January Newsletter and Donate or Join/Renew your 2024 Membership

January Newsletter and Donate or Join/Renew your 2024 Membership Donate or Join/Renew Your Membership for 2024You can help preserve, protect, and maintain Wellesley’s open spaces by joining or renewing your membership for $35 now for 2024. As the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization, your membership and donations are tax-deductible to the extent … Read more

Welcome to our new Website

Welcome to our new, more modern and mobile friendly website! This new website will simplify online membership and donation processing and accept Venmo, a frequent request. The primary URL has been updated to WellesleyConservationLandTrust.org consistent with our name change a few years ago. The prior site will automatically redirect to this new site but you … Read more

Offer to purchase Conservation Restriction on 125 Oakland Street

The following offer letter was sent to Attorney David Himmelberger: October 4, 2024 Dear Mr. Himmelberger: In your capacity as attorney for the property owners of 125 Oakland Street, Wellesley, MA, I am reaching out to you on behalf of the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust (WCLT), an organization for which I serve as President. Consistent … Read more

Announcing the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust

Wellesley Conservation Council, Inc.Contact Information: Judith Barr, j.barr@neu.edu, 781-234-8224 Press Release: May 1, 2020 Wellesley Conservation Council to become Wellesley Conservation Land Trust FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAt the Annual Meeting of the Wellesley Conservation Council held on April 28, 2020, the membership voted unanimously to ratify the Board of Director’s motion to change the name of the … Read more

Mass. Appeals Court Sets Precedent for Conservation Land Damage

Press Release: October 5th, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mass. Appeals Court Sets Precedent for Conservation Land Damage Wellesley Conservation Land Trust Wins Appeal with Support of The Trustees of the Reservation and Massachusetts Land Trust Alliance Under new case precedent, an owner of Conservation Restricted property who violates the Restriction by clearing the land may … Read more