The Pascommuck Conservation Trust
Preserving our past. Protecting our future.
TruNorth Bank (formerly Easthampton Savings Bank) recently gave PCT $5,000 as part of “The Giving Tree” program. The program is to reflect the roots they have in the community, the commitment to making a real difference in the neighborhoods they serve, and the belief that we can enhance everyone’s quality of life if we work to solve our biggest problems—together.
We thank TruNorth Bank for their support of PCT’s goals of “A Place in Nature for All.”
The Trust will again be having an ice cream social at John Bator Park on October 11th starting at 11 AM. Raffle tickets for prizes pictured below and on display at TruNorth (formerly ESB) will be available for purchase. Tickets are one for a dollar or 6 for $5.00 Tickets can be purchased at the bank until Friday the 9th of October or at the event. Hope to see you there!
Under the services category the Trust came in as a finalist along with the Hilltown Land Trust. The Kestrel Land Trust was the winner for the Best Land Trust category. Here is a link to the entire Gazette supplement.
On Monday August 24th about 8 volunteers showed up at the end of East Green Street to help with the offloading of 250, 10 foot High-Density Polyethylene, or HDPE boards. Work, being done by Kevin Mulligan and Jason Miranda, began this week to remove the rotting wooden boards and shore up the trail with the HDPE boards. It’s expected to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete the upgrade. The culvert on the East Street side of the trail is also gong to be redone. The trail on that side of the property is currently closed.
Over 15 people attended both the guided walk at Pomeroy Meadow led by Roger Anderson on June 20th and the Firefly watch led by Sean Abbott of the BEES (Biodiversity, Environment, and Ecological Sustainability Committee). The scent of Milkweed hung in the air in the Pomeroy Meadows. At Old Trolley Line an abundance of Fireflies was set against an almost full moon rising.
