The last snowfall was a week ago, but as temps all week were low and skies gray, the woods still held plenty of snow for tracking the animals who make their home there. Tracker Paul Wanta stood in the Senior Park at Pratt’s Brook Conservation Land, surrounded by a circle of people eager to learn … 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
ACT had a great turnout of members, friends and boy scouts from Troop 284 volunteer to put a trail from the end of Genevieve Lane into the Anderson Land, which connects to Bulette/Town Forest Conservation Land. Laurie Ullmann brought a printout about the partial solar eclipse occurring during the work, as well as a pair … Read more
Acton Conservation Trust members and friends enjoyed a beautiful fall day during a joint event with Boston Mycological Club (BMC) on Sunday, October 1. Around 100 people from the two groups gathered at Wills Hole Conservation Land to search for mushrooms. Armed with baskets and special curved fungus knives with a brush on one end, … Read more
Acton Conservation Trust’s President, Susan Mitchell-Hardt, was honored with Sudbury Valley Trustees Lifetime Achievement award at SVT’s Annual Meeting on October 18. Susan has shaped land protection in Acton for decades and is so deserving of this honor. Congratulations Susan!!
Are 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. We encourage those interested in open space preservation in Acton to join with like minded citizens as a board member of the Acton Conservation Trust … 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
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
There’s a new trail in town! Many thanks to our amazing group of ACT members, Scouts and AP Environmental Science students who helped clear a 1/4 mile loop trail off the Assabet River Rail Trail today. We had about 50 volunteers, and as you can see from the album below, they did an incredible job! … Read more