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Home > Archives for Michael Caron

Memorial benches available at various sites to honor loved ones or promote a business and support PCT

January 17, 2026 by Michael Caron

Pascommuck Conservation Trust has a number of beautiful site settings for memorial benches. We want to add to the welcome our conservation areas offer visitors as we look forward to 2024 and celebrating 42 years of conservation.

Your dedicated donation will purchase a sturdy bench ($1700 minimum), chair ($900 minimum), or plaque on an existing bench ($500 minimum). A plaque will honor your loved one, promote a business, or quote a favorite nature poem. Your gift will add to our Stewardship Endowment to maintain and enhance these treasured retreats.

The Endowment generates income to help cover such costs as keeping trails clear of downed trees, annual mowing to maintain bird habitat, rebuilding bridges & steps, and fighting invasive plants — all critical to ensuring our conservation areas remain welcoming, beautiful, and ecologically healthy.
An informational brochure can be downloaded here for further information.

If you would like further information and to talk with someone at PCT please use our contact form.

Pascommuck Conservation Trust has no paid staff, meaning your gifts always go directly towards protecting land, maintaining our conservation areas for public access and habitat protection, and the few unavoidable expenses such as accounting necessary to keep operating.
We have also relied almost entirely on board & volunteer hours for property upkeep. But in recent times, the added burdens of damage from severe weather, aging board members, and increased use of our conservation areas has made it necessary to supplement our own timewith contracted part-time assistance, particularly for any work requiring specialized expertise or involving heavy equipment.
We are asking for your help in building a modest endowment to supplement our regular fundraising and cover not only a portion of those contractor fees, but also materials for replacement or new bog bridges, steps, etc., clearing downed trees off trails, sign maintenance, enhancement of habitat for wildlife and native plants, and other ongoing stewardship.

Filed Under: Featured, Get Involved, News and Events

2026 Annual Meeting Scheduled for February 24th

January 8, 2026 by Michael Caron

The annual meeting will be held on February 24th at City Space, 43 Main St., Easthampton. The presenter at the meeting will once again be Tom Riccardi who will bring in live raptors and discuss how the birds were injured or obtained. Hope to see you there!

Filed Under: Featured, News and Events

2026 PCT Calendars Still Available

November 24, 2025 by Michael Caron

The pond calendar that people were used to purchasing each year has been revised this year to include nature pictures and scannography art created by Marty Klein. The calendars are $20 and are available for purchase at the Big Red Frame gallery, 43 Main St, Easthampton, MA 01027, as well as the Farmer’s Market, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton on January 11th. We are grateful to Sue Walz for the many years she devoted getting the pond calendars made and sold.

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July 2026
April 2026

Filed Under: Featured, Fundraising, News and Events

2025 Scholarship recipient

June 11, 2025 by Michael Caron

This years Easthampton High School student recipient of the Pascommuck Conservation Trust Scholarship, given in memory of Ed Dwyer, is Lisa Buttrick who plans to attend UMass and study Applied Plant and Soil Sciences.

CONGRATULATIONS LISA!

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2025 Mt Tom/Nashawannuck Pond Calendars sale results

January 13, 2025 by Michael Caron

All of Sue Walz’s 2025 calendars were sold for a total of $540 plus $15 in donations. This will be the last year that Sue is doing the calendars. We thank Sue for her fund raising efforts over the years. Stay tuned as a new version of the calendar is being planned for 2026!. 

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