Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The pictures show Boston Area Gleaners June Food Day 2023 at Stonefield Farm, last Saturday! Visit their website for more information at https://www.bostonareagleaners.org/ The following news and events may be of interest: Thursday, June 29Mass Land Trust Coalition (MLTC) is offering a Fundamentals of Land Protection series of virtual … Read more
BioBlitz 2023 got off to a good start on June 1, with 24 people signed up. By June 4 there were over 300 observations, including snapping turtles, a bobolink, and a running crab spider. On June 15, the last day, almost 1,000 observations had been recorded over two weeks, despite rainy weather and bad air … Read more
On June 10, 2023, our favorite storyteller and naturalist, “Boot” Boutwell led us on a spring nature walk in Pratt’s Brook Conservation Land, assisted by ACT’s Leona Burgess. Boot shared a great poem on how a lush lawn used to be a sign of riches, and weeds a sign of poverty, but how wonderful “weeds” … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Pedal Power, Acton: Prepping for Sumer Solstice Bike Ride. Most of the group headed from Pedal Power to the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Bridge across Route 2, now officially open. After crossing Route 2 we biked the rail trail into West Concord and enjoyed the new mural before … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Pictures are from ACT’s June 10 Nature Walk of Pratt’s Brook led by storyteller and naturalist, Boot Boutwell. Pratt’s Brook comprises wetlands, forested uplands, a blueberry “barrens,” two brooks, and a small pond with nearby vernal pools. The following news and events may be of interest: Now through June 15 Acton … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, The following news and events may be of interest: Now through June 15 Acton Boxborough Bioblitz Please join us as we document and celebrate biodiversity in Acton and Boxborough, which together host over 2,000 acres of conservation areas. From cattail marshes and ponds to fields and forests, these habitats … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, To see more pics of nature in Acton, visit ACT’s Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/actonconservationtrust/?hl=en. The following news and events may be of interest: Thursday, June 1-15 Acton Boxborough Bioblitz Please join us as we document and celebrate biodiversity in Acton and Boxborough, which together host over 2,000 acres of conservation areas. … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Bulette Conservation Land gained 20 acres, a new parking area on Arlington Street and a perfectly gorgeous bridge over Grassy Pond Brook. Now it’s easier than ever to walk from Bulette to Grassy Pond to Nagog Hill Conservation Lands. (From https://www.instagram.com/actonconservationtrust/?hl=en. To watch the video and to see more pics of nature in … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, 7 AM, Tuesday, May 16 Stoneymeade Conservation Land Bird Walk, led by local birders Al Sgroi and Ron Schlegel – Jody Harris assembled our group of 20 at the trailhead off Stoneymeade Way. We walked through the woods where we saw and heard an Ovenbird. (The Ovenbird gets … Read more
Al Sgroi led our Spring Bird walk on Tuesday, May 16, capably assisted by JoAnne Sgroi and Ron Schlegel. We met at the Stoneymeade Conservation Land trail head (also a section of the Bay Circuit Trail) and walked through woods, listening to ovenbirds calling and watching tiny brown creepers move through the trees, until breaking … Read more