Celebrating 40 Years of Preserving and Protecting Westford's Open Space and Natural Resources.
Birds need native trees. Laura Tangley and Desiree Narango worked for three years as interns for Professor Doug Tallamy, Professor of Entomology at the University of Delaware. They studied how nonnative trees in cities and suburbs affect birds. In Laura Tangley’s National Wildlife Federation article titled “Why Birds Need Native Trees”, she noted that 80% … Read more
Post talk update: To enjoy the recording of the June 1, 2021 Let it Be An Oak presentation – click here Question & Answer section (audio only) – click here Please join us for a virtual presentation by naturalist, scientist, observer and gardener Doug Tallamy on JUNE 1, 2021 at 7PM. Once we have decided … Read more
Please join us in welcoming Dave Ebitson as the Trust’s new president. Dave has been active in the Land and Trails committee for the last several years. As a former Corporate Director for Global Product Support, Dave has added additional organizational skills to the Trust. He created a database to track and monitor the condition … Read more
Bees are keystone species in the web of life. The presence of bees in our yards and open spaces is essential to the pollination and flourishing of our plants, and thus to our own lives. Dick Callahan, legislative director for the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association states that around the world, 40-50% of insect species are declining. … Read more
What It’s Like To Be a Bird Just as most gardeners love to read seed catalogs in spring, most bird watchers enjoy reading bird books. There is a new bird book just published, by artist David Allen Sibley, called “What It’s Like to Be a Bird”. This is a beautiful book of Sibley’s outstanding paintings … Read more