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The barn at the Guyette Farm has found a new home!
The barn at the Guyette Farm has found a new home! For many years, FLT has worked diligently to prevent the aging barn at the Guyette farm from collapsing and to keep it intact. Though we were not able to raise the significant amount of funds needed to repair the barn in place, we are…
Read MoreMary and Elmer Sherman Conservation Area Dedication and Opening Celebration, July 30, 2016
Mary and Elmer Sherman Conservation Area Dedication and Opening Celebration Saturday, July 30 10:00am-12:00pm This event is free and open to all Join the Franklin Land Trust (FLT) and the McDonough family of Heath as they celebrate the opening of the Mary and Elmer Sherman Conservation Area. The event will start with remarks…
Read MoreHouse for Sale – Proceeds to benefit Franklin Land Trust
Charming and delightful antique cape overlooking picturesque views of open meadows and surrounding mountains. This home is larger than you think with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, wonderful country kitchen, family room, and open dining and living room. Additional features include exposed posts and beams, wide pine floors, pellet stove, and a fabulous front porch…
Read MoreHypertufa Workshop, May 21, 2016
Hypertufa Workshop Making hypertufa garden planters and stepping stones Saturday, May 21st – 1 pm Rain date will be on Sunday, May 22. at Raspberry Hill Community Garden in Plainfield Pre-registration required. Come learn how to mix cement and other natural materials to hand build and mold planters or stepping stones for your garden. This…
Read MoreRaspberry Hill Community Garden Now Accepting 2016 Growers
Gardeners can now lease a plot at the Raspberry Hill Community Garden in Plainfield, MA for the 2016 growing season. Raspberry Hill currently has 15 garden plots available in the fenced garden and a community composting area but are expanding the garden area in the spring of 2016. The garden plots available are either 10…
Read MoreSupporting Local Maple Farms
The Franklin Land Trust supports local maple farms Spring forward this month with a taste of our first agricultural product of the season – 100% pure Massachusetts Maple Syrup. With the ups and downs of our temperatures, our maple producers are working hard to tap thousands of maple trees across the Commonwealth. On Monday, Governor…
Read MoreEnhanced Federal Tax Incentives for Land Conservation Made Permanent
Over the last several years, we have seen enhanced federal conservation tax incentives come and go, which makes it difficult for landowners and land trusts to plan for. Fortunately, Congress recently made these incentives permanent, marking a significant accomplishment for conservation across the country. The federal conservation tax deduction allows landowners to deduct all or…
Read MoreNEES Files Protest with FERC Charging TGP Pipeline Proposal Incomplete, Inaccurate
BOSTON, Jan. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A leading nonprofit organization has filed a formal protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) charging that the Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) Company’s application for the proposed Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project is incomplete and riddled with inaccuracies. The 14-page protest document filed by Northeast Energy…
Read MoreNew Recreation Lands Program
FLT Receives Funding to Help Landowners Create More Public Recreation Lands The Franklin Land Trust will be part of a new program funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to help make more land accessible to the public. The USDA announced in early September that the program will bring $836,500…
Read MorePipeline Update
North East Energy Solutions (NEES), the pipeline advocacy partnership of which FLT is a founding member, recently filed a response to Tennessee Gas’s March draft environmental resource report with the Federal Regulatory Commission. Based largely on an analysis conducted by FLT staff, the report details the contradictions and inconsistent use of publically available data that…
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