The Sudbury Venture Crew helped to install a split rail fence along a trail at Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland on June 7, 2009. The fence will help keep foot traffic off of the slope next to the Sudbury River as vegetation is restored.

Kevin Ravesi, of Troop 60 in Sudbury, created a new interpretive trail and map borchure for the Round Hill Reservation in June, 2009.  Kevin gathered volunteers to install posts at 6 points along the trail and to write the content for the map brochure.  The group also installed a map stand at the entrance of the reservation, where his brochure will be displayed.

Cranberry Brook Boardwalk, Memorial Forest

Cranberry Brook Boardwalk, Memorial Forest

Hop Brook Bridge at Memorial Forest

Wayland Girl Scouts Volunteer at Upper Mill Brook

Ryan Rendano, a student at Hudson High School, created an informational brochure. "Invasive Plants: How They Impact Our Environment" discusses the problem of invasive species in our area and informs readers what they can do to help.

A group of more than twenty Boy Scouts with Troop 12 in Framingham recently volunteered to revitalize a section of trail in SVT's Henry's Hill Reservation in Framingham.

Wayland girl scouts assisted SVT with planting and maintenance of our eco-landscaping gardens at Wolbach Farm. These gardens provide wildlife habitat for butterflies and birds and also conserve water. For more information click here.

Tim Deschamps, as part of his Eagle Scout Project, organized a crew of volunteers to construct and install boardwalks at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation in Northborough.

Alex Perry restored two sections of trail at SVT's Sawink Farm Reservation in Westborough as part of his Eagle Scout Project. Alex organized a volunteer crew to add stepping stones in a wet portion of trail and also rerouted another poorly located portion of trail.

Andrew Gentile built a hiking and horseback riding bridge over a stream at Memorial Forest in Sudbury. The bridge will allow visitors to easily cross the stream during wet periods and will also reduce the amount of erosion in the stream.

Troop 2436 of Sudbury received the Silver Award, Girl Scouts' 2nd highest level of achievement, for completing their troop project at Wolbach Farm. The girls' project was in two parts: clearing the final 1/2 mile path of the Interpretive Trail, and the design, construction and placement of a sturdy bench for field viewing. This was a 1 and 1/2 year long project that included over 100 volunteer hours by each girl scout.

Sudbury Boy Scouts Troop 60 spruce up the native bird garden at the Turenne Wildlife Habitat in Southborough. The boys spent an afternoon putting down mulch on the garden trail and pulling out invasive plants.

Justin Brodie-Kommit of Troop 63 in Sudbury finished his Eagle Project at Wolbach Farm in Sudbury. Justin made improvements to a culvert and the area surrounding it; repairing upstream and downstream ends of the culvert, rebuilding land above the cuvlert, adding a boardwalk, and removing nearby invasive species of plants.

A group of more than 25 students from the Framingham Charter School recently volunteered at SVT’s Welch Reservation in Framingham. The students helped to remove exotic invasive species along a stone wall at the front of the property.

Students from the Fay School in Southboro celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up sections of Cedar Hill in Northborough.

A group of fifth graders, their families and teachers from the Loring School in Sudbury as part of the school's Social Action Project volunteered to clear brush and invasive plants along the front of agricultural fields at SVT's Baiting Brook/Welch Reservation in Framingham. The school also participated in a wildlife survey over the course of a month. Click here to see the results of over 100 junior naturalists' observations!

Members of a Sudbury Brownie troop came to Wolbach Farm in October to assist with the planting of a rain garden. Water from a portion of the farmhouse roof is collected in gutters and channeled to the rain garden, which is home to plant species that can tolerate periodic inundation. Rain gardens are a great way to collect rain water that might otherwise be directed to storm drains, and instead allow it stay onsite and recharge groundwater. The Brownies expect to be back at Wolbach in the spring to check on the progress of the garden.

Mike Koshko designed and built a bridge crossing a channel as part of his Eagle Scout project. Mike also rerouted a small section of the trail in order to cross the channel with the most direct route. Mike also worked through all of the wetlands permitting with the town in order to complete the project for SVT on our Cedar Hill Reservation.

Steve Flaherty completed a trail closure and revegetation project on a section of trail in SVT's Baiting Brook/Welch Reservation in Framingham as part of his Eagle Scout project. Steve also seeded the area with a mix of wetland plants and installed signage (above) to educate visitors about his project.

Sam Shoolman designed, built and installed the signboard pictured above for the trailhead at Upper Mill Brook Reservation in Wayland. Sam worked with volunteers to do this as part of his Eagle Scout project. Sam also installed two smaller signboards to help hikers locate their position at two spots within the Memorial Forest Reservation in Sudbury.

Joel Norton conducted his Eagle Scout project at SVT's Cowassock Woods Reservation in Framingham. Joel worked to improve the parking area by adding crushed stone, and grading it to the level of the street. He also built and installed an informational sign board to welcome visitors to the property.

A group of ten girls from a Sudbury Girl Scout troop cleared the final section of new trail at the Wolbach Farm Interpretive Trail in Sudbury.

Alex Gill worked on his Eagle Scout project at SVT's Wolbach Farm Reservation in Sudbury. Alex mapped the location and extent of 5 species of invasive species at the reservation. He then conducted a work day with other volunteers in order to remove barberry and buckthorn from a stream corridor on the reservation.

Alex Daly built two bridges in the eastern section of the Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury while working to become an Eagle Scout. Click here (500kb Adobe pdf) to see a series of photos taken during construction of his bridges. Alex organized more than 20 other volunteers to help him with his project!

Local Girl Scouts assist with trail marking in natural area at Vietnam Veterans Park. SVT owns 35 acres (Ralph Hill Conservation Area) within the 150 acre natural area located at the Town's Park.

Bennet Leon built this bridge on the Wolbach Farm Interpretive Trail in Sudbury as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Matt Baird and several volunteers that he gathered built three bridges (above) to cross wet sections of trail near North Brook on SVT's Garfield Woods Reservation in Berlin. Matt built the bridges on a newly rerouted section of trail that he located slightly further away from the brook, making them much drier in the spring. He did the work as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Chris MacLeish designed and built a bridge and a long set of boardwalks to cross a stream at the northeast corner of the Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury. Chris (above left) organized a work party and built the bridge on a snowy November Saturday in order to gain leadership experience for his Eagle Scout project.

Zack Sheingold designed and built a bridge and some boardwalks to cross a stream and wet section of trail at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury. Zack (left) is shown above with a few of the volunteers he recruited to help with his work, which he completed on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout.