Member Appreciation Programs

Thank you for your support! This free series of programs is just for you.

We hope these unique member programs will provide you opportunities to spend time with our staff and your fellow members, and learn more about what it means to preserve and steward Westport’s natural resources.

Who is a member? A member is any individual or household who makes a philanthropic gift to the Westport Land Conservation Trust, at any point during the year.

Signing up is easy and free!

Please do reach out with any questions ross@westportlandtrust.org

SUMMER Programs

Grazing Cows for Healthy Soil

3 pm – June 27th

Join us at Berry Hill Farm to learn more about an important stewardship strategy for agricultural land–grazing herd animals to restore agricultural soil.

Geoff Kinder raises cows on rotational grazing, restoring overworked agricultural land, improving soil health and producing higher-quality feed.

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about regenerative farming, meet young, local farmers, and visit Berry Hill Farm, a 2022-23 WLCT land preservation project now forever-preserved and farmed by Carissa and Adam Davenport.

Deepening Roots: Native Plant Gardens at Westport Woods

4 pm – July 11th

Westport Woods Conservation Park is host to several areas of native plantings, including the one year-old pollinator garden that surrounds our offices at Kirby House. These plantings diversify the habitat, provide shelter and food for a variety of animals, and act as a passive teaching tool.

Land Steward and horticulturalist Nate McCullin will lead this walk of the Woodland Path, Pollinator and Rain Gardens. Discover new-to-you plants and more about the process WLCT uses to choose and site plants!

Member Coffee at Gray’s Daily Grind: Get to know your fellow members!

August TBD

Save the Date(S) – Fall & Winter Programs

Fall Harvest: Orr’s Farm Visit

Friday, September 12th 3pm

Owl Prowl Under the Harvest Moon

Monday, October 6th

Past Programs

What is Conservation Monitoring?

Friday, May 30th 3:30 pm

A requirement of placing a Conservation Restriction on a piece of property is that it must be monitored annually: Who monitors and how do they know what to look for?

Executive Director Ross Moran leads this Member Appreciation Program walk, describing the process of monitoring land that has been conserved through a Conservation Restriction (Easement).

New Trails: Inside & Out

Evening Talk and Daytime Walk

Not all of the work of new trails happens outdoors! Quite a bit of mapping and planning takes place in the office on a computer, using digital and experiential data. Join Land Steward Nate McCullin and learn how WLCT plots a trail–inside our conference room.

In this second part of New Trails: Inside and Out, we’ll walk a portion of a trail built in 2024 and connect the inside work to the land and the trail being built.