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What's New
Below is an archive of many of SVT's news releases and stories about SVT in the news. If you do not see the publication you are looking for, please contact us by email or call 978-443-5588. If you are interested in reading one of Ron McAdow's recent articles featured in the Metrowest Daily News, click here.
SVT's 2nd ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE AT WOLBACH FARM
ONE DAY ONLY! - Saturday December 6, 11am-5pm.
Here is your opportunity to purchase nature inspired gifts, with a portion of the proceeds going to SVT. Several authors, artists, and artisans will be here offering their wares for your holiday shopping. Participants include:
Campaign to Conserve the Nobscot Reservation!
The Town of Sudbury has received a state Land Acquisitions for Natural Diversity (LAND) grant in the amount of $500,000 toward the purchase price of the Nobscot CR. This grant award represents the final major milestone in our journey toward protecting 303 acres of the Nobscot Scout Reservation in Sudbury, and we expect to close in early December. Thanks to all who have helped us to get this far! Click here for more information about the project.
Crossroads Community Foundation YAC volunteers
The Crossroads Community Foundation Youth Action Council recently volunteered to help build a new boardwalk at Memorial Forest in Sudbury. The boardwalk was designed by Ian Wetherbee for his Eagle Project. To visit Memorial Forest, see our Maps Page. To learn more about our Youth Conservation Stewards Program, click here.
Wayland Girl Scouts Volunteer at Upper Mill Brook
For the third year in a row, the Wayland Girl Scouts participated in a conservation project with Sudbury Valley Trustees. This year, the girls learned how to locate, build and install boardwalks on conservation trails. In addition to learning mechanical skills, the girls learned about trail design to minimize ecological impacts. This is part of SVT's focused effort to get more girls involved in our youth conservation programs.
Local Residents Receive Prestigious Conservation Awards at SVT 55th Annual Meeting
Sudbury Valley Trustees recently recognized four community leaders at its 55th Annual Meeting held on Sunday, September 28th at the Nobscot Scout Reservation in Sudbury.
Harvest Moon Paddle
Paddlers enjoying the recent Harvest Moon Paddle on the Sudbury River. Photographs by Tom Arnold. For information on upcoming SVT events, click here.
SVT helps to add 91 acres to the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
SVT recently completed a transfer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which adds 91 acres of land along the Assabet River in Stow to the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. To learn more about the project see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's news release. Images and maps of the land are also available.
Highway Underpass Monitoring
Sudbury Valley Trustees has been working with the Town of Concord's Natural Resource Commission through the Concord Wildlife Passages Task Force to monitor wildlife use of underpasses beneath Route 2 in Concord.
Concord Wildlife Passages Task Force
The mission of the task force is to monitor wildlife use of the four wildlife underpasses installed by MassHighway along Route 2 in Concord. To evaluate the effectiveness of the underpasses in providing safe passage for wildlife under Route 2 and to implement measures to increase the effectiveness when possible.
SVT Helps Secure Permanent Protection for 215 acres in Concord and Acton
Governor Patrick recently signed legislation placing 215 acres in Concord and Acton into permanent protection. The Article 97 designation ensures that the land may only be used for conservation, recreation, open space, and agricultural purposes; it will continue to be owned by the Department of Corrections. Over more than three years, SVT worked closely with the sponsors of the legislation including Senators Resor and Fargo, and Representatives Atkins and Eldridge. Thanks to them and the many others who made the project a success.
Improving Wildlife Habitat in Your Backyard
This primer on invasive plant control expands on the brochures produced for the Eco-Landscaping project at Wolbach Farm. Click here to download the brochure and visit the Wilfred J. Turenne Wildlife Habitat in Southborough to see the techniques in action. For more information about the wildlife habitat project at Turenne, click here.
A New Web Site for SVT
Thanks to support from the Sudbury Foundation, SVT has launched this new web site. We hope you find our new home on the web inviting and easy to use. If you have any comments or questions about the new design please e-mail us at web@svtweb.org.
Clean Up Crew!
A group of eight employees from Bose's Stow Facility recently held a successful community service work day on SVT's newly conserved Herene Reservation in Stow. The group gathered and disposed of litter that had accumulated on the land adjacent to Route 117. Please visit SVT's Volunteer Page if you're interested in helping out at a reservation near you!
Sudbury Foundation Commits $800,000 to Conserve 300 Acres of Nobscot Reservation
SUDBURY, MA – The Sudbury Foundation has awarded Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT), the regional land trust, an $800,000 grant toward its “Campaign to Preserve Nobscot Reservation.”
The Campaign will raise funds to place a conservation restriction (CR) on the Sudbury portion of the Reservation which is owned by the Knox Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Nobscot Reservation has long been of interest to Sudbury Valley Trustees, the Town of Sudbury and the Sudbury Foundation for conservation purposes because of its beauty, size, habitat, rare species and opportunities for passive recreation.