The Pascommuck Conservation Trust
Preserving our past. Protecting our future.
Due to the weather, attendance at the fall ice cream social was down somewhat. Despite that the Trust took in $303 for the raffle, $30 from the sale of Jerry Garcia ties and $24 dollars in donations for a grand total of $357.
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.”
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.
