Alluring golden light glints through the forest ahead, inviting us up on the open ridge alongside the improbable, imposing glacial erratic. Long before Joshua’s Trust made Wolf Rock our first conservation area purchase in 1971, Mansfield residents would picnic on this overlook next to the locally famous boulder. The easy trail, though it has probably […]
Enduring Wolf Rock Read Post »
If you have ever seen the Joshua’s Trust boundary medallions around, you may have noticed that some are a little different. Medallions that the one pictured here, indicate that the property is a conservation easement. These are managed very differently than the properties with trails. A conservation easement is a deed restriction that a landowner
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With all of us stuck at home on Friday evenings, there is no better way to unwind from the week than to relax on a warm night watching our volant, nocturnal friends fluttering in the sky. Yes, you guessed it, I’m talking about our backyard bats! When I tell folks that I study bats, many
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