Please be very aware of your water use, avoid yard work, mowing and blowing which could cause a spark as the firefighters have enough work on their hands.
Also, if you have bird baths, consider keeping them filled as all creatures are very thirsty! The wetlands, ponds and streams they rely on are dry.
PLEASE read link to State’s information about drought levels and locations.
We are saying a fond and grateful farewell so Steve’s Tuesday Hikes.
Steve Davis has decided to move on from his wonderful leadership of the Tuesday morning hikes. We will be honoring him and his devotion to bringing joy and knowledge to people and leading them to new destinations all these years!
Please try to do No Mow May and give pollinators and other early spring insects and creature time to adjust to temperatures and light as they and other arrived in our gardens and yards. There is not much to eat so those dandelions really do help!
National Grid says it contacted abutters to the Rail Trail about the cutting and spraying they are doing this year. We have seen that people were unaware and are quite unpleasantly surprised.
They are scheduled to do more cutting and spraying beginning in October. Please contact the Conservation Commission, Board of Health and Board of Selectmen with concerns.
Check out Doug Tallemys wonderful book about the astounding world of Oak trees…a world unto their own and an essential life form for so many species.
We are very pleased to see so many No Spraying signs around the area, but wanted to point out that the signs were designed by BTA/BOLT. The people selling the signs were given permission to do so, to support the greater purpose of reducing the use of pesticides and insecticides. If you like the signs, please purchase them from our website so that we receive the proceeds. Thank you!
https://www.wcvb.com/article/invasive-spotted-lanternfly-found-in-new-area-of-massachusetts/40860471
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pFYDeUP_Mmj0Je9hcOUw0Uz8W_LvKi0h2nfXES20TSs/edit?usp=sharing
350 Mass Northshore
https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/350mass_northshore
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Northshore
https://citizensclimatelobby.org
Breathe Clean Northshore
https://breathecleannorthshore.org
Salem Alliance for the Environment (Wind Power)
https://salemsafe.org
Please see our “OPT OUT of PESTICIDE SPRAYING” information page where you can easily opt from having pesticides sprayed on your property. We are keeping informed of our Board of Health discussions regarding pesticide spraying and will keep this site up to date.
Go to Mass.gov for an easy to access and fill out online opt out form. The opt out goes in to effect 14 days after submission.
https://www.mass.gov/forms/request-for-exclusion-from-wide-area-application-of-pesticides
350 Mass Northshore
https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/350mass_northshore
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Northshore
https://citizensclimatelobby.org
Breathe Clean Northshore
https://breathecleannorthshore.org
Salem Alliance for the Environment (Wind Power)
https://salemsafe.org
We are extremely pleased to announce the purchase and conservation of the Bergstrom property. The 15 acres are contiguous to the Town’s Nason Conservation Land, BTA/BOLT’s Potters Farm, the Town’s Millbrook Farm Conservation Area and Hovey’s Pond in West Boxford. A lovely area with trails, views and wildflowers, the preservation of these acres furthers the goals of Boxford’s 2015 Open Space and Recreation Plan and will buffer and protect groundwater and drinking water, ponds, streams, wetlands and wildlife habitat.
We would like to thank the Town of Boxford for it’s generosity and Essex County Greenbelt for its efforts in helping to preserve this ecologically important land.
Our very popular guidebooks and Maps can be bought online from our “Store” page and also from the:
Please look at www.greenscapes.org to educate yourself about stormwater, waste, the necessity of keeping our pets’ fecal bacteria OUT of our well water… you get the point!
We are hoping to remind our trail users to remove their dog poop from the trails so that we don’t have contaminants getting into our wetlands, rivers, and wells.
And check their website for some VERY interesting facts about water, international news and what to do about LAWNS!
On Friday, April 5, 2019 Boxford was honored for its recent designation as a “Green Community” by DOER Commissioner, Judith Judson. Present at the event were Rep. Tram Nguyen, Selectwoman Mary Anne Nay representing Senator Bruce Tarr; Selectwoman Barbara Jessel and members of the Boxford Sustainability Committee: Gary Martin, Pat Canonica, and Marc Aronson.
Boxford has been awarded an initial grant of $131,000 and will also be eligible for future additional grants through the Green Communities program.