HCT News
Eco-Restoration Journey Week 3: ‘We let Mother Nature take over’
If you’ve driven along Route 124 near the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich, you’ve probably noticed a lot of hubbub going on…
HCT’s Cold Brook project wins major engineering award
The awards keep rolling in for the Harwich Conservation Trust’s (HCT) ambitious eco-restoration project at the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve. This time around,…
Eco-Restoration Journey Week 2: A lesson from Nick Nelson
A cold Cape Cod wind was the unwelcome guest star at our recent site visit to the Hinckleys Pond – Herring River Headwaters Eco-Restoration Project.…
Tour de Trash 2025
The 10th annual Tour de Trash is scheduled for Saturday, April 26th from 10 a.m. – noon, beginning at the Harwich Community Center. Gather your…
Boosting local agriculture: Meet Your Local Farmers event draws big crowd
What a hootenanny! The Meet Your Local Farmers event on March 29 was a rollicking good time for attendees and a big win…
HCT Announces Project Greenland
The Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) has launched an ambitious $720 billion fundraising campaign to preserve the world’s largest island. The Green Space for Greenland Project…
Eco-restoration journey: Work begins at Hinckleys Pond – Herring River Headwaters Preserve
On a typically chilly early spring morning in Harwich, a good-natured group from the Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT), SumCo Eco-Contracting and Inter-Fluve, an ecological engineering…
Celebrity Cold Brook otters star on cover of Harwich Magazine
The otter paparazzi have caught up with the furry celebrities at the newly-restored Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve in Harwich Port. A stellar snapshot…
Harwich Conservation Trust Honored with Excellence in Conservation Award
AMHERST, Massachusetts – The Harwich Conservation Trust was honored with the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition’s inaugural Excellence in Conservation Award at the 2025 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, held on…
Cicada extravaganza: Big brood to emerge on Cape Cod
Get in the mood for the brood. The cicadas are coming! This news flash from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension sets the stage: “This year,…
Farm animals added to “Meet Your Local Farmers” event on March 29
Special guest stars that moo, oink and whinny have been added to the lineup at the “Meet Your Local Farmers” event on March 29, 2025, from…
Herring River Watershed 50% Eco-Restoration Design Project
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) Engineering Services for 50% Eco-Restoration Design Plans The Harwich Conservation Trust (the Project Owner), is seeking proposals from persons/firms to provide…

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