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Give Back to the Land day is Thursday, April 20th!

March 29, 2023

Logo for Give Back to the Land

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. Hilltown Land Trust is teaming up again with other regional land trusts to raise money to support the needs of the community for climate change mitigation, carbon capture and storage, water […]

Supporting the Places that Matter to Them

March 29, 2023

A photo of two people standing in the snowy woods. They have their arms around each other and they are looking into the camera and smiling.

Drew Johnson and Angelina Altobellis fell in love with each other around the same time they fell in love with Western Massachusetts. They met attending UMass-Amherst, and after a few moves to other parts of the country, returned to the area to settle down. They wanted a place that was “quiet, with a friendly, laid-back […]

Cold Weather and Community

March 29, 2023

By Sarah Welch, Community Engagement Coordinator and TerraCorps-AmeriCorps service member Every year, Hilltown Land Trust’s Community Engagement Coordinator helps publicize and lead the All Out Adventures (AOA) senior snowshoeing program at the DAR State Forest as part of a long-standing partnership. HLT is happy to support the work of our partners at AOA, who create […]

Celebrating Our Volunteers

March 29, 2023

In March, Hilltown Land Trust staff and TerraCorps members hosted twenty-five people for our annual Volunteer Celebration in the event space at the Chesterfield General Store. Volunteers are essential to achieving HLT’s mission of land conservation and stewardship. From clearing branches off trails, to taking photographs and registering runners and walkers at the Gorge après […]

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CANCELLED: Oxen Logging Demo with Tom Jenkins
CANCELLED: Oxen Logging Demo with Tom Jenkins
Mar 2nd, 2019    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Witt Hill Road
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  • Kids
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CANCELLED. Due to the unpredictable snow and lack of parking this event has been cancelled. Out of respect to the Worthington Highway Department we are [...]
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Photos & Pie
Photos & Pie
Mar 3rd, 2019    
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Bullitt Reservation
  • Celebration
Come help us celebrate all of the entries from our Fall Photo Contest! All of the photos will be displayed, including the winning photographs, framed [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Mar 6th, 2019    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
DAR State Forest
  • Hike
  • Partnership Event
Hilltown Land Trust is partnering with All Out Adventures to offer an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the mid-winter beauty of the DAR State [...]
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Mar 13th, 2019    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
DAR State Forest
  • Hike
  • Partnership Event
Hilltown Land Trust is partnering with All Out Adventures to offer an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the mid-winter beauty of the DAR State [...]
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Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen Read From Their New Books About Birds
Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen Read From Their New Books About Birds
Mar 16th, 2019    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Westhampton Public Library Community Room
  • Family Fun
  • Kids
Hilltown Land Trust, Kestrel Land Trust, Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Westhampton Public Library are pleased to present an event with local authors Heidi Stemple and Jane [...]
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Spring Hike & Pancakes in Westhampton
Spring Hike & Pancakes in Westhampton
Mar 24th, 2019    
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Country Automotive
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Celebrate spring’s arrival with two New England treasures: mountain laurel and maple syrup! Hilltown Land Trust and Kestrel Land Trust are teaming up to welcome spring [...]
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CANCELLED: Oxen Logging Demo with Tom Jenkins
CANCELLED: Oxen Logging Demo with Tom Jenkins
2 Mar 19
Worthington
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Photos & Pie
Photos & Pie
3 Mar 19
Ashfield
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
6 Mar 19
Goshen
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Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
Senior Snowshoe with All Out Adventures
13 Mar 19
Goshen
Events on Mar 16th, 2019
Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen Read From Their New Books About Birds
Heidi Stemple and Jane Yolen Read From Their New Books About Birds
16 Mar 19
Westhampton
Events on Mar 24th, 2019
Spring Hike & Pancakes in Westhampton
Spring Hike & Pancakes in Westhampton
24 Mar 19
Westhampton
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