The latest topographic trail maps to be added to the Westford Conservation Trust Trail Guide are: Trails near Griffin Hill, trails from Blake’s Hill, and a new trail area in the Martina Gage Town Forest. To see how these areas fit into Westford’s trail system, see our Trail Guide.
In This Issue Trust Summer 2021 Activities Review Calling All Authors – by Editor Scout Projects – A 2021 Review by David Ebitson Our Annual Visitor – by David Ebitson What Is a CR – by Rich Strazdas Earn Awards for Hiking the Trails of Westford by Rich Strazdas Get to Know Backyard Invasive Plants – Japanese Knotweed…
Note: This meeting has already taken place. Westford Conservation Trust’s Annual Meeting When: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7pm Where: Parish Center for the Arts Guest Speaker: Rick Roth, The Creature Teacher Rick Roth, a conservationist and teacher, runs The Creature Teachers, a family owned environmental and animal education company. His goal is to educate…
by Rich Strazdas When does someone’s trash become a destination? Culture is full of examples of society’s castoffs becoming icons of an era. Think urban graffiti. Or the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. If you left a Cadillac on the side of the road, it would attract notice and not remain in place very long. If you…
In This Issue Spring & Summer 2020 in Review Scout Troop 195 Trail Maintenance Projects 2020 – by David Ebitson Nabnasset Conservation Land by Bill Harman Trail Mapping – by Rich Strazdas No Man’s Land – by David Ebitson Westford Girl Scout Troop 85410 Silver Award by Ellen Spahr Poetry Corner: When I am Among the Trees – by Mary…
In This Issue Trust 2022 Annual Meeting Invasives Committee Summer Wrap-Up A Walk in the Woods – by David Ebitson Something to Chew On – by Mark Minnucci Hildreth Meadows Trail – by Bill Harman Best Ways to Preserve Nature While Hiking Nutty Westford – by Rich Strazdas Fall 2022 Newsletter
Our new for 2025 Invasive Plants of Westford Massachusetts guide is now available in PDF format here on the website. Invasive plants are non-native species that spread aggressively and alter ecosystems such as forests and wetlands. Invasives do not become “naturalized” and get along with native plants, but form monocultures inhospitable to native plants. The…
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