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160 Acres of Wetlands, Trails, & Glacial Boulders Conserved

March 30, 2024

A sunrise over distant hills casts beams of light across a foggy wetland,.

A Smith professor, nuclear physicist, and passionate lover of the land, Margaret Waggoner always planned to conserve her beloved 160 acres of forest and wetlands in Ashfield and Goshen.

Planning for a Resilient Mill River

March 28, 2024

A man looks down from a concrete and metal road bridge towards a channeled river below.

Last year, climate change-driven flooding wreaked havoc on homes, farms, roads, bridges, and livelihoods across the Northeast. In October, the town of Williamsburg embarked on a two-year $682,085 state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness action grant to study flood resilience in the Upper Mill River watershed. HLT is tasked with engaging the Williamsburg community and surrounding Hilltowns […]

Welcome Alli, Jess, and Juliette!

March 28, 2024

A collage of portrait photos of Alli, Jess, and Juliette.

This winter, we welcomed Alli Cwalinski as our Office Manager, Jess Applin as our Conservation and Stewardship Manager, and Juliette Gomes as our TerraCorps Community Engagement Coordinator. You can join us for an upcoming event or volunteer workday to meet them in person! Q: What brought you to land conservation? Alli: After deciding to make […]

Volunteer Spotlight: Sarah LaPointe

March 28, 2024

Sarah, warmly dressed, smiles selfie-style into the camera. She is standing in the woods, in front of a tree with Williamsburg Woodland Trails and HLT signs on it.

Sarah LaPointe of Williamsburg has been volunteering with Hilltown Land Trust since 2015, and serves an important role monitoring the trails at HLT’s Breckenridge and Bradley properties. We caught up with Sarah to learn about why she loves caring for her local conserved trails. Q: Would you like to introduce yourself and your connection to […]

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May 2nd, 2023    
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Come learn about the certification process and ecology of vernal pools with naturalist and vernal pool guru, Charely Eiseman. Vernal pools are fragile ecosystems. In [...]
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May 3rd, 2023    
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Discover the ephemeral wonder of vernal pools with Hilltown Land Trust and naturalist Nellie Wilson! Join us for a walk in the woods where we’ll [...]
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Have you ever wondered what we would do without our semiaquatic rodent friend the beaver? From improving water quality, trapping and storing carbon, to counteracting some [...]
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