At the end of 2011, John and Joann Figueras of East Brewster donated a 2-acre woodlot to the Brewster Conservation Trust. This parcel, thickly wooded with pitch pines, oaks and huckleberry, knits together three adjoining parcels of protected open space owned by the Town of Brewster. It also is traversed by an old cartpath used by [...]
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 [...]
Read all about new conservation doings in Brewster in our (click here) Spring Newsletter: fundraising to preserve 10 acres at Huckleberry Hill and three acres surrounding a vernal pool (check out the spotted salamander and her eggs found on the parcel), a report on the Stony Brook restoration, an appreciation of John Hay and our assist [...]
Reporter Rich Eldred of The Cape Codder newspaper recently joined BCT officials on a hike to learn more about BCT’s effort to preserve 10 acres on Huckleberry Hill. Read his report by clicking on this link: The Cape Codder
We found our first sign of floral spring in the Brewster forest today, April 14th. The shy and delicate state flower, trailing arbutus or mayflower, was just opening on the sunny southern bank of Huckleberry Hill. Please join us in trying to save 10 acres of this hill. BCT is raising $150,000 to save the [...]
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