Three new trail connections along the Route 47 Scenic Byway in Hadley and South Hadley are now open for the season! They include a re-route of the trailhead for the New England National Scenic Trail on Old Mountain Road in Hadley…
After nearly 8 years of planning and fundraising, the spectacular new Hitchcock Center building at Hampshire College is ready for occupancy and for the Center’s grand opening on October 1, 2016. The building is one of the first Living…
During June and July of 2016, Conservation Works coordinated a thorough survey of invasive plants and rare plant communities on the 2,000-acre Mount Tom Reservation in Easthampton and Holyoke for the Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The survey…
Conservation Works collaborated with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), Broad Brook Coalition, and City of Northampton to put it a new, wheelchair-accessible bridge and boardwalk at the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area this August. Funding for the project came from the…
Conservation Works’ environmental planner Anne Capra assisted the City of Chicopee in their successful $400,000 Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Grant (December, 2015) for major renovations to the Ray Ash Pool facility. While working with City Planner Lee…
For many years, Rattlesnake Gutter Trust (RGT) has been managing its 30-acre “East Leverett Meadow” for grassland nesting birds and wood turtles. CW member Molly Hale has conducted an annual bobolink survey in the meadow since 2003 and RGT maintains…
With compass, survey, and tree scribe in hand, Molly Hale led us into the woods on a year long adventure marking 40 miles of boundaries at 10 of the Department of Fish and Game's most off the beaten path Wildlife…
This December, Dick O’Brien co-led a hands on workshop to teach trail builders from around Massachusetts the techniques involved in building ecologically responsible, sustainable, and accessible boardwalks in wetlands. Attendees included Greenfield Community College students, staff from various non-profit conservation…