The Sheffield Land Trust

P.O. Box 940, 404 LeGeyt Road, Sheffield, MA 01257-0940
Phone: 413 229-0234; Fax: 413 229-0239; shefland@bcn.net
PUBLIC EVENTS
Sheffield Land Trust Annual Meeting and Picnic
June 21, 2008, at the Bow Wow Road Farm & Nature Reserve. Join us to celebrate the impending Agricultural Preservation Restriction which will save this beautiful farm forever. We'll have a potluck lunch, hear about recent accomplishments and current conservation work, and tour the farm. Members and non-members alike are welcome!
7th Annual Conservation Property Walk
Fall, 2008, date and location to be announced. Enjoy a guided tour of a local conservation property or land protection project in progress.
11th Annual Winter Lecture
20th Anniversary Challenge Grant

Donate $1,000 or more in 2008
to any land protection project or fund!

The challenge will match the increase in giving over 2007 of contributors who make gifts of $1,000 or greater in 2008.
February, 2009, date and time to be announced. Since1999, SLT has sponsored a highly popular February lecture and afternoon tea for the general public. Events and speakers have included:
--a panel discussion on the Community Preservation Act;
--an edible wild plants slide show and walk with Russ Cohen; --a panel discussion with regional experts on Smart Growth and housing;
--northeast forest history with Tom Wessels;
--water quality with Andrew Stone;
--tracking with Susan Morse of Keeping Track;
--a panel of local farmers discussing farming in Sheffield;
--landscape architect Walter Cudnohufsky on the role of public spaces in communities;
--author James Kuntsler on traditional town design and community; and
--the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s Janet Marinelli on biodiversity in gardens.
Annual Conservationist and Higher Donor Reception
May, 2009, date and location to be announced. Contribute at the sponsor level or higher and join us and those who have conserved land or are stewarding conserved land. Thanks to Sharon Casdin for hosting our 2008 reception!