Tag Archives: WFTA

Stewardship Saturday: A New Trail for College Pond – September 23

Join Weston Conservation Staff and Weston Forest & Trail Association volunteers to construct a new trail. The new trail will bypass an area that has become flooded due to increased beaver activity at College Pond Conservation Area over the past couple of years. We’ll let the beavers be beavers and work around them. Stewardship Saturday is held the third Saturday

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Weston Forest and Trail Association: First Monthly Walk is October 1

Everyone’s favorite local land trust, Weston Forest & Trail Association, has released its schedule of monthly walks on Weston conservation land for 2023-24. For over sixty years, WFTA has been hosting first Sunday walks from October to May. First up on Sunday, October 1 at 2 pm is a Daily Double at the College Pond land off of Concord Road–a

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Save the Date: Weston Forest and Trail Fall Friend-Raising October 14

. Weston Forest & Trail Association (WFTA) invites all of its friends, members, and future fans to its Fall Friend-Raiser on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 5-7 pm at the Josiah Smith Tavern…sort of. Yes, it is true that WFTA has moved into …sort of…its office at the JST (boxes and boxes and boxes) but we’re holding this party OUTSIDE

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Now’s Your Chance: Mermaids, the Coburn Barn, and Coburn Meadow

Yesterday, a local real estate agent posted that the Coburn Barn house at 154 Church Street is going up for sale. The Owl anxiously awaits the marketing materials on it, mostly to see if the words “coveted northside location” will be used (remember: the southside is “desirable” and the northside is “coveted”; do not mix them up). The Barn is

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Summer Changes at Weston Forest & Trail Association

. Weston’s favorite* non-profit organization, Weston Forest & Trail Association, is having itself a summer. The abundant rains on the plains have nurtured stunning growth of grasses, invasives especially bittersweet, brought down innumerable trees, and narrowed the trails across fields and entering the forests. Dead or at-risk trees have toppled into trails due to their wet feet. In addition, WFTA’s

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Wild About Weston: Gray Tree Frogs and Sunday Woods

. One of the Weston Forest & Trail Association’s roles in town is to monitor conservation restrictions. Conservation restrictions are given to WFTA as a double-check on encroaching madness development–to make sure everyone is behaving. According to Massachusetts law, they are defined as “a legally enforceable agreement whose purpose is to ensure permanent protection of specific conservation values while permitting

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“History Under One Roof” is Open at the JST for Two Days Only May 13 and 20

. Ahhhhhh….the JST…the JoSTice…the Josiah Smith Tavern…the former Jones Home. The once and future tavern restaurant, possible future home of the Weston Forest & Trail Association, the Women’s Community League (aka Weston Community League) and the Weston Historical Society. Seemingly finished for the past year, it remains empty of tenants, and this Owl is looking forward to discussions of alternative

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