Stewardship Saturday moves to the southside this month. On Saturday April 20 from 10 am to 12 pm, please join Weston Conservation Staff and WFTA volunteers as we construct a series of new bog bridges as well as a construct several sections of new trail at Bates Woods and Burt Field. In both cases, we will be retiring trails that
Read moreAs part of her day job as a trail ranger for Weston Forest & Trail Association, the Owl received word of an offleash dog-coyote incident this morning near the Hubbard Forest (southside). There was no harm other than some missing dog fur from a tail, though possibly some rather large stress for all watching. It is likely that the coyote
Read moreFor those of you who are out on Weston’s trails and open spaces every day, you will know that new voices are taking over from the wood frog “quack” and the spring peeper trill. At College Pond, I have noted fox sparrows and song sparrows and a purple finch along with the red-winged and rusty blackbirds. I admit that I
Read moreGood morning, Weston! What a beautiful sunshine-y day– what say you hit the trails (any part of Weston’s 100 miles of trail network) after your kids have scarfed up their Easter egg prizes (Easter Egg Hunt starts at 9 am today). The Owl is out on the trails every single day, rain or shine, and I can tell you with
Read moreOn Saturday, March 16 from 10 am to 12 pm, join Weston Conservation Staff and WFTA volunteers to construct a new loop trail at the Weston Reservoir (aka the Ash Street Reservoir) that will create a new “loop” north of the Reservoir and re-align an existing trail so that it does not traverse over private property. Work will include raking
Read moreJoin your favorite land conservation and trail maintenance organization, Weston Forest & Trail Association, tomorrow, Sunday, March 3rd at 2 PM for its monthly walk, this time at Cat Rock and 80 Acres. You will get a nice tour of the Hobbs Pond area and 80 Acres, one of the nicest open fields in Weston. There are sure to be
Read moreJoin Weston Forest & Trail Association trustee Craig Tanny on Sunday, February 4 at 2 pm on a hike through Jericho Town Forest. Well, not ALL the way through it as Jericho is the largest of Weston’s conservation properties and it would be fairly impossible to traverse the 547 acres in a single afternoon. Jericho is one of Weston’s wildest
Read moreBecause of the coming snowstorm, and requests from the Lincoln and Weston public safety officials to minimize driving, WFTA has cancelled the Sunday, January 7, 2pm walk at Ogilvie Forest. After the storm passes, we at WFTA hope to see you on the trails skiing, snow shoeing, or walking. It should be soul-satisfyingly beautiful! The next Sunday walk will be in
Read moreWeston Forest & Trail Association’s first monthly walk of 2024 will take place on Sunday, January 7 at 2 PM in Ogilvie Town Forest. The walk will begin in Lincoln (Old Sudbury Road) and walk into Weston’s third largest Conservation property. Walkers will get to know one of the prettiest boardwalks (technically in Lincoln’s Van Leer Conservation Land, but largely
Read moreIt never takes long for the volunteer trail rangers and park stewards of Weston Forest and Trail Association to get out on the trails after a storm to check out damage ranging from trees down to broken boardwalks to flooded trails. This morning, one park steward walked 2.5 miles of Weston’s largest conservation property (Jericho Town Forest, 540 acres) and
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