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9/24/17 Learn to Quahog! Onset Harbor

Sunday, September 24th 3:30-5:00 p.m. Learn how to dig your own quahogs (hard clams) from Buzzards Bay! During this free event at Burgess Point in Onset with the Buzzards Bay Coalition,…

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Community Preservation Coalition Success Stories

It’s always nice to be noticed. The Community Preservation Coalition, the catalyst behind the state’s Community Preservation Act campaign, which WLT founders and members enthusiastically support, is recognizing our most…

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9/9/17 Deer Ticks: Education and Prevention

“One bite can change your life…” Did you know Plymouth County has the third highest incidence rate of Lyme in Massachusetts? Other diseases like Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Relapsing Fever, and now…

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2017 Onset Bay Association Street Painting Festival

Visit the Wareham Land Trust booth at the Onset Bay Association’s Chalk-Full-O’-Fun street painting festival! We’ll have a prize for the artist that best represents the natural beauty of Wareham…

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2017 Wareham Swan Festival

We’ll be there! Saturday, July 29th. 8:30-4:30.  Stop by and say hello. Our table will be set up near our office on Main Street. We’ll have t-shirts for sale and…

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Summer Weekend with the WLT

What a wonderful weekend for volunteers and members of the Wareham Land Trust to enjoy what we all love most–our beautiful, natural spaces.  The stewardship volunteers were hard at work…

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7/15/17 Bird Walk with MA Audubon and Trail Clean-Up

Yes, the early bird gets the worm or in this case gets to see some birds! Join us for a bird walk! Saturday July 15th 7 am – 9 am…

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DIY Hummingbird Nectar

Hummingbirds may be some of the smallest birds in the world, but they’re also among the most active. Flapping their wings at up to 90 beats per second, these tiny…

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6/10/17 Building a Bat House

Just in time for Father’s Day…. BAT HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP Saturday June 10th 9 am – 1 pm Wareham Free Library 59 Marion Road, Wareham   Batting around ideas for…

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Ospreys – Get the Facts!

            Photo credit: Dan McHale Ospreys can be long term residents to long-distance migrants. Most ospreys that breed in North America spend their winters in…

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Wareham Oyster Festival–Onset Bay Discovery Center Event 5/23/17

Many of us here at the WLT celebrated when Onset’s iconic Wickets Island was protected. The property was sold to the Buzzards Bay Coalition thanks in large part to Wareham’s…

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May 12, 2017 MA Audubon Bird-a-thon Fundraiser

Fly on over to Great Neck Sanctuary on Friday, May 12th for an evening of birding and more with Mass Audubon and the Wareham Land Trust!   We’re celebrating spring…