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Hellos and Goodbyes: Spring 2025

April 21, 2025

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Our Board is Growing Hilltown Land Trust welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors this year. Tariq Abu-Jaber of Williamsburg is a member of his town’s Planning Board, and previously served on the board of Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Sanctuary. Tiffany Thibodeau of Worthington was HLT’s first Office Manager before pivoting full-time to providing […]

What’s Up With Vernal Pools?

April 21, 2025

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By Mariel Hohmann, TerraCorps Land Stewardship Coordinator As snowmelt and rainy days fill the vernal pools of the Hilltowns, salamanders, frogs, and fairy shrimp are on the move. And so is HLT! You don’t have to be a land trust to conserve these sensitive habits. In fact, anyone can help get a vernal pool certified […]

Give Back to the Land Day is on Earth Day: Tuesday, April 22nd!

April 16, 2025

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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.

The Gorge après Gorge is Turning 20!

October 10, 2024

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We always have reasons to celebrate at the Gorge apres Gorge: community, love of nature, and the best little 5k and family fun walk in the Hilltowns. This year, we have an extra-special reason to party: It’s the 20TH ANNUAL Gorge après Gorge! Since 2005, the Gorge après Gorge 5k Trail Run and Family Fun […]

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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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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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Wildlife Tracking with John Body
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Conservation Cemetery Project Webinar
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Vernal Pool Video Showing!
Vernal Pool Video Showing!
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