North County Land Trust – Conserving the farms, forests, and landscapes that define North Central Massachusetts.

Join us for our 2019 Annual Gathering

NCLT would like to thank our members & volunteers who make our work possible and invite others to join us in making a difference for our communities.

We have much to celebrate! Please join us for a fun and thought provoking presentation from our keynote speaker, Sam Evans-Brown NHPR journalist and host of the “Outside/In” podcast about “the outside world and how we use it”.

Conserving the farms, forests, and landscapes
that define North Central Massachusetts.

The Plastic Purge: Coffee and Tea

The Plastic Purge: Coffee and Tea As the chilly weather moves in, the comfort of a warm beverage can be a great motivator to get out the door in the morning, but a making a cup of coffee or tea at home or at the shop down the street can contribute to plastic waste

NCLT Partners with Sterling Land Trust on the Gaw Property for Wekepeke Brook Protection in Sterling

Thanks to the generous donation of Vern and Vikki Gaw of Sterling, North County Land Trust recently acquired a Conservation Restriction on 8 acres of land that will now be open for passive recreation. The Gaws donated their land to Sterling Land Trust who in turn, donated a CR to NCLT. Straddling the Sterling/Lancaster town

NCLT Receives Community Foundation Grant to Focus on the Future

This past June, the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, gave a significant grant award of $15,000 to the NCLT to complete their Strategic Conservation Plan and begin its implementation. Massachusetts is at a turning point in land use. Certain changes to the land could threaten our communities’ long-term resiliency and productivity. Strategic conservation planning