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Update on Our DEI Work

February 25, 2021

HLT logo: a bear sow and cub silhoutted in the foreground, with hills in the background

Last spring, Hilltown Land Trust committed to take actions toward serving and engaging a more diverse population. As part of this work, we have contracted the services of Mainspring Change Consultants, who will be working with us to take tangible steps towards making HLT a more inclusive organization. HLT’s staff, Board, and TerraCorps-AmeriCorps members will be […]

Checking in on the Neighbors

December 15, 2020

Trail camera image of a coyote in profile

Deer and coyote and bears – oh, my! We recently swapped out the memory cards from trail cameras set up on one of our conserved properties and were rewarded with quite the menagerie. Along with the photos below, we also captured images of moose, bobcats and others species, showing a small sampling of the diverse […]

What Land Should we Protect?

November 25, 2020

Interior of a mixed forest - a small path winds into the background

By Sally Loomis, HLT Executive Director   Before I worked for a land trust, I assumed that any land an owner was willing to donate for conservation ought to be protected. Why wouldn’t we want to conserve as much land as possible?   When I started my first job in land conservation, I quickly realized how complex this […]

Chesterfield Auction Update

November 17, 2020

River and rocks, surrounded by trees

Thanks to the intervention of a generous conservation buyer, the property near the Chesterfield Gorge along River Road will be conserved. The tremendous outpouring of community support for land conservation these past few weeks shows definitively that it is an issue that matters to many people in Chesterfield and the surrounding area. We want to […]

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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 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
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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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