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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

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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Grassland Birds Talk
Grassland Birds Talk
Jul 8th, 2023    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
William Cullen Bryant Homestead
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Here in New England, our hayfields, pastures, and meadows serve as vibrant breeding grounds for threatened grassland bird species such as the beautiful bobolink. Learn [...]
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Backpack Explorer Family Nature Wander
Backpack Explorer Family Nature Wander
Jul 15th, 2023    
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Bullitt Reservation
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Join HLT and the Belding Memorial Library for a morning of nature exploration inspired by Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail, a take-along field guide [...]
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CANCELED - July Hike at Big View
CANCELED - July Hike at Big View
Jul 18th, 2023    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Big View
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This event has been canceled due to poor air quality. Find sweeping valley vistas on a 1.5-mile hike at Big View in Williamsburg. This hidden [...]
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How Do Your People Call The Earth?
How Do Your People Call The Earth?
Jul 20th, 2023    
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Worthington Library
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Led by Writing the Land poet JuPong Lin, this workshop integrates origami, walking meditation, community poetry and installation art. It opens with a mandala ceremony [...]
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Grassland Birds Talk
Grassland Birds Talk
8 Jul 23
Cummington
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Backpack Explorer Family Nature Wander
Backpack Explorer Family Nature Wander
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Ashfield
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CANCELED - July Hike at Big View
CANCELED - July Hike at Big View
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Williamsburg
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How Do Your People Call The Earth?
How Do Your People Call The Earth?
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Worthington
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