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Announcing our 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Join us on SUNDAY, June 11th (we’re going with the rain date!) at 2pm for our FREE 25th Anniversary Party on the lawn of the Sargent Memorial Library! Singer-songwriter Oen Kennedy will join us for an outdoor concert – he sings of and celebrates every living thing, from slime molds to sycamores, and is an […]
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Announcing our 2023 Annual Meeting – March 21, 7 pm at the Sargent Memorial Library: “Conservation and Stewardship at Mount Auburn Cemetery”

View his powerpoint presentation here and a slide show of David Barnett’s yard in Boxborough through the seasons here – get ideas for native plantings that will promote biodiversity in your own yard! We are excited to announce that Boxborough’s own, David Barnett will be our Annual Meeting Speaker! Join us for this free event, […]
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Jeanne Steele Kangas ~ Friend & Board Member (1940-2023)

We are very sad to share that our board member, Jeanne Steele Kangas passed away last week. She has served on the BCTrust board since May 2003 and has been committed to the preservation of Boxborough’s open land, especially as a lifelong resident who always knew the backstory for many parcels. We will miss her […]
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Run the Runway!

Next weekend, Saturday October 29th – all day free open house at Minuteman Airfield in Stow! Register now for the 5k race at 12:30 or the 1-mile fun run for kids at noon. All of the $ raised benefits the Boxborough and Stow Conservation Trusts! Hot air balloon rides, touch-a-plane, demonstrations, BBQ, live music, kids […]
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Drought Conditions

Boxborough Sustainability Committee  reminds us that we can take steps to conserve water! Boxborough DROUGHT ALERT The Town is experiencing a serious drought, affecting our wells and our common aquifers. Water connects us to one another, so we must protect water resources we share, while caring for ecosystems, such as our springs, streams, ponds, and wetlands. […]
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BCTrust 4th Grade Art Contest Winners!

We were delighted to announce the 3 winners of the 4th grade art contest at today’s Community Meeting at Blanchard Memorial School. Winners are: Evelyn Napolitano (pond), Eila Nelson (deer), and Briella Bloomberg (mushrooms). Thank you to our Art Contest Coordinator, Nicole Bouchard-Tejeiro and her team of judges (Megan Connor, Palmer Moore, Melissa MacGillvray, and […]
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ABRHS Students Shared Conservation Work with the BCTrust at the Sargent Memorial Library on Saturday, 6/4 from 11:00 am to noon

ABRHS students are collecting data on the abundance of an invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid, at the Beaver Brook Valley Conservation Area. This effort is a long-term monitoring program between student research and the Boxborough Conservation Trust that documents the human impact on our local environment. Depicted in this photo are 11th graders, Aisha […]
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Thank you Boxborough!

Boxborough votes YES to conserve 95 & 105 Sargent Road! An overwhelming win for conservation!  At Annual Town Meeting on May 10th with just a few votes shy of unanimous, Boxborough made the decision to conserve this valuable prime wooded upland.  It was so moving to see the town come together to support the purchase […]
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Help Save 21 acres of forest in Boxborough!

UPDATE: PLEASE Attend Annual Town Meeting! Warrant Article 23 that is likely to be brought up on the 2nd night of Annual Town Meeting, May 10th, at 7:45 pm, but in order to make sure that happens, we need people to attend the first night also, Monday May 9th for a procedural vote to make […]
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BCTrust’s Annual Meeting: Nature’s Best Hope with Doug Tallamy!

March 29, 2022 at 7:00pm via Zoom – a great success! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Boxborough Conservation Trust’s Annual Meeting – it was free and open to the public, and over 100 people registered, with at least 75 attendees. We began with a brief introduction from our President, and an […]
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