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Your Largest Neighbor: The Moose!

April 13, 2018

Young white girl standing in front of a lawn, holding a large moose antler that is nearly as tall as she is.

By Andrew Madden, HLT Board Member The evidence is common in the Hilltowns: the distinctive tracks, deer shaped but much larger; inch long pellets dropped in piles; bark peeled from striped maple (aka moosewood); young saplings and shrubs browsed to chest height; or, if you are extremely lucky, a shed antler. Yet sightings of our […]

Our Spring Newsletter is in the Mail!

April 3, 2018

Our Spring Newsletter is in the mail! Learn about moose and moose habitat in Western MA from our Board member Andrew Madden, read a profile of event leader Dave Pierce, hear from HLT volunteer Carol Wasserloos about her experience at the Silent Sunset Solstice hike, find out what UMass students are doing on the Conwell property, and […]

Spring Events Flyer!

March 5, 2018

image of Hilltown Land Trust's Spring Events Flyer

Our Spring Events Flyer was mailed out last Friday; check your mailboxes for your copy! We are very excited to share a few of the exciting events we have planned for the next few months. Always check our events page here on our website and our Facebook page for all of the latest events and […]

13th Annual Gorge après Gorge

December 6, 2017

32 people posing for a photo in a couple of rows, all dressed warmly. Dead leaves cover the ground in the foreground, trees and cloudy sky in the background.

Thank you to the many runners, walkers, volunteers, spectators, knitters, crocheters, and raffle donors who made the 13th annual Gorge après Gorge 5k race and walk a great success. Event highlights include a female race victor for the first time ever (go Apryl!), a record 125 runners, race participants spanning 8 decades, and a stellar team of volunteers who […]

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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Feb 3rd, 2021    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Hilltown Land Trust is pleased to once again be partnering with All Out Adventures in offering a series of senior snowshoe treks this winter. Join [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Feb 10th, 2021    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Hilltown Land Trust is pleased to once again be partnering with All Out Adventures in offering a series of senior snowshoe treks this winter. Join [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Feb 17th, 2021    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Hilltown Land Trust is pleased to once again be partnering with All Out Adventures in offering a series of senior snowshoe treks this winter. Join [...]
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Wildlife Tracking with John Body
Wildlife Tracking with John Body
Feb 20th, 2021    
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Bullitt Reservation
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Naturalist John Body returns to lead us in search of wildlife tracks and signs around the Bullitt Reservation in Ashfield at 1:00pm on Saturday, February [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Feb 24th, 2021    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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  • Partnership Event
Hilltown Land Trust is pleased to once again be partnering with All Out Adventures in offering a series of senior snowshoe treks this winter. Join [...]
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Conservation Cemetery Project Webinar
Conservation Cemetery Project Webinar
Feb 25th, 2021    
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Join us to learn about this unique effort to create the first conservation cemetery in Massachusetts by combining the permanent protection of a beautiful parcel [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Mar 3rd, 2021    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Hilltown Land Trust is pleased to once again be partnering with All Out Adventures in offering a series of senior snowshoe treks this winter. Join [...]
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Vernal Pool Video Showing!
Vernal Pool Video Showing!
Mar 3rd, 2021    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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The days are becoming longer, temperatures climbing, and snow is thawing which means the vernal pools will be in the forest greeting us with their [...]
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Vernal Pool Video Showing!
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