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Welcome to the Winter 2010 edition of The Conservation Council newsletter, an e-newsletter from the Trustees of Reservations to update you on the latest news, events, and volunteer opportunities - around the state and in your backyard.
The Council has much to look forward to this year – and it's already off to a great start! Read on to discover more about the positive impact of farm-based education, learn about the great strides being made with urban park initiatives, and find out the ways that 'recovery' is the fourth R involved in going green. And, get ready for a year filled with celebrations with friends, including the winter outing in February, and volunteer outings. Here's to another wonderful year!
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Council Highlight Life as It Could be: Farms for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
By: Brooke Redmond, Conservation Council member and Executive Director of the Farm-Based Education Association
The Trustees of Reservations have made a powerful commitment to their farm properties: Appleton Farms, Powisset Farm, and Weir River Farm, to mention only a few, all engage adults and children in the real work needs of their productive farms. The Trustees own 14 "complete" farms, an additional 24 properties with active agricultural land on them, and, through our affiliate Boston Natural Areas Network, dozens of community gardens in Boston, totaling about 3,000 acres. Of these, The Trustees and BNAN directly manage four of the farms and all of the community gardens, with the remainder of the agricultural land leased to local farmers. In addition, several more farms are in the "pipeline" to come to The Trustees in the near future.
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Reservation Highlight A Town, A Garden and Some Magic – the Weir River Farm Market Garden in Hingham
By: Matthew Zieper, Conservation Council Steering Committee member
Even before there was a market garden, Weir River Farm, with its classic red barn, had already become a beloved treasure in Hingham during its first decade as a Trustees' reservation. Children and families flock to the nearly 100-acre property (alongside The Trustees' Turkey Hill property) to meet David, the sweetest horse around, attend the weekly open barnyard tours, participate in after-school or summer workshops or to join the burgeoning 4-H program.
While not as well known as World’s End, The Trustees' iconic Hingham property that is also part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Park, the farm's fans are growing day by day. The addition of a market garden has certainly helped increase its fan base.
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The Trustees Highlight Massachusetts' Urban Park Advocates (UPA)
By: Andrea Freeman, Director, Putnam Conservation Institute
When Charles Eliot founded The Trustees of Reservations in 1891, the hope of connecting city-dwellers and nature was at the core of his vision. While The Trustees will continue to preserve for public use and enjoyment exceptional properties in rural and suburban areas across the Commonwealth, its recent urban efforts are indeed a return to The Trustees' roots.
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It's Easy Being Green: The Fourth R
By: Christopher M. Begg. CFA, Conservation Council member
The Trustees of Reservations have always been dedicated to the preservation of the great places of Massachusetts, but a great part of preservation includes the caretaking of natural resources, beginning in your community. Thanks to an abundance of new technology and information readily available on the internet, living a "green" life has never been easier. This column has been dedicated to the wide variety of environmental efforts that can be undertaken, and in this issue I will highlight the fourth R, Recover, which accompanies the more well known three R's of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
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