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Wildlife Camera Adventures!

September 24, 2018

Moose cow walking through wetlands, with calf following

Recently, our TerraCorps members Brigid and Susan joined Katie, plus Sally Naser and (former HLT AmeriCorps member) Michael Madole from The Trustees on a hike on one of our conserved properties in Westhampton. We had placed a few wildlife cameras there last July and we wanted to retrieve them to move to a different location AND of course […]

Bear With Us!

June 7, 2018

Black-and-white still image from a wildlife camera video of a black bear next to a vernal pool

This fall, we purchased a wildlife camera to track wildlife use of our conserved land and hopefully to get some good images and video to share with you! Over the winter, the camera was at our Stevens property in Huntington & Westhampton, where we captured some images and video of the moose we had seen evidence […]

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 […]

Newly Protected Land in South Worthington

October 2, 2017

Large rock outcrop in forest

Last Wednesday, Hilltown Land Trust acquired 70 acres of beautiful forest and recreation land in South Worthington, thanks to a generous donation by Cynthia and Peter Cook. This new conservation land is located in an important wildlife corridor that includes several other properties protected by Hilltown Land Trust. Most of this land is classified as […]

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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!
Vernal Pool Video Showing!
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