Another Successful Broadturn Farm Dinner
We still have chills thinking about what a magical event last week’s 2019 Broadturn Farm Dinner was. To everyone who bought tickets, businesses and friends who sponsored the Dinner, and…
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Elm Tree Dedication Ceremony
In honor of his very generous bequest to Scarborough Land Trust, a ceremony was held on June 15 to honor Fred Emerson by dedicating the elm tree at Pleasant Hill…
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Blue Point Preserve meeting was a great success!
The public introduction of the future Blue Point Preserve was a great success. On June 1, nearly 40 members of the public joined the board and staff of Scarborough Land…
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SLT Annual Meeting
We had a great turnout for Scarborough Land Trust’s 2019 Annual Meeting at Camp Ketcha on May 7. Attendees heard all the latest updates about our exciting Blue Point Preserve…
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SLT Partners with Local Businesses
Scarborough Land Trust (SLT) is pleased to introduce our Community Business Partners program – a way for Scarborough businesses to show their commitment to what makes our town special, including…
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Check Out Our Spring Newsletter!
There’s too much going on to wait until our usual Fall edition of Tracts & Trails, so we’re trying out a Spring newsletter. If you are a current member of…
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Straight Talk About Ticks
Straight Talk About Ticks Ticks are here, and their numbers seem to grow exponentially. Sometimes it might feel like the only solution is to retreat to our paved and chemically…
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A note about dogs in the winter
Scarborough Land Trust’s policy is to allow dogs on leash at all of our preserves and properties. At Fuller Farm, dogs may be off-leash, except in the fields. Several SLT…
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Deer Habitat at Sewell Woods
Every walk in the woods ends up telling a story. It may be about the rough day you had at work, it may be about the amazing fall foliage…
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A Solstice Hike at Fuller Farm
I arrived at Fuller Farm just as after the sun had risen over the far ridge – not such a difficult feat on the morning of the Winter Solstice when the sun rises at 7:11am. The first and only other time I had hiked these trails was in late summer, when the freshly mown hay was drying in the field before being baled and stored to feed livestock on winter days like this. With so many different ways to explore the trail system, I decided to start simple and take the outermost loop headed counter-clockwise.
The low sun shone right in my eyes as I headed roughly southeast adjacent to the road. It wasn’t long before I turned onto the Bird Trail and descended into the Nonesuch River valley…
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