WILDLANDS: Old-Growth Forests Have Their Champions
Imagine stepping back into New England 400 years ago. The landscape is dense with trees of all sizes—some of them…
Your Valley Summer 2018
Here's what support from people like you helped make possible in Your Valley this summer! Click on the page below…
The LAST One! 10th Annual 5K for Farmland & Farmers’ Market Festival
It's your final chance: Don't miss the 10th Annual 5K for Farmland & Farmers’ Market Festival! Our biggest community event…
One Couple’s Woodland Becomes a Forest for All, Forever
Thirty years ago, Amherst College Professor John “Jack” Pemberton and his wife Jane, bought a home in Pelham that came…
Support & Celebrate Public Lands on Valley Gives!
On Valley Gives Day, May 2, Kestrel Land Trust is celebrating public lands. Thanks to you and your Valley neighbors…
The Financial Benefits of an APR: Barstow’s Longview Farm
After receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars to preserve their seventh generation family farm, the Barstows are using the money…
Protecting an Historic Homestead: The Heplers Donate a Conservation Restriction
The Heplers knew they wouldn’t always be their land’s stewards. So they took the step of ensuring that their property…
Sharing a Family’s Forest: The Greenbergs Donate Their Land
By donating land to Kestrel Land Trust, the Greenberg's permanently conserved 65 acres of their family’s estate. In 1955, newlyweds Stanley…
Friends Groups Bring Neighbors Together to Care for Special Places in their Communities
Is there a special place near your home that you love? It’s likely to be a conservation area where you…
