A Spring Clean-Up will be held on Saturday, April 27, at the Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve, 577B Wilmarth Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Your participation will be welcomed, whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time.
Maintenance tasks will include:
— Raking up fallen branches in lawn areas
— Picking up trash
— Pruning along edges of lawns, hayfields, and street
— Removing invasive plants
— Weeding flower gardens
Tools needed may include:
— Standard rakes and leaf rakes
— Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools
— Shovels
— String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters
— Chain saw
— Gardening tools
We will have some tools, but please bring what you have.
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.
Rain date is Sunday, April 28, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website.
Clean-Up on Saturday, May 4, at the Handy Street Conservation Area, 109 Handy Street, Attleboro, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The purpose of this clean-up is to prepare the trail entrance and parking area for the formal opening of the Larry St. Pierre Trail, to be held in June.
Maintenance tasks will include:
— Mowing grass
— Clearing brush
— Picking up trash
— Removing invasive plants
Tools needed may include:
— Standard rakes and leaf rakes
— Loppers, pruning shears, pruning saws, and other pruning tools
— Shovels
— String trimmers, weed whackers, brush cutters
— Chain saw
We will have some tools, but please bring what you have.
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.
Rain date is Sunday, May 5, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Any cancellations due to weather will be posted on this website.
Details to be announced
On Saturday, June 1, a trail at the Handy Street Conservation Area will be formally opened to the public. The 80-acre preserve was acquired by the City of Attleboro in 2014 in a collaborative project that also involved the Attleboro Land Trust and Mass Audubon. The trail will be named in memory of Larry St. Pierre, who served as president of the land trust from 1991 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001.
The public is invited to attend the opening ceremony, beginning at 1:00 pm. Following the ceremony, there will be a guided walk along the trail. Rain date for the event is Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. Any schedule changes will be posted on this website.
A temporary map of the trail is available here.