Kestrel Land Trust Gift Shop: Notecards, Caps & More
Show your love for the land and share it with others! Our online Gift Shop is open, and we have…
Kestrel Next Box Project: 2023 Season Report
The 2023 kestrel nest box season was another interesting year, showing that we can never be sure what the cycle…
Boston’s WCVB TV 5 Chronicle Show Highlights Land Conservation in Western Mass
In June, Kestrel Land Trust was one of several land-based nonprofits profiled in a great episode of TV 5's Chronicle…
Farmlands Can Support Wildlife to Address the Biodiversity Crisis
This winter has been one of the warmest on record in Massachusetts, while around the nation, extreme weather events are…
The Secretive Saw-Whet Owl Is a Survivor
Moving through New England in a wave each fall is a petite predator that, according to Mass Audubon, might be…
A Landscape for All Seasons: Virtual Exhibit & Art Sale
Land and art have long been intertwined. The historic tradition of landscape painting here in Western Massachusetts by artists like…
No Tools Needed to Remedy a Child’s “Nature Deficit”
This post was contributed by Becca Feidelson, Kestrel’s TerraCorps Youth Engagement Coordinator for the 2021-2022 service term. “Nature Deficit Disorder,”…
Trail Camera Helps Meet the Neighbors
When you move to a new place, you want to know “who are my neighbors?” When Kestrel moved to our…
The Healing Power of the Land
This is a true story recently shared with us by one of our members who was inspired to make Promise…
My Valley Story: Surrounded by Beauty
This essay by Kestrel member Elisa Campbell was originally printed online on The Amherst Current blog on Nov. 11, 2021.…
