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PCT Fall Plant Sale cancelled. PCT founder estate sale to be held instead.

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Due to the infestation of jumping worms in some of the plants donated and sold at the Spring plant sale the decision was made to cancel the Fall event. In its place PCT plans on having a tag sale at a location still to be determined. The sale will be held on Saturday September 28th and 29th from 9 AM to 3 PM. Further information will be forthcoming regarding the exact location of the event. An ice cream social and raffle will be held at the beginning of October. Raffle prizes are currently on display at Easthampton Savings Bank and tickets are available for sale at the bank as well.

An ice cream social and raffle will also be held on October 13th from 10 AM to 2 PM at John Bator Park.

Raffle First Prize
Raffle – Second, Third and Fourth Prizes

2024 Spring Plant Sale Results

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The Saturday Spring Plant sale was held on a very cloudy Saturday. The City hall parking lot was also filled with numerous cars for people attending the fishing derby at Nashawannuck Pond. Despite this, the plant sale took in an impressive $1,793.81 from plant sales as well as $366 for the raffle tickets for a total of $2,159.81. Sixteen new PCT members were also signed up. Thanks to everyone that participated to make the plant sale a success!!

Guided walks held at various sites in Easthampton

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On March 26th PCT hosted a guided walk of Old Pascommuck as well as the Mount Tom North Trailhead as part of the Mass Land Trust coalitions annual meeting. And on May 4th Marty Klein and Tom Lautzenheiser gave a guided tour of the Dwyer conservation area that was attended by 14 participants.

Mass. Land Trust coalition tour – Old Pascommuck
Dwyer tour May 4th

Activities to do outside with your children.

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Below is a link to a number of resources sent to us from a representative from Stop Nature Deficit Disorder (website link – Stopndd.org). The document lists a number of resource links to various activities to keep your children busy outside and connecting with nature during these trying times.

https://pctland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Overcoming-nature-deficit-disorder.pdf

2024 Scholarship recipient

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This years Easthampton High School student recipient of the Pascommuck Conservation Trust Scholarship, given in memory of Ed Dwyer, is Caleb Subocz who is already taking a college level environmental science course.

Congratulations Caleb!