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Special places don’t stay special on their own. Our dedicated volunteers make sure every one of our destination properties is ready for your next adventure.
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Help maintain and improve our hiking trails and conservation lands every Tuesday morning from 9 AM to noon with the Tuesday Trail Team.
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News
Get out and Explore!
This year we’re encouraging everyone to get outside and explore Westport with our new Trail Explorers program.
Town Meeting Provides Opportunity for Recreation
Westport residents have the opportunity to create new expanded access for recreation at Annual Town Meeting, Tuesday May 7th. Article 31 requests voters in the Town of Westport to transfer the care, custody, management and control of 2 parcels of backland located off...
Bird Box Success!
Nesting boxes provide new homes for cavity-nesting birds such as Chickadees and Carolina Wrens.
events
Sensory Walk Series
WLCT is pleased to present this series of sensory-based programs in which visitors are invited to slow down, get in touch with their senses, and deepen their connection with the natural landscape around us. This series of walks encourages participants to look at the...
Osprey Monitoring Lecture
We invite you to join us at Westport Woods for a chat with Matt Zucconi, volunteer coordinator for Mass Audubon's Osprey monitoring project on the Westport River. Matt will review the protocol for the official monitoring project of our most emblematic of raptors on...
Through the Seasons: Spring Walk
We are thrilled to return to Dunham's Brook Conservation Area on our series of explorations at this unique property. Each entry of this walk invites enquiry of seasonal changes over the course of a year. During our Winter walk, little more than the holly trees, club...