. Sit down, everyone, grab a cup of tea, and read the Owl’s favorite story about Weston. The last part of the story, regarding the purchase of College Pond land in 1977, is one of the best of Weston lore and is covered not only in Pamela Fox’s From Farm Town to Suburb but in a slightly longer and more
Read more. Join Weston Forest & Trail Association for its monthly walk this Sunday, April 2 at 2 pm at the largest of Weston’s Conservation properties (547 acres)–the gorgeous, green and currently loud (with amphibians) Jericho Town Forest. WFTA has been hosting Sunday walks for over sixty years, and the April walk is the second-to-last of the walk calendar (May 7
Read more. At some point, the Owl is going to agitate for Invasive Plants to be renamed “Marauding Plants” so that there was a bit more urgency to their removal from local yards, open spaces and Conservation properties. By definition, a marauder is someone (or something in this case) “who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search
Read more. As long-time readers know, the Owl is a huge fan of Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Lincoln Conservation. Not only do they manage some wonderful Conservation spaces, but they have fantastic educational programs which are sometimes live and sometimes on zoom, and next week, Tuesday March 14 at 7 pm, you can learn about the buzzy bees in your
Read more. There is nothing that makes this town as crazy, if I may say so, as a proposed new By-Law. Nothing. Not even school budgets though those come in a close second. So before we come into Yard Sign Season (and please no Dr. Seuss copyright issues this year), here’s a suggestion: listen to the information presented and then make
Read more. UPDATE 3/16/2023: This activity is ON for this Saturday. The trails are clear enough! +++ Join Weston Conservation Staff and WFTA volunteers to construct a new footbridge at the Chestnut Street Conservation Land and repair some existing bog bridges on trails behind the Woodland School. Work will involve carrying lumber into the site, basic construction and assembly of a
Read moreIf I had alllllll the time in the world, I would spend it coming up with cool education programs to be sponsored by the Weston Forest & Trail Association. Unfortunately, time is short and state track meets are long (congrats to the girls D5 state champs last night!). Fortunately, Weston is surrounded by amazing land trusts, some with actual paid
Read moreAfter the wild weather at the end of last week, there have been a number of downed trees around Weston. Anyone who lives on Conant knows what I’m talking about. If you are out on Weston trails, and note a tree down on the trail, please report it to Weston Forest and Trail Association, the 501(c)(3) that takes care of
Read moreEvery year right after Thanksgiving, the ornaments begin to appear on the small trees and larger ones too at intersection 4 in Ogilvie Town Forest. In ones and twos they arrive, and then finally a crate (this year a larger box) shows up. The holiday decorations (while defying a good photo in the three shown here) seemingly fly onto branches
Read moreUpdate December 14: Due to expected weather, this Stewardship Saturday has been postponed to a future date. For the last Stewardship Saturday of 2022 on Saturday, December 17 from 10 am to 12 pm, please join Weston Conservation Staff and WFTA volunteers on the desirable southside (farrrrrrrr southside) and get to know a property known as Cold Brook Stream, a
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