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Historic Dam Trail Protected!

December 26, 2019

Four people posing for a picture in front of the trailhead kiosk

Last spring, Hilltown Land Trust protected the popular Historic Dam Trail in Williamsburg! This 1.5-mile wooded trail ends at the ruins of the dam whose breach on May 16, 1874 caused the Mill River Flood disaster. This trail was established in 2016 by Williamsburg Woodland Trails (WWT), but had no formal protection until now. The […]

Meet Our 2019-20 TerraCorps Members!

December 26, 2019

Headshot of Tessa and Allie at the Gorge apres Gorge

Every year Hilltown Land Trust welcomes two TerraCorps-AmeriCorps members who serve with us from September through July. They perform crucial work for our organization: monitoring conservation lands, working with volunteers, organizing public events, and so much more. This year we are happy to welcome Tessa Dowling and Allie Foster. Read about them here, and meet […]

Brewer Brook is Front Page News!

December 16, 2019

A brook in a forest, with many mossy rocks in the stream

Our Brewer Brook Land Conservation Partnership project was recently featured on the front page of the Daily Hampshire Gazette! Through this project, Hilltown Land Trust and our partners conserved 1,000 acres of land in Williamsburg, Westhampton, Chesterfield, and Northampton. You can read the article on the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s website.

1,000 acres conserved in partnership project!

December 2, 2019

Sun shining through trees in the forest on the Redwin Property

New England is losing 65 acres of forest per day to development, according to a Harvard Forest report. This loss isn’t only a threat to wildlife, clean air and water, and recreation, but as science now shows, forest loss threatens our global climate as well. The good news is that protecting our local forests not […]

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