Celebrating 40 Years of Preserving and Protecting Westford's Open Space and Natural Resources.
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 of the Beaverbrook Trail in Westford, near the Littleton town line. The scouts also worked to bring this trail up to AMC specifications . Trust … Read more
Members and friends are invited to join us for the 2019 Westford Conservation Trust Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 7th, at Roudenbush Community Center at 7 pm. A brief Trust business meeting will be held from 7:00-7:20 pm followed by our guest speaker. Light refreshments will be served. Our new trail booklets and several hand … Read more
We are saddened to share that our trust board member Emily King Edwards passed away after a long battle with melanoma on July 20th, 2019 at age 35. She will truly be missed by the many lives she touched. There are no words to describe her loss for family, friends and community. Emily became an … Read more
Did you know that many female birds sing? I didn’t, but read about the phenomenon in the summer issue of Living Bird. I had heard about the female rose-breasted grosbeak sometimes singing from the nest, and some years ago I witnessed this phenomenon. I heard the singing, assumed it was a male rose-breasted grosbeak and … Read more
Have you seen any Monarch Butterflies this spring? I haven’t, and if last year is any precedent, we won’t see many this spring and summer either. Monarchs are declining precipitously. Experts estimate that these migratory butterflies have declined by 90% in the past twenty years. The Mexican Oyamel Fir Forest, monarchs’ wintering habitat, has shrunk … Read more