HCT News
HCT’s campaign to save six lots near Pleasant Bay reaches goal
Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) has announced that a $450,000 fundraising campaign to acquire six buildable lots in Harwich has reached its goal. Thanks to generous…
Harwich Conservation Trust Seeks Pond Front Properties
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…
Donating Land in the Red River Valley
Stars Align to Connect Two Friends that Preserve Land Together Gifts of land to Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) preserve precious natural habitats for the benefit…
Wayne Coulson Gives Land for the Benefit of All
“Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.” — Mark Twain Mark Twain had a gift for getting to the heart of a matter. If he…
Tuttle Family Protects Local Land, Water & River Herring
To protect windswept wetland, tall oaks, and an active herring run, Doug and Carol Tuttle donated their 7-acre Oak Island Bog to HCT this May…
History of the Island Pond Conservation Lands
Island Pond Conservation Lands: Created Through Partnership, Patience & Persistence Story by Lee Roscoe Vision, luck, persistence, compassion, patience, flexibility, fate—just some of the elements…
Pleasant Bay Woodlands: Unearthing the Story Beneath Our Feet
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…
Brown Family Donates 7.2 acres on Hinckleys Pond
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…
This Generation’s Caretaker
by Mary J. Metzger “We came only in the summers, as there was no heat or electricity in our camp. Long Pond Drive was just…
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