A Sticky Situation
Of all the different types of insects in the world, ants are the most numerous. They are incredibly widespread, living in almost every environment that plants do, except remote islands…
Annual Meeting Recap
Remarks from our Executive Director at our Annual Meeting on 8-10-2025 This year marks a milestone for the Wareham Land Trust, we’re launching the celebration of 25 years protecting the…
Meet The Galls
Most of the wasp species in the world cannot sting. Stingers are believed to have evolved from ovipositors, a sort of drill that insects use to place their eggs deep…
Why We Save Salt Marshes
Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, even surpassing many types of agricultural land. These coastal wetlands are typically found in intertidal zones, such as behind barrier…
‘Huge loss to the community’: Land Trust to suffer consequences of federal budget cuts
Article by Bobby Grady – editor@warehamweek.com – May 23, 2025 As the Trump administration continues to slice budgets across federal agencies, the impacts of those decisions are directly impacting the…
Party Like It’s 2008
Forests across southeastern Massachusetts are beginning to experience a rare event: the emergence of periodical cicadas. Cicadas themselves aren’t uncommon insects. It’s their lifestyle that is unusual. These bugs spend…
Robins In The Hood
Friend of the Wareham Land Trust Marion Gold, shares his story of remarkable and rapid growth from hatchling to fledgling. This spring brought an unexpected and heartwarming surprise to our…
My Osprey Friends
As I took my morning walk through Great Neck Reserve in late March, I noticed that winter was releasing its icy grip on the land. The frozen slippery ground had…
The Sundew – A Carnivorous Plant In New England
Most plants get energy from the sun and nutrition from the soil, but nature always has exceptions. A handful of plants have evolved the ability to digest animal protein: the…
The River Walk gets Town Meeting Approval
Voters at Spring Town Meeting approved the use of just under $1.5 million of Community Preservation Fund money to purchase nearly 20 acres of land, improve Swifts Beach Road and…
Community weighs in on future of North Water Street seawall and beach
Mar 18, 2025 By Ethan Hunt “We’re not proposing wholesale change, but what do we want the future to look like?” Woods Hole Project Manager Adam Finkle asked stakeholders at…
Through trails and trees: Community members offer land restoration input
March 2, 2025 Bobby Grady As old abandoned cranberry bogs lay tucked away, those that own them are looking to the people of Wareham to figure out how to best…