
Charron Farm Work Party Postponed to Oct. 1
Due to the rainy weather forecast, the work party at Charron Farm Preserve is postponed from Sept. 24 to Sunday, October 1, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
Volunteer help is needed to dig post holes for boundary markers and regulation signs. Also, trees and shrubs need to be trimmed along the edges of the hayfields.
Directions:
From downtown Attleboro, take County Street south for 3.8 miles.
Turn right onto Read Street and drive 1/2 mile.
Turn left onto Morse Avenue and drive 1/4 mile.
Stop next to the open field on your right, just after the recently-constructed home at 41 Morse Avenue.
Park on the edge of the road.
(Don’t rely on Google Maps, which mislabels part of Morse Ave. as Gillette Ave.)
Tools needed include:
— Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools
— Pole saws
— String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters
— Tarps
— Chain saw
— Shovels
— Post hole diggers
We will have some tools, but please bring what you have. If anyone has a mechanical auger, please let us know in advance by contacting: attleborolandtrust@gmail.com
Dress accordingly for protection against poison ivy and ticks. Please bring your own:
— Work gloves
— Water
Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

It’s Time to Update the City’s Open Space and Recreation Plan – NEW DATE
Lands under our protection: 504 acres owned; 236 acres restricted; 740 acres total.
River Clean-up POSTPONED to SEPT. 23 30
This event is POSTPONED to Sep. 23 30.
Charron Family Land to be Preserved

Attorney George Spatcher, Attorney and ALT Board Member Patrick Sullivan, Land Donor Ted Charron, ALT President Jay Burby, and ALT Board Member Charlie Adler, at the closing for the donation of the Charron Farm Preserve.
The Attleboro Land Trust has received a gift of 12 acres of land on Morse Avenue in Attleboro. The land was donated by Morse Avenue resident Ted Charron and other members of the Charron family. It was farmed by Ted’s parents and grandparents, and it is still used for the production of hay.
The donated land will be permanently conserved as the Charron Farm Preserve. The land trust plans to complete a trail beginning at Morse Avenue, crossing some wetlands, going around the hayfields, and connecting to an adjacent preserve, the 28-acre Shaw-Denham Memorial Forest. The Charron Farm Preserve will not be open to the public until this trail is finished, which may take a year, as boardwalks will be required. Completion of the new trail will also mean that the Shaw-Denham Memorial Forest will for the first time be open to the public, as it has been landlocked from the time it was donated to the land trust by the Denham family in 2013 until now.
Ted Charron, an artist, has had a long association with the Attleboro Land Trust, having served on its board from 1997 to 1999, edited its newsletter, and designed its logo. Ted knows every inch of the donated land and has observed how it serves as habitat for a variety of wild animals. Guaranteeing that the land will be forever protected has long been his goal.
This acquisition brings the total number of acres owned by the Attleboro Land Trust to 504. Conservation restrictions are held on an additional 236 acres.
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events.
Membership dues ($25 individual, $50 household) or donations in any amount may be made online to the Attleboro Land Trust here: |
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Tree Planting Instructions
At Family Tree Day on April 29, we will be passing out tree seedlings: 50 White Dogwood and 50 Northern Red Oak. We will also have printed handouts on how to plant your tree at home. Here are the handouts: