Beyond the Barways
Outreach and Stewardship Summer Internships
2020 BayCoast Bank Summer Interns Max Barr (left), Hana Tabit (center), and Carly Sherman (right) We are pleased to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, BayCoast Bank is sponsoring Westport Land Conservation Trust's (WLCT) outreach and stewardship summer...
Jean Maguire makes a difference
Jean Maguire burning brush at Westport Woods Conservation Park on March 30, 2021 Jean Maguire is one of WLCT's most dedicated Trail Team members. She's the daughter of a Wrentham farm family with a true blue passion for burning brush. We are so grateful for Jean's...
Terry White, a true champion for conservation in Westport
Terry White at his home in Westport. Photo by the Trustees of Reservations. On March 25th Westport and WLCT lost one of our greatest open space champions. Terry White first came to Westport in 1982, when he and his wife, Poo, purchased an 82-acre property along the...
Protected 80-acre Main Road Farm to be sold to 3rd Generation Farm Family from Westport
Meet the Ferry Family (L to R) , Andrew Ferry, Shauna Ferry, Maia Ferry , Deborah Ferry, Michael Ferry Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) is selling the former Santos Farm on Main Road to a local farm family. Andrew and Shauna Ferry along with Mike and Deborah...
Meet Tuesday Trail Teamer Tom Peirce
Tom Peirce routing a trail sign post at the Westport Woods Conservation Park land stewardship workshop circa 2020 Tom Peirce has been a regular Tuesday Trail Team volunteer for almost a year and a half. Tom is currently working with our staff to add some finishing...
A HISTORY OF WESTPORT WOODS AND KIRBY HOUSE
When I first started walking through Westport Woods Conservation Park, I felt stories rising up from the land... But when it came to knowing the documented history of the land and the house on it- I knew much less. Since my house is across the street, the story of...
Preserve Walts Farm
Walt’s Farm aka Pietrzyk Farm 439 Briggs Road Veteran of the Korean War and orchardist, Walter Pietrzyk, spent six decades cultivating six separate varieties of apple at his family farm on Briggs Road. Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) has a unique...
How Hope Helps the Land Trust
Hope Sterling at Westport Woods Conservation Park circa 2018 Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) is very pleased to highlight the help of our good friend and colleague, Hope Sterling. Hope heads the perennial department at Sylvan Nursery and assists with almost...
Mass Waterfowlers make gift to saving the Santos Farm
(L to R) WLCT Director Ross Moran, Massachusetts Waterfowlers Board Chairman Robert Rebello Sr., Robert Rebello Jr., WLCT President Trip Millikin The Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) would like to thank the Massachusetts Waterfowlers, Inc. for their generous...
Saving the Santos Farm
Save the Santos Farm Committee Members (L to R) , Spinner Findlay, Pam Trippe, Tim Vanech, Campaign Chair Tina Schmid, Wendy Goldberg, Trip MillikinOn December 18th, the Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT) acquired the 125-acre Santos Farm on Main Road, step one...
Week of Thanks: Dorothy Sang
Mill Pond Conservation Area in 2019 by Greg Stone Westport Land Conservation Trust is thankful for willing landowners in our community that protect land and habitat for wildlife and preserve open space for passive recreation! The protection and opening of Mill Pond...
Week of Thanks: Elizabeth Wade
Elizabeth Wade at Dunham's Brook Conservation Area Westport Land Conservation Trust is thankful for Tuesday Trail Team volunteer Elizabeth Wade whose truancy is only outdone by her can-do attitude! The weekly volunteer efforts of environmentalists like Elizabeth...