Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Happy Spring! Saturday, March 25Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference8 AM-4 PM 8:45 AM-10:10 Concurrent Sessions10:30 AM-11:45 AM Welcome Topic: Affordable Housing and Land Conservation – Not an Either/Or Worcester Technical High School, 1 Officer Manny Familia Way, Worcester, MA 01605 (some online sessions)The annual conference of the Massachusetts Land Trust … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, We have a lot to report on this week…our most successful ACT Annual Meeting ever, thanks to “Eyes on Owls” and the presentation of our Carol Holley Conservation Volunteer Award to Tom Tidman, who served as Town Natural Resources Director for nearly 30 years! If you want to … Read more
Our Annual Meeting was lively and very well attended. Tom Tidman stopped by to accept the Carol Holley Conservation Award. President Susan Mitchell-Hardt gave opening comments, presented the award to Tom (who got a standing ovation), and ran the brief business meeting, which re-elected all incumbent officers and board members. Hart Millett gave our financial … Read more
Love the outdoors, but worry about ticks? This talk focused on learning more about ticks, how they operate and affect us and what we can do to protect ourselves from the diseases they spread. We had two terrific, knowledgeable speakers: Susan Rask and Michele Grzenda. Tricia McGean was also scheduled to talk, but had to … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, This Barred Owl is to remind us that Marcia Wilson will be bringing her 6 live owls to the Acton Town Hall at 1 PM this Sunday, March 12, for our ACT Annual Meeting. Prior to the owls, Tom Tidman, Acton Natural Resources Director for almost 30 years, … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Last night’s “Tick Talk” – ACT’s Jody Harris introduced presenters, Susan Rask, retired Public Health Director of Concord and Michelle Grzenda, Conservation Director and environmental educator, Town of Lincoln for a very informative talk about ticks and preventing tick borne diseases. We had 60 online participants and several … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Read to the end if interested in a conservation job opening in the Acton Land Use Department. The following news and events may be of interest: If you prefer, you may read “Events of Interest” on our website, ActonConservationTrust.org Wednesday, February 22On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces 7 PM … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, There’s so little snow on our conservation lands, it caused me to look up our drought status. Good news from OARS on 2/13/23! The drought in the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord River watershed has ended!Feb. 13, 2023: Following five months of normal to above-normal precipitation and record-breaking warmth in January, all seven … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, In case you missed our Winter Wildlife Tracking Walk at Nashoba Brook Conservation Land last Sunday, we took lots of pictures. To see our best shots and to read our most apt descriptions, visit our website, or our Instagram page. The following news and events may be of interest: … Read more
What a difference a day makes! Our annual tracking walk with Paul Wanta was originally planned for a day when a polar vortex would hold temperatures to a high of 13º. To avoid frostbite, we rescheduled to the next day, and afternoon temps hit 47º! Snow in Acton has been scarce this year, so the … Read more