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All About Beavers Recap

May 25, 2023

A group of people, some of whom are looking through binoculars, standing and seated at the edge of a beaver meadow.

A sunny morning in May was the perfect time for learning all about beavers! Led by Drew Johnson, our group gathered at a special spot in Ashfield to observe active beaver habitat and to learn about beavers’ many adaptations that make them such resilient creatures and environmental engineers. Before heading out on our walk, we […]

Closing the Loop at Conwell

April 28, 2023

An amazing group of volunteers helped HLT extend the trail system at the Conwell Property in Worthington this month! With pickaxes, rakes, loppers, and a lot of persistence, our team added a mile of new trail to the 105 additional acres that HLT recently protected at Conwell. Once a collection of out-and-back paths, this newly […]

Give Back to the Land day is Thursday, April 20th!

March 29, 2023

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Land lovers from across the region and beyond are supporting local land conservation for this year’s Give Back to the Land online giving day. Hilltown Land Trust is teaming up again with other regional land trusts to raise money to support the needs of the community for climate change mitigation, carbon capture and storage, water […]

Supporting the Places that Matter to Them

March 29, 2023

A photo of two people standing in the snowy woods. They have their arms around each other and they are looking into the camera and smiling.

Drew Johnson and Angelina Altobellis fell in love with each other around the same time they fell in love with Western Massachusetts. They met attending UMass-Amherst, and after a few moves to other parts of the country, returned to the area to settle down. They wanted a place that was “quiet, with a friendly, laid-back […]

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Forest Carbon and Land Management
Apr 28th, 2020    
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
What role does carbon play in the forest? And what impact do forest conservation and management have on carbon storage within a forested landscape? Learn [...]
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Native Bees Webinar - Diversity, Decline, and Conservation
Native Bees Webinar - Diversity, Decline, and Conservation
May 7th, 2020    
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Fourteen native bee species are in decline in the northeast, but why is this happening and what can we do to keep these important pollinators [...]
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Solar Development Webinar
May 27th, 2020    
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Solar Development in MA: State Incentives and Municipal Planning This webinar will provide a brief overview of solar development in Massachusetts to date, explain the [...]
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Black Bear Research Webinar
May 29th, 2020    
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Interested in learning more about black bear behavior in Massachusetts? Join us for a webinar with Kathy Zeller, a post-doctoral researcher in the Mass Cooperative Fish [...]
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