Posts by mike

HCT volunteers stay busy even in the winter by removing invasive plants, maintaining trails, and tending pile burns, as seen in the photos below. This week, HCT staff and volunteers joined the Town of Harwich Conservation Department at Thompson’s Field to help maintain the sandplain grassland habitat by cutting woody tree and invasive plant growth…

Thank you for making a lasting local difference for land, water, wildlife, and people. Through your support of Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) in 2024, you have ecologically restored the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve, launched new and exciting land preservation campaigns like the 50-acre Cape Cod Rail Trail Project, funded innovative land stewardship projects,…

Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) has secured a rare opportunity to acquire two upland properties totaling 6.3 acres in East Harwich in the Pleasant Bay Watershed by working with two different landowners over the last four years. The parcels to preserve include a 2-acre forested property and an additional 4.3-acre forested property for a total of…

In August, Naturalist and Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) walk leader Andrea Higgins discovered two baby flying squirrels in a nest that had fallen out of a tree at Sand Pond Woodlands. Flying squirrels are named after their unique ability to glide through the air as they navigate the forest. A special membrane stretching from the…

Reflections by Naturalist & Walk Leader Andrea Higgins Photos courtesy of HCT Outreach & Administrative Coordinator Halley Steinmetz Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) hosts Preschool Explorer Adventures led by naturalist Andrea Higgins on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at a selection of Preserves. Geared towards cultivating curiosity and a lifelong appreciation of nature in youngsters, these expeditions…

Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) welcomes Year 26 AmeriCorps Cape Cod Member Emrys Odell. Emrys and 10 other AmeriCorps Cape Cod (ACC) members are living on Cape for a year of service focusing on land management, environmental education, volunteer engagement, and disaster preparedness efforts across Barnstable County. ACC members serve 2-3 days per week on group…

Live owl show Date: Saturday, October 19th Show times: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Online reservations are closed. Please pay at the door (cash, credit, and checks are accepted).  Cost: $5 (kids ages 5-11) $10 (ages 12 and up) Not recommended for kids under 5 Location: Harwich Community Center (100 Oak St) Hosted by Harwich Conservation Trust…

Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) is grateful to partner with Taylor-Bray Farm (taylorbrayfarm.org) in Yarmouth Port this year for a series of outdoor family adventures. The Taylor-Bray Farm is a unique conservation destination that also has historical significance stretching back over the last 10,000 years. From the first Native peoples to call this land home, the…

Nestled in the woodlands south of Route 39 and west of Depot Road is the nearly 2-acre Rushy Pond. Rushy Pond lives up to its name given the profusion of slender plants poking above the surface that provide ample habitat for dragonflies, damselflies, turtles, and frogs to hide and forage while mammals wander down to…

Reflections by Naturalist & Walk Leader Andrea Higgins Photos courtesy of HCT Outreach & Administrative Coordinator Halley Steinmetz Ecosystem Explorers and their caregivers gathered today at the beautiful Coy’s Brook Woodlands for our last morning adventure of summer 2024. I invited Explorers to pretend to be ecologists studying the ecosystem as we set off down…