Featured Stories
Earth Month Guided Hikes/WCA Events
Family Earth Month Walks Sponsored by Westford Conservation Trust and Westford Climate Action April 2024 No registration is required for these walks. All walks will run rain or shine. Well-behaved
Westford Conservation Trust Annual Meeting – November 2023
Update View Mass Wildlife Chalis Bird’s presentation on Black Bears of New England click here to see the zoom meeting and presentation from November 16, 2023 Westford Conservation Trust Annual
Nature Sightings
Vernal Pool Critters
Yellow-spotted salamander Jefferson/Blue-spotted Complex Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) Here are some recent photos from two vernal pool locations near us that saw some activity on a few rainy early March
Nature Sighting photos are from area residents and visitors. To share your great, Westford area, outdoor photo, send it to us!
Upcoming Events
Kissacook Hill Guided Hike
Spring Bird Walk
Hiking Trails of Westford Award Program
Tuesday Trail Steward Group
News and Updates
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – April 2023
May 8, 2023Spring Migration For ardent birdwatchers, nothing can be more exciting than seeing the first spring migrants. First to come in February are the blackbirds, red-winged blackbirds, grackles and cowbirds. Next … Read more
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – March 2023
April 4, 2023Spring Pools Spring has sprung in a way typical of New England: on and off rain, alternating warm and cold days, occasional spits of snow. This is the time of … Read more
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – February 2023
March 7, 2023Happy Spring? Lately, I’ve been having fun writing poetry, mostly about my walks. They are “prose poems”, they have no rhyme and no meter. In this free form, I can … Read more