Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve
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Spring Clean-Up
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-......More
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas — Picking up trash — Pruning along edges of lawns, hayfields, and street — Removing invasive plants — Weeding flower gardens Tools needed may include: — Standard rakes and leaf rakes — Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools — Shovels — String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters — Chain saw — Gardening tools We will have some tools, but please bring what you have. Dress accordingly for protection against poison ivy and ticks. Please bring your own: — Work gloves — Water Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Rain date is Sunday, April 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website. April 20, 2024 / caa Lands under our protection: 504 acres owned; 236 acres restricted; 740 acres total. Trail to be named for former ALT president Larry St. Pierre On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St. Pierre, who served as president of the land trust from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony, beginning at 1:00 pm. Following the ceremony, there will be a guided walk along the trail. Rain date for the event is Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. Any schedule changes will be posted on this website. A temporary map of the trail is available here. April 24, 2024 / caa Upcoming Events Apr 27 Sat 9:00 amSpring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Spring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas[...] May 4 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area Clean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area May 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, at the Handy Street Conservation Area, 109 Handy Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The purpose of this clean-up is to prepare the trail entrance and parking area for the formal opening of the Larry St. Pierre Trail, to be held in June. Maintenance tasks will include: —[...] May 11 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Location to be announced Clean-Up@ Location to be announced May 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Details to be announced Jun 1 Sat 1:00 pmOpening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Opening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St.[...] View Calendar Add Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML Membership dues ($25 individual, $50 household) or donations in any amount may be made online to the Attleboro Land Trust here: Volunteers got it done in 2023! At the Annual Meeting on November 16, Property Management Committee Chair Charlie Adler asked everyone present who had helped in the maintenance of our properties over the past year to stand, and he thanked them for the essential work that they voluntarily do for the good of the land trust. He was especially appreciative for the number of people who volunteered to be site stewards this year. He also singled out the following individuals for noteworthy accomplishments: Bill Ward – mowing the hayfields at Richardson. The Mowing Team for mowing the lawn areas at Richardson – Phil Boucher, Randy Lithway, Russ Pray. Also pitching in were James Tetreault and Johnny Bender. Russ Pray – rebuilding the bulkhead of the Barrows House at Richardson. Macie Broussard – monitoring the bluebird houses at Richardson. Lauretta Koch – for tending the perennial gardens at Richardson. Dave Rolince and Scott Hirshberg for some major repairs to the Scout boardwalk at Colman. Mike Davis and his sidekick Alan Henry for being our Storm Response Team and doing whatever is necessary to mitigate the effects of fallen trees at our properties. Randy Lithway for suggesting and completing a new pathway across from the Colman parking lot to the beginning of the Vaughan trail. And last but not least, board member and attorney Patrick Sullivan for his assistance in matters where our boundaries must be defended from encroachment. December 1, 2023 / caa
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Clean-Up
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-......More
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas — Picking up trash — Pruning along edges of lawns, hayfields, and street — Removing invasive plants — Weeding flower gardens Tools needed may include: — Standard rakes and leaf rakes — Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools — Shovels — String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters — Chain saw — Gardening tools We will have some tools, but please bring what you have. Dress accordingly for protection against poison ivy and ticks. Please bring your own: — Work gloves — Water Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Rain date is Sunday, April 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website. April 20, 2024 / caa Lands under our protection: 504 acres owned; 236 acres restricted; 740 acres total. Trail to be named for former ALT president Larry St. Pierre On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St. Pierre, who served as president of the land trust from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony, beginning at 1:00 pm. Following the ceremony, there will be a guided walk along the trail. Rain date for the event is Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. Any schedule changes will be posted on this website. A temporary map of the trail is available here. April 24, 2024 / caa Upcoming Events Apr 27 Sat 9:00 amSpring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Spring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas[...] May 4 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area Clean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area May 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, at the Handy Street Conservation Area, 109 Handy Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The purpose of this clean-up is to prepare the trail entrance and parking area for the formal opening of the Larry St. Pierre Trail, to be held in June. Maintenance tasks will include: —[...] May 11 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Location to be announced Clean-Up@ Location to be announced May 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Details to be announced Jun 1 Sat 1:00 pmOpening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Opening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St.[...] View Calendar Add Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML Membership dues ($25 individual, $50 household) or donations in any amount may be made online to the Attleboro Land Trust here: Volunteers got it done in 2023! At the Annual Meeting on November 16, Property Management Committee Chair Charlie Adler asked everyone present who had helped in the maintenance of our properties over the past year to stand, and he thanked them for the essential work that they voluntarily do for the good of the land trust. He was especially appreciative for the number of people who volunteered to be site stewards this year. He also singled out the following individuals for noteworthy accomplishments: Bill Ward – mowing the hayfields at Richardson. The Mowing Team for mowing the lawn areas at Richardson – Phil Boucher, Randy Lithway, Russ Pray. Also pitching in were James Tetreault and Johnny Bender. Russ Pray – rebuilding the bulkhead of the Barrows House at Richardson. Macie Broussard – monitoring the bluebird houses at Richardson. Lauretta Koch – for tending the perennial gardens at Richardson. Dave Rolince and Scott Hirshberg for some major repairs to the Scout boardwalk at Colman. Mike Davis and his sidekick Alan Henry for being our Storm Response Team and doing whatever is necessary to mitigate the effects of fallen trees at our properties. Randy Lithway for suggesting and completing a new pathway across from the Colman parking lot to the beginning of the Vaughan trail. And last but not least, board member and attorney Patrick Sullivan for his assistance in matters where our boundaries must be defended from encroachment. December 1, 2023 / caa
Handy Street Conservation Area @ 109 Handy Street, Attleboro
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Clean-Up
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-......More
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas — Picking up trash — Pruning along edges of lawns, hayfields, and street — Removing invasive plants — Weeding flower gardens Tools needed may include: — Standard rakes and leaf rakes — Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools — Shovels — String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters — Chain saw — Gardening tools We will have some tools, but please bring what you have. Dress accordingly for protection against poison ivy and ticks. Please bring your own: — Work gloves — Water Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Rain date is Sunday, April 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website. April 20, 2024 / caa Lands under our protection: 504 acres owned; 236 acres restricted; 740 acres total. Trail to be named for former ALT president Larry St. Pierre On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St. Pierre, who served as president of the land trust from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony, beginning at 1:00 pm. Following the ceremony, there will be a guided walk along the trail. Rain date for the event is Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. Any schedule changes will be posted on this website. A temporary map of the trail is available here. April 24, 2024 / caa Upcoming Events Apr 27 Sat 9:00 amSpring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Spring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas[...] May 4 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area Clean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area May 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, at the Handy Street Conservation Area, 109 Handy Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The purpose of this clean-up is to prepare the trail entrance and parking area for the formal opening of the Larry St. Pierre Trail, to be held in June. Maintenance tasks will include: —[...] May 11 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Location to be announced Clean-Up@ Location to be announced May 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Details to be announced Jun 1 Sat 1:00 pmOpening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Opening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St.[...] View Calendar Add Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML Membership dues ($25 individual, $50 household) or donations in any amount may be made online to the Attleboro Land Trust here: Volunteers got it done in 2023! At the Annual Meeting on November 16, Property Management Committee Chair Charlie Adler asked everyone present who had helped in the maintenance of our properties over the past year to stand, and he thanked them for the essential work that they voluntarily do for the good of the land trust. He was especially appreciative for the number of people who volunteered to be site stewards this year. He also singled out the following individuals for noteworthy accomplishments: Bill Ward – mowing the hayfields at Richardson. The Mowing Team for mowing the lawn areas at Richardson – Phil Boucher, Randy Lithway, Russ Pray. Also pitching in were James Tetreault and Johnny Bender. Russ Pray – rebuilding the bulkhead of the Barrows House at Richardson. Macie Broussard – monitoring the bluebird houses at Richardson. Lauretta Koch – for tending the perennial gardens at Richardson. Dave Rolince and Scott Hirshberg for some major repairs to the Scout boardwalk at Colman. Mike Davis and his sidekick Alan Henry for being our Storm Response Team and doing whatever is necessary to mitigate the effects of fallen trees at our properties. Randy Lithway for suggesting and completing a new pathway across from the Colman parking lot to the beginning of the Vaughan trail. And last but not least, board member and attorney Patrick Sullivan for his assistance in matters where our boundaries must be defended from encroachment. December 1, 2023 / caa
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Opening of St. Pierre Trail
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-......More
Help Clean Up the Richardson Preserve on April 27 A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas — Picking up trash — Pruning along edges of lawns, hayfields, and street — Removing invasive plants — Weeding flower gardens Tools needed may include: — Standard rakes and leaf rakes — Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools — Shovels — String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters — Chain saw — Gardening tools We will have some tools, but please bring what you have. Dress accordingly for protection against poison ivy and ticks. Please bring your own: — Work gloves — Water Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Rain date is Sunday, April 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website. April 20, 2024 / caa Lands under our protection: 504 acres owned; 236 acres restricted; 740 acres total. Trail to be named for former ALT president Larry St. Pierre On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St. Pierre, who served as president of the land trust from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001. The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony, beginning at 1:00 pm. Following the ceremony, there will be a guided walk along the trail. Rain date for the event is Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. Any schedule changes will be posted on this website. A temporary map of the trail is available here. April 24, 2024 / caa Upcoming Events Apr 27 Sat 9:00 amSpring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Spring Clean-Up@ Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time. Maintenance tasks will include: — Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas[...] May 4 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area Clean-Up@ Handy Street Conservation Area May 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, at the Handy Street Conservation Area, 109 Handy Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The purpose of this clean-up is to prepare the trail entrance and parking area for the formal opening of the Larry St. Pierre Trail, to be held in June. Maintenance tasks will include: —[...] May 11 Sat 9:00 amClean-Up@ Location to be announced Clean-Up@ Location to be announced May 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Details to be announced Jun 1 Sat 1:00 pmOpening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Opening of St. Pierre Trail@ Handy Street Conservation Area Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St.[...] View Calendar Add Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML Membership dues ($25 individual, $50 household) or donations in any amount may be made online to the Attleboro Land Trust here: Volunteers got it done in 2023! At the Annual Meeting on November 16, Property Management Committee Chair Charlie Adler asked everyone present who had helped in the maintenance of our properties over the past year to stand, and he thanked them for the essential work that they voluntarily do for the good of the land trust. He was especially appreciative for the number of people who volunteered to be site stewards this year. He also singled out the following individuals for noteworthy accomplishments: Bill Ward – mowing the hayfields at Richardson. The Mowing Team for mowing the lawn areas at Richardson – Phil Boucher, Randy Lithway, Russ Pray. Also pitching in were James Tetreault and Johnny Bender. Russ Pray – rebuilding the bulkhead of the Barrows House at Richardson. Macie Broussard – monitoring the bluebird houses at Richardson. Lauretta Koch – for tending the perennial gardens at Richardson. Dave Rolince and Scott Hirshberg for some major repairs to the Scout boardwalk at Colman. Mike Davis and his sidekick Alan Henry for being our Storm Response Team and doing whatever is necessary to mitigate the effects of fallen trees at our properties. Randy Lithway for suggesting and completing a new pathway across from the Colman parking lot to the beginning of the Vaughan trail. And last but not least, board member and attorney Patrick Sullivan for his assistance in matters where our boundaries must be defended from encroachment. December 1, 2023 / caa