Winter Trailblazing

Winter Trialblazing in Rochester, MA.

As the cold weather approaches, don't run inside and hibernate! The winter is one of the best times to enjoy your local conservation lands. Whether you enjoy hiking or snowshoeing, birding or cross-country skiing, there are great trails for you to explore this winter.

The Wildlands Trailblazers will be working throughout the winter to help maintain these trails for the enjoyment of the public. Below is a list of upcoming volunteer trail work days. All volunteer work days begin at 10am and run approximately 2-3 hours. Tools, training, and water are provided.

Upcoming Wildlands Trailblazers Work Days

• Saturday, December 10th, Harrington's Wilderness, Marshfield
• Saturday, January 21st, Delano & Rounseville II Preserves, Rochester
• Saturday, February 11th, Great River Preserve, Bridgewater

We hope to see you out on the trails this winter!

-Questions & RSVPs can be directed to Alex Etkind, Wildlands Trust Land Steward, AmeriCorps MassLIFT Volunteer, aetkind@wildlandstrust.org

Turkey Talk

Did you know that... Last year, the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman (B.O.W) program partnered with Wildlands Trust to host an Intermediate Turkey Hunt?

The hunt began at dawn on April 30th 2011 at the 230-acre Great River Preserve in Bridgewater, MA. Four intermediate women hunters were led by two experienced hunting guides. One of the women, Cynthia Langill, successfully harvested her first turkey!

The Great River Preserve is one of the few Wildlands Trust’s properties that allows hunting during legal hunting seasons.

Stewardship Training Field Trip - Part Two

Last week we posted about our stewardship training field trip. We visited a total of four properties. Here are pictures from the later two. To see pictures from the first two, please visit an earlier post called Nothing like fall in Southeastern Massachusetts!


Property stop #3:

Great River Preserve, Bridgewater

Does anyone know what this little snail is? They were all over the road.

Most of the Wildlands Trust crew.

Property stop # 4:

Beaverton Woods Trail, W. Bridgewater (Town Conservation Land -
Trail project and bridge construction facilitated by  Wildlands Trust
AmeriCorps MassLIFT volunteer, Allison Gillum).

Town River, W. Bridgewater

-by Sarah Kugel, Wildlands Trust Community Outreach Coordinator, AmeriCorps MassLIFT Volunteer

A Collection of Our Favorite Photos!

It's amazing how New Englanders transition through the seasons! Here are some of our favorite photos from the winter. Remember all that snow?

Our hiking trip with Liam Murphy's Canine Fitness in the Myles Standish State Forest.

Temperatures below 0F for a week straight!

A Duxbury resident enjoying a walk at Cow Tent Hill Preserve during a "work snow day."

Wildlands Trust AmeriCorps MassLIFT Volunteer, Sarah Kugel, with Conservation George in Central Park in NY.

Picnic table outside our office in Duxbury, MA.

Wildlands Trust AmeriCorps MassLIFT Volunteer, Allison Gillum, snowshoeing at the Great River Preserve in Bridgewater.