Brewster Conservation Trust

Burgundy-colored huckleberry atop the 134-foot high hill, highest in Brewster!

The Brewster Conservation Trust has begun a fundraising campaign to preserve 10 acres atop the highest hill in Brewster.  We need $120,600 to buy this parcel in East Brewster.  We hope our members and the public will support this effort.  All donations are tax-deductible and make a nice gift for someone.  You can donate online by clicking on the ”Donate to BCT Today” image at the top right of this screen.

You cannot get a nosebleed climbing Brewster’s highest hill.  At only 134 feet above sea level, you can barely get out of breath.  Still, when we had a chance to buy part of its eastern flank, we jumped at the chance.  But we will need support of the community of Brewster to succeed.  Please contribute.

Huckleberry Hill is our made-up name for this landform located between Baker’s Pond and Nickerson State Park in East Brewster.  Take a look at the photo and you will see the knee-high carpet of huckleberry shrubs at the autumnal peak of their color, a wine-dark sea out in the forest. 

The 10-acre forest tract is composed of white and black oaks, and pitch pine, with occasional wispy white pines, mockernut, American beech and sassafras trees.  It abuts a 90-acre assemblage of town-owned conservation lands.  Well-grooved narrow foot trails wend their way through this area.  It is a favorite haunt for white-tailed deer.  It is truly a forgotten pocket of Brewster, perhaps even more so than the Punkhorn nowadays. 

To be able to secure 10 acres for $12,600 per acre is a bargain at any time.  But the time is now and the need is urgent.   Please help us.

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