Featured Stories
Crisafulli School 4th Grade Birding Program
Since 2001, the Trust has partnered with Westford fourth grades to present a bird feeder program. The trust maintains and fills feeders at Crisafulli and Abbot Schools. At present, Crisafulli
Girl Scout Troop 85411 – Beaver Brook Nature Trail
After several months of hard work clearing and restoring a local hiking trail, Westford Girl Scouts Troop 85411 had a grand reopening on August 9th of the Butterfield Lane section
Nature Sightings
Nature Sighting photos are from area residents and visitors. To share your great, Westford area, outdoor photo, send it to us!
Upcoming Events
Grassy Pond Trail Walk
Guided WalkGrassy Pond, Westford MA
Saturday, February 1, 2020
9:00 am - 10:30 am
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News and Updates
Westford Wildlife by Marian Harman – December 2019
Happy New Year! Westford Wildlife Watch is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Wildlife Watch, which began in 1990, was inspired by Chuck Roth, then Education Coordinator at Mass Audubon. Roth had started asking people to send wildlife reports to him in his hometown of Littleton. When I asked Westford residents to send me their
WESTFORD WILDLIFE GALLERY FOR 2019
Westford’s wildlife photographers were busy this year! Check out some of the wonderful flora & fauna photographs submitted to Marian Harman for our Photo Gallery for 2019. We love to receive your photos of flora and fauna from around Westford for our website and our Facebook photo album. Email photos to: photos@westfordconservationtrust.org Be sure
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – November 2019
In late fall and winter when most plants are dormant, lichens are still growing. You have probably noticed lichens on trees, rocks and even tombstones. Lichens can survive and grow in conditions of extreme cold and dryness, even in parts of Antarctica. Lichens are a curious combination of a green algae and a fungus. They