HCT News

Volunteers Lend a Hand for Habitat at Thompson’s Field

January 14, 2025

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…

Your 2024 Accomplishments with HCT

December 31, 2024

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…

Six Lots for the Price of One to Protect Pleasant Bay

December 13, 2024

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…

Wild Care & HCT Partner to Save Flying Squirrels

December 3, 2024

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…

Preschool Explorers are Curious about Chipmunks at Cornelius Pond Woodlands

November 19, 2024

Reflections by Naturalist & Walk Leader Andrea Higgins Photos courtesy of HCT Outreach & Administrative Coordinator Halley Steinmetz Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) hosts Preschool Explorer…

HCT Welcomes AmeriCorps Member Emrys Odell

November 15, 2024

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…

October 19th Owls Up Close

October 18, 2024

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…

Family Fun at Taylor-Bray Farm

October 2, 2024

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…

Harwich Conservation Trust Seeks Pond Front Properties

September 19, 2024

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…

Ecosystem Explorers Enthusiastically Investigate Coy’s Brook Woodlands

August 26, 2024

Reflections by Naturalist & Walk Leader Andrea Higgins Photos courtesy of HCT Outreach & Administrative Coordinator Halley Steinmetz Ecosystem Explorers and their caregivers gathered today…

50 Acres: Cape Cod Rail Trail Land Preservation Project

August 16, 2024

Largest Remaining Privately-Owned Property in Harwich If you’ve ever biked or walked along the Cape Cod Rail Trail through the woods in Harwich, there is…

HCT Celebrates Volunteers and Eco-Restoration Partners at 36th Annual Meeting

August 12, 2024

Harwich Conservation Trust’s (HCT) 36th Annual Meeting on August 12th was attended by over 170 members eager to celebrate this year’s accomplishments. Generously hosted by…

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