Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Hot and humid. In a nutshell, this has been the weather for the first half of the summer and it is likely the rest of the summer and September may remain hotter than usual. Compared … Read more
In early July LLCT installed five new signs at pocket pollinator gardens throughout town. The signs were designed in 2023 by Amy Dorfman, a volunteer who worked with LLCT Staff to create a template for permanent signage at LLCT’s pollinator sites. Dorfman had just finished a graduate certificate in environmental policy and international development from … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com There have been many beautiful days over the last few weeks, with some cool nights dipping into the 40s. A heat wave is arriving as I write, with temperatures expecting to reach near 100℉, perhaps … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com April showers did indeed bring May flowers, and the showers have continued. Boston has had 6.06 inches more rain than average so far this year. Some nights and early mornings have been chilly; there was … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com If April showers bring May flowers, we should have plenty of flowers, as New England has had rainfall totals five to ten inches higher than average for this time of year, causing the ground to … Read more
It’s garlic mustard season again! Garlic mustard is an invasive biennial plant that can be found in our backyards, along roadsides and in conservation areas. We hope everyone is ready to get out there and start pulling this invasive weed. Last year, a total of 506 paper bags of garlic mustard were collected from Lincoln … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Spring will officially arrive on March 19, the vernal equinox, but we have been hearing and seeing signs of the new season for weeks. Maybe the woodchuck was right on Groundhog Day, predicting an early … Read more
Recordings are posted here for RLF’s January and February 2024 Public Forums. At the forums, RLF presented preliminary conceptual plans for redevelopment of a portion of the Mall at Lincoln Station. If you have trouble viewing the link the browser, right click to open link in a new window.
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com The past month has given us assorted weather, with periods of gloomy penetrating cold but more than one interlude of warmth, getting as high as 60℉ on Feb. 10. After several weeks of looking at … Read more
LCD and LLCT will be hiring two seasonal field assistant positions to support the management of conservation land by controlling invasive species, maintaining trails, participating in Town-wide Pollinator Action Plan projects, and performing various other land use projects. Specific examples include mowing trails, clearing historic stonewalls, planting and maintenance of native pollinator species, and assisting … Read more
