Somebody Has to Be Here

By Sebastian LaMontagne In 2022, millions of Americans were introduced to the minutiae of land conservation through an unexpected source, the television series Yellowstone on the Paramount Network. The show revolves around the fictional Dutton family, who own the vast Yellowstone Dutton Ranch in Montana, led by Kevin Costner’s portrayal of John Dutton III, the…

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

Article by Sebastian LaMontagne  “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl” says Thelma Nye Pilgrim as we walk across the open field behind her homestead in Plainfield. Thelma has lived in Springfield Massachusetts, Hartford and Wallingford in Connecticut, and even Florida over the…

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Visit to The North River Restoration Project

Registration closed. This Event Has Reached Capacity. Join us on May 13th (time and location TBD) for an exciting opportunity to learn about the ecological restoration of the East Branch North River along the Dornbusch/Standish and Cromack parcels in Colrain, MA. Completed in November 2020 following several design iterations and four-plus years of permitting review,…

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