Caring for the Land that Sustains Us
This fall has been full of many volunteer work-mornings as we replace the bridge timbers at the lattice truss and started work at the pony truss. Many of the timbers had reached the end of their lifespan and for safety … Continued
Last Sunday was a perfect morning for a run, though once you stopped it was a bit chilly. Nearly 60 runners hit the trail in either the 5-miler, 5k run/walk or the Kid’s One Mile. We are grateful to all … Continued
Eighty supporters gathered on Magi’s Lawn on September 16th to celebrate our local and regional farms, have a delicious meal made from their labors, and support the mission of the East Quabbin Land Trust. It was a great time to … Continued
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2023 Summer Raffle. We greatly appreciate everyone that purchased tickets. We also are grateful to all the prize donors. Here are the winners: John Dieckmann: Two Season Passes to the Cultural … Continued
Corey and Marissa O’Connor hosted a farm tour with EQLT, the Rutland Agricultural Commission and Oakham Open Space Committee at their beautiful vineyard and tap room on Ware Corner Road in Oakham. We got to sample two of their wines, … Continued
As part of the larger tree planting effort to “green” the urban neighborhoods of Ware and it’s public spaces, sixteen more trees were planted in Grenville Park. The awesome volunteers and seasoned tree planting staff combined efforts with John P. … Continued
Today several volunteers spent a few hours with the state ornithologist, Drew Vitz, and his colleague Josh, checking out six successful kestrel nesting boxes. We managed to catch five females, who were weighed, measured and give a leg band. Four … Continued
Wild strawberries in bloom with a temporary label. Lee Dougan and Caren Caljouw led a spring wildflower walk at Eva’s Woods. More than a dozen participants learned a lot about the plants growing along the one-mile loop trail in Oakham. … Continued
JEEZ checks in at 20 points using regular Scrabble rules, which is what we did for this year’s Geocache Scavenger Hunt. Various combinations of Bottomley family went and found the five geocache stations posted at EQLT preserves during this school … Continued
Happy Earth Day 2023! Thanks to the dedicated volunteers and helpers, a dozen trees are now planted throughout the Ware dog park. The trees will bring re-leaf this summer when it’s hot outside – for people, dogs and all the … Continued
