News & Events
Our popular New Year's Day Walk for 2012, held at Harvard's Holy Hill Reservation, had over 50 participants on a beautiful day. Read More
Join us for a Winter Trail Challenge on February 4th at Fruitlands Museum's Winterfest celebration. All HCT members will be admitted free of charge.
Nature Sightings
A Muskrat lodge off Stow Road
Juvenile cedar waxwings were spotted in Harvard
Send us your own nature sightings!
Our Mission
The Harvard Conservation Trust, HCT, is a private, charitable, non-profit land trust. Our mission is “to preserve the unique character and natural resources of Harvard.”
We actively seek to preserve:- Harvard’s rural and agricultural character;
- Open lands for outdoor education, recreation, and enjoyment;
- Areas of historical significance or natural beauty;
- The Town’s water resources, marshland, swamps, wetland, and wildlife.
- Buildings, monuments, and sites of historical, educational, and
environmental significance.
Since 1985 Harvard has lost over 1300 acres of open space. Please help us in our efforts to preserve Harvard’s valued landscape.
"I want to do something splendid... something heroic
or wonderful that won't be forgotten..."
- Louisa May Alcott,
Little Women
or wonderful that won't be forgotten..."
- Louisa May Alcott,
Little Women
