Jessica Daly, Belchertown
Jess works for Big Brothers Big Sisters and serves on Kestrel's Community Engagement Committee. On a chilly evening in December,…
Daniel Kasal, Belchertown
When I was growing up in Westhampton, I was a free-range kid. I'd head out into the woods with my…
Meaghan Schwelm, Westhampton
Scott Jackson of Kestrel Land Trust gave a talk called "Climate Change & Your Town" at Westhampton Public Library in…
Lena Fletcher, UMass Amherst
I've been working with Kestrel since 2015, when I first started collaborating with community partners for the environment. I teach…
Andy French, USFWS
As the Wildlife Refuge Manager of Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge for the past 18 years, I…
Denise Barstow, Hadley
Growing up on a dairy farm in Hadley, land has always been an important part of my story. As a…
Eileen and Robin Wood, Amherst
Thirteen years ago we moved to this Valley from Maine because it seemed to answer the question “where do we…
Sara Ross, Amherst
Kestrel Land Trust is older than me, but not by much. We’ve been aging gracefully together. I grew up in…
A Message From the Executive Director on the Next 50 Years
By Kristin DeBoer, Executive Director Fifty years ago, in December 1970, a group of Amherst residents who were members of…
Land Conservation Partnership Protects 2,038 Acres for Wildlife Habitat & Working Forest
Thanks to a partnership with Kestrel Land Trust, WD Cowls, and federal funding from the US Forest Legacy Program, the…
