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Date: Sunday May 5, 2013 - 2 PM
Walk Leader: Paul Arkema 781-891-4761
Walk Location: Sears Woods

The monthly Weston Forest and Trail Association walk will be on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2 PM. The walk will start at the parking lot in front of the former Weston railroad station below the Church Street Bridge. We will walk through the Sears Woods, along stretches of Three Mile Brook, the site of mills and factories during the 1700s and 1800s, and out to the Melone Homestead now used by Lands Sake. There are grade changes on this walk. Participants are encouraged to consider bringing walking sticks to help with footing. The walk will finish back at the train station where refreshments will be served. A map and more detail about the area can be found in Chapter 3 in Walks on Weston Conservation Land by Elmer Jones, available from the Association for $15.00. Additional information can be found in the book Farm Town to Suburb, by Pam Fox. See Chapter 13, Boston Post Road East and Chapter 14, The Horace Sears Estate.

Walkers are also encouraged to obtain the Weston Trail Map (only $10) at the Conservation Commission office at the Town Hall. You do not need to be a member to join us, but please consider joining Weston Forest and Trail and supporting the preservation of Weston's open spaces. We look forward to seeing you there. Bring your friends.Well-behaved dogs are welcome but must be kept on a leash.

Click here for a map of Sears Woods.





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68th Annual Meeting

The Weston Forest and Trail Association will hold its 68th Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 7:30 PM at the Weston Scout House, 86 School Street. The guest speaker this year will be Jocelyn Forbush, The Trustees of Reservations Vice President for Program Leadership. Jocelyn oversees the organizations mission-based programs: land conservation, cultural resources, ecology, agriculture, stewardship and strategic partnerships. Everyone is invited.

Walks on Weston Conservation Land by Elmer Jones, is now available at the Conservation Office in the Weston Town Hall.

 

weston forest and trail association
The Weston Forest and Trail Association is a volunteer organization responsible for working with land owners to encourage land conservation or land development consistent with Weston's rural character, and for stewardship of existing conservation land. WFT has helped to build and supports the maintenance of approximately one hundred miles of trails. The Association also sponsors trail walks and activities to encourage Weston residents to use and become more familiar with the more than 2000 acres of conservation land in town.
 
 

 

support land conservation
Weston Forest and Trail is supported by membership dues and by gifts to our operating and our endowment fund. Many land owners have also supported our cause by giving land or conservation restrictions to the association.

We encourage all residents who appreciate the rural character of Weston to become members and to consider gifts to our operating and endowment funds.

We also encourage landowners who would like to lean more about the benefits of land conservation to contact us.