Join us Saturday, March 24th (noon – 3:00 p.m.) in the gym at the Harwich Community Center You’re invited to the 9th Annual “Meet Your Local Farmers” event (free & open to the public) on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from noon – 3:00 p.m. in the gym at the Harwich Community Center (100 Oak St., Harwich, […] Read more »

HCT’s January & February Winter Talks are held at the Harwich Community Center (#100 Oak St., Harwich, MA 02645) in the multi-purpose room. The “Eyes on Owls” Live Owl event on Saturday, March 3rd with up to seven different species and the “Meet Your Local Farmers” event on Saturday, March 24th with more than 40 exhibitors are both held […] Read more »

Enjoy this inspiring video about how you make land preservation possible with the Harwich Conservation Trust!   Read more »

First People of the Province Lands Guided Walk about Native American History Sponsored by Harwich Conservation Trust and Provincetown Conservation Trust, join Todd Kelley and Wampanoag/Nipmuc Marcus Hendricks as they team up for this walk about the First People of the Province Lands. The focus will be on the woodland period (1000 B.C.) to the […] Read more »

By Scott Ridley As we come to understand the history of a place, driving along a road, or walking a trail becomes a very different experience. We get to see another dimension in a landscape or neighborhood. Sometimes if we are lucky, we find that buried beneath our feet is a fascinating story about someone […] Read more »

Story by Lee Roscoe & Michael Lach “It’s a magic place,” says Sophie Eldredge about Sophie’s Corner. “When we were little we had a garden down there. It’s a special feeling there. It’s beautiful; it’s quiet. It’s a corner nook in the middle of the woods. You can’t see any houses around. It’s peaceful.” When […] Read more »

In 2003, the Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) and the Trust for Public Land helped the Town preserve 42 acres of this 77-acre assemblage. This landscape was saved thanks to more than 1,100 HCT donors; challenge grants from Wequassett Resort and others; town and federal funds. HCT holds a permanent conservation restriction on the town’s 42 […] Read more »

Enjoy this journey in the Coy’s Brook Woodlands where you can wander walking trails through pine-oak woodland and along red maple wetland while taking in scenic vistas of the Herring River marsh.   Read more »

  Make sure to make time for the upcoming 5th Annual “Wildlands Music & Art Stroll” on Saturday, Sept. 9th (1:00 to 4:00 p.m.) where you can leisurely walk trails and experience live music while artists paint the landscape around you. Just park in the back of Monomoy Regional High School at 75 Oak Street […] Read more »

  Enjoy (& share!) the video above about an incredible opportunity to preserve approximately 15 acres that can help protect the historical feel, scenic splendor, water quality, and wildlife habitat diversity along more than 1,000 feet of shoreline on Cornelius Pond (also known as Eldridge Pond). Cornelius Pond is called a “coastal plain pond,” and […] Read more »