by Westport Land Trust Staff | Beyond the Barways
Labeling the plants in our teaching gardens (around our offices at Kirby House and on the Woodland Discovery Path) helps visitors to recognize native plants in cultivated and more naturalized places–plants that they might then find on the trails or in their...
by Nate McCullin | Beyond the Barways
Preservation is the first step in our vision for strategic land conservation–stewarding the land in our care is the long-term plan. 2024 was another exciting and productive year for Stewardship at the Westport Land Conservation Trust. We celebrated 10 years of...
by Nate McCullin | Beyond the Barways
On October 4th WLCT hosted a Stewardship Forum at our signature property, Westport Woods. We volunteered to host after attending another Stewardship Forum facilitated by the Buzzards Bay Coalition this past spring. A large number of peer conservation organizations...
by Charlotte Greeson | Beyond the Barways
A great year for acorns! Different species have different “mast” years. 2024 is the year of the acorn and that’s a great thing for our area. Oak trees are vital to our natural world–they shelter and feed literally thousands of insects, birds,...
by Charlotte Greeson | Beyond the Barways
Westport’s glorious summer, full of cool waters, hot sands, happy cows, and beautiful fields, is also WLCT’s busiest time of year, with lots of visitors and necessary land stewardship during the growing season. This summer, we managed to squeeze in some...
