www.solf.org
Post Office Box 345
Southborough, MA 01772
Upcoming Events
All Events Are Free and Open to the Public.
May 29, 2012, 7 PM
Annual Meeting
Community House, 28 Main Street, Southborough.
Join us for our annual meeting at the
Community House to learn about SOLF activities and business issues in
the past year. We will also be presenting the annual Elaine Beals Conservation
Award to Meme Luttrell in honor of her dedicated service in protecting
Southorough open space and natural resources. Light refreshments will
be served.
June 2, 2012.
The Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT)
will host a celebration on the opening of a new
trail over Walnut Hill in Southborough. The trail offers an
additional loop adjacent to SVT's Sawink Farm, and also connects to the
many miles of trails in the Crane Swamp area. The trail borders SOLF's
Bigelow Wildlife Refuge.
June 10, 2012.
Walking history tour of Beals
Preserve led by Whitney Beals. 4 PM. Meet at the kiosk. More
details.
June 12, 2012.
Edible Plant Walk with Russ Cohen
at Beals
Preserve. 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Meet
at the kiosk. Visit
Russ Cohen's website.
July, 2012.
Butterfly Walk with Steve Moore, President
Massachusetts Butterfly Club, at Beals Preserve.
Details to Follow.
The Trustees of SOLF were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Dick Upjohn on January 4, 2012. In May 2011, SOLF chose Dick to receive the Elaine Beals Conservation Award in recognition of his dedication to conservation and environmental education. We will miss his vast knowledge about environmental issues in Southborough. We extend our sympathies to his wife, Sabra, and to the rest of his family.
A Special Thanks
Welcome
Pick Up A Copy of Our New Brochure
Contains information about SOLF, a map, descriptions of our
properties, and a membership form. Available at the Town House, Library
and Senior Center.
You can download a pdf copy by clicking on the image above (1.2mb).
SOLF would like to express its appreciation to the Middlesex Savings Bank for their generous donation toward the preparation of this brochure.
Spring and Summer Events
Join us for our upcoming Spring and Summer activities. All events
are free and open to the public.
Our annual meeting will be at 7 PM on May 29 at the Community House, 28
Main Street. At this meeting SOLF will present the Elaine Beals Conservation
Award to Meme Luttrell for her dedicated service protectng open space
in Southborough. There will also be a brief program about SOLF events
of the past year. Light refreshments will be served. Come join us.
Join us
on June 10 at 4 PM when Whitney Beals will lead a walking history tour
of Beals Preserve.
Whit will talk about the history of the Beals Preserve property from the
time that his family moved to Southboro in 1950. Hear anecdotes about
the dairy herd that used to graze there, the ice pond, the MDC police,
and other memories about how the land was used as well as how much the
property has changed.
More details are
given here.
On June 12, edible plant expert Russ Cohen will lead us through the edible plants to be found on Beals Preserve, 6 to 8 PM. Russ last did the walk for us in 2010, and here are some of the pictures from that walk.
In July,
on a date to be announced, Steve Moore, president of the Mass Butterfly
Club will introduce us to the butterflies found on Beals
Preserve. We did the walk last year and the weather wasn't quite ideal
for butterflies to make public appearances, but here
are some photos of that walk.
Enjoy outdoor Southborough with us.
Recent Events
May 12, 2012
March 21, 2012
Erosion control at Beals Preserve
December 17, 2011
Celebration performance of "Turtle's New Home," a new work by Artist Puppeteer Deborah Costine.
October 16, 2011
Open house and workday at Beals Preserve.
September 14, 2011
Volunteers from Marlboro EMS store at Beals Preserve.
Thank you volunteers from Eastern Mountain Sports.
September 13, 2011
New trail signs at Beals Preserve.
Thank you Sam DiStefano and the Scouts of Southborough Boy Scout Troop 92.
September, 2011
Butterfly walk at Beals Preserve led by Steve Moore, President of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club.
June 18, 2011
Girl Scout Troop 2808 at Beals Preserve.
2011 Elaine Beals
Conservation Award Presented to Richard V. Upjohn
May 14, 2011 April 23, 2011 February 19, 2011 January 2011
Bird Walk at Beals Preserve with Jeff
Collins from Mass Audubon. Over 30 different species of birds were
seen.
Algonquin Regional High School National
Honor Society Volunteers at Beals Preserve
Snowshoe clinic at Beals Preserve
co-sponsored by SOLF and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS)
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program at Beals Preserve
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