Celebrating 40 Years of Preserving and Protecting Westford's Open Space and Natural Resources.
This eagle is believed to be half of a pair living at Nagog Pond on the Littleton / Acton border. It ranges from there to Littleton’s Cloverdale Conservation area and in the area of Nashoba Valley Ski Area at the Littleton / Westford border. Photo by Scott Lewis.
In This Issue WCT Annual Meeting 2018 Trail Maintenance Mile a Minute Control Hildreth Meadows Clearing Stony Brook Water Chestnut Project Monitoring and Maintaining Westford Trail Structures What’s in your Backyard? – Recognizing and Controlling Invasives The Power of Water Fall/Winter 2018 Hike Schedule Fall 2018 Newsletter
The 2018 weather has been the most extreme many of us in the United States and even in Europe have ever experienced. In fact, instead of global warming, the climate change we are seeing is being called by scientists “global weirding”. It is thought that the extremes of cold and snow we experienced this winter … Read more
August and September are bird migration months, and we are sad to see them go. Most of our hawks leave us mid-September when wind conditions are right, as do our hummingbirds, warblers and many others. Sometimes we wish that we could follow along as they make the journey, and now we can. In 2013, Judy … Read more
Are the critters getting smarter, or am I getting dumber? This year, the squirrels and chipmunks have been besting us at every turn. It is sometimes comforting to think that humans are smarter than other animals, but if I ever believed that, I no longer do. As some of you know, my husband and I … Read more