schedule 915 Walden St., Concord, MA 01742The Shortest Day: Celebrating The Winter Solstice By Wendy Pfeffer; Illustrated by Jesse Reisch Woods Path Trail Come learn about the Winter Solstice, and how … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The following events may be of interest: Daily – December 31Self-Guided Story Walk® of Walden Pond, “The Shortest Day”Your schedule 915 Walden St., Concord, MA 01742The Shortest Day: Celebrating The Winter Solstice By Wendy Pfeffer; Illustrated by Jesse Reisch Woods Path Trail Come learn about the Winter Solstice, and how … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The following events may be of interest: Daily – December 31Self-Guided Story Walk® of Walden Pond, “The Shortest Day”Your schedule 915 Walden St., Concord, MA 01742The Shortest Day: Celebrating The Winter Solstice By Wendy Pfeffer; Illustrated by Jesse Reisch Woods Path Trail Come learn about the Winter Solstice, and how … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, If you haven’t visited the ACT Instagram page lately you will want to see the posts. You will find photos of “False Turkey Tails”, “black birch grove leading to bridge over Grassy Pond Brook on the Anderson Conservation Land”; “wolf-fart mushrooms”; “photo of a bobcat taken by … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The following news and events may be of interest: Wednesday, December 6Open Space and Recreation Virtual Public Meeting. 6-7:30pmZOOM. To join the webinar on the 6th, please click:https://actonma.zoom.us/j/88628561597The Open Space and Recreation Plan working group is hosting a virtual public meeting via zoom to present the plan’s goals and action … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Growing the ACT Board of TrusteesAre you interested in preserving open space in Acton? While Acton has the benefit of many acres of open space, some prized undeveloped parcels in Acton are not yet protected … Read more This stone wall at Wright Hill was covered with bittersweet until volunteers removed … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Growing the ACT Board of TrusteesAre you interested in preserving open space in Acton? While Acton has the benefit of many acres of open space, some prized undeveloped parcels in Acton are not yet protected … Read more Winterberry, Ilex verticillata, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in … Read more
Update 11/1/23: “Mother Nature” scarecrow wins FIRST PLACE!! If you haven’t visited “Mother Nature”, our ACT Scarecrow, at Cucurbit Farm – it’s time! As you can see, she’s encouraging support of land trusts – ACT and SVT!!!!Bring your kids/grandkids – they also have a corn maze!!!She’s a masterpiece, and here she is in all her natural … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Growing the ACT Board of TrusteesAre you interested in preserving open space in Acton? While Acton has the benefit of many acres of open space, some prized undeveloped parcels in Acton are not yet protected … Read more Tremendous storm damage sustained from our mid-September storm at Heath Hen Meadow Brook … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Growing the ACT Board of TrusteesAre you interested in preserving open space in Acton? While Acton has the benefit of many acres of open space, some prized undeveloped parcels in Acton are not yet protected … Read more Monitoring the Gaebel and Grassy Pond West Conservation Restrictions. The following news and … Read more