Updates

Fun, Fields, & Forks

August 24, 2026

Let’s have some fun! We’re celebrating summer’s end with fun, food, family and friends. Join us at our Eddy Sisters property (home to the Brewster Community Garden and the Children’s Garden). Enjoy the wildflower meadow, wooded walking trail, Outdoor Classroom and our young-but-thriving heirloom apple demonstration orchard. We’ll have self-guided…

BCT seeks to raise $25,000 to protect a critical parcel

August 3, 2026

Brewster Conservation Trust needs to raise $25,000 to ensure the protection of an environmentally sensitive parcel of land with implications for Brewster’s water quality. The Brewster Ponds Coalition (BPC) recently contributed $1000 toward this goal. https://brewsterconservationtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/BCT-Conservation-Campaign.pdf

2026 Annual Meeting

July 15, 2026

Please join us for our 2026 Annual Meeting with a special presentation by Allison Argo of ArgoFilms. Doors open at 5 pm. A reception featuring passed appetizers and a cash bar will follow. Details: Date: Thurs., Aug. 13, 2026 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: Addie Nickerson Room, Ocean Edge…

Brewster Conservation Day 2026

June 16, 2026

Sat., July 11, 20269:30am – 1:30pm BCD 2026 is fast approaching. This annual summer favorite is successful only because of the many volunteers who raise their hands, show up, step in, and make it happen! We’re hoping you might be one of them. We’ll need volunteers to help with a…

Spring 2026 Newsletter

June 16, 2026

Students from Stony Brook Elementary show off the the bee hotels they made with the help of BCT volunteers. The story is on age 8. Spring 2026 Newsletter (PDF)

Citizens’ Petition to Protect Drinking Water

May 21, 2026

BCT is sponsoring Articles 28 and 29 to protect the Long Pond Property and the future of Brewster’s drinking water. For decades, BCT has proudly worked to safeguard Brewster’s drinking water supply area, often in partnership with the Town of Brewster. In the past 30 years, Town Meeting has voted…

Brewster Conservation Day 2025

May 21, 2026

Sat., July 12, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm The Sea Camps Bay Property 2025 Theme: Trees: Superheroes of the Natural World! A summertime favorite for both residents and visitors… but with a NEW venue and NEW features! PLUS…we now have rain-or-shine options, so we’ll have FUN with/without the SUN. BCD…

Fall 2025 Newsletter

February 11, 2026

The Backus Overlook on 6A just east of the Eddy School entrance is becoming a reality. We’ve worked out how to remove the two vacant buildings blocking the vista you see here. We’ve received approval on our engineering and landscaping plans. And we’re more than halfway to raising the $200,000…

Spring 2025 Newsletter

February 11, 2026

IMAGINE. A deck overlooking a wooded valley. Filtered sunlight sparkling on a small pond. In summer, a soft breeze over the water rustling the leaves. In winter, a frosty stillness quieting the air. Throughout the year a ramp leading from the deck to a footpath approaching a small pond surrounded…

Saving our trees and forests

February 11, 2026

Russ Norton described the benefits of trees to our economy, climate, and human flourishing. Chris Powicki showed how two other Cape towns have stepped up to protect them. Norton and Powicki were speaking at the first program of BCT’s 2026 winter series, Local Action for Local Outcomes, co-produced with the…

Albert “Chip” Parisi: The Steward of Eddy Bay

February 11, 2026

If you’ve ever walked the Eddy Bay Trail, you already have a connection to Albert “Chip” Parisi, a world traveler, raconteur, and veteran Brewster Conservation Trust volunteer. The trail, which leads to the highest bluff in Brewster, offers stunning views of Cape Cod Bay. It took shape under Chip’s stewardship…

Letter to select board regarding Housing on Pond Property

December 22, 2025

Select Board Town of Brewster 2198 Main Street Brewster MA 02631 Dear Members of the Brewster Select Board, As approved by the Trustees of the Brewster Conservation Trust, I respectfully submit this letter to provide comment on the Select Board’s upcoming vote scheduled for January 5, 2026, concerning the next…