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The Brewster
Conservation Trust works to protect open space, water
bodies and watersheds, wildlife habitat, and the
natural characteristics of the Town of Brewster.
The Trust acquires land by gift or purchase, helps
landowners restrict development of their property,
and partners with the Town of Brewster and other
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The Trust is a 501-c3 nonprofit organization,
governed by a volunteer board of Brewster residents
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supported
by the donations of residents, friends and foundations.
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Hello to friends and neighbors
Welcome to the website of the Brewster Conservation Trust.
Environmental protection in this day and age requires
private/public partnerships and indeed, BCT works very
closely with agencies of the town of Brewster. But
as the private part of that partnership the BCT needs
and appreciates the support of all Brewster residents
and friends for our mission displayed above. The following
pages will give you information about the open space
we have protected, our continued activities in land
protection, and how you can participate in this noble
effort. Thank you for visiting.
Upcoming Events
Brewster Conservation Trust
to honor town administrator
The Brewster Conservation Trust will honor Charles
Sumner, Brewster town administrator, as Conservationist
of the Year when the Trust holds its annual meeting at
7 p.m. Thursday, July 19.
Seth Rolbein, editor and publisher of the Cape Cod Voice, will be the guest
speaker at the meeting, which will be at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
It had been announced for the Brewster Ladies Library but a schedule conflict
forced a change.
“Everybody’s invited to recognize Charlie’s contributions to
conservation in Brewster and to hear Seth, who’s acquired much wisdom of
Cape Cod matters through the years,” said Peter Johnson, BCT president.
Rolbein’s subject is “People, Politics and Conservation.” He
has been editor of the Cape Codder, and a reporter and Emmy-winning documentary
filmmaker for National Public Radio. He is author of four books, including
a study of the Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund site clean-up effort.
Sumner, town administrator for 20 years, has “for years worked quietly
and
constructively to ensure that conservation of open space is in the top rank
of important town goals,” Johnson said.
Mark Robinson, executive director of the Compact of Cape Cod Trusts, has worked
with town managers through the Cape for 20 years and among them all, he said,
he has found Sumner to be “particularly supportive of and encouraging
our conservation work.” Robinson noted that Sumner was “instrumental” in
ensuring that the level of open space protection would be maintained when the
Land Bank recently gave way to the Community Preservation Act, and he provided
leadership in the Brewster-Dennis Water District partnership that preserved
60 watershed acres on the town line last year.
The meeting will include a short report on Trust activities, and refreshments
will be served.
Charlie continues to look for new opportunities on the
horizon to save the
best of what Brewster has to offer: its small town atmosphere
in a swath of
green and blue.
For further information:
Read Kingsbury, 508-694-6155
readak@comcast.net
Recent Press Releases
BCT adds to Lower Road holdings
Wildlife, key watershed protected
Underpass Road tract preserved
News Letters
July 2006 PDF Format
November
2006 PDF Format
June
2006 PDF Format
Information on Land Trusts
What
is a Land Trust? / Land Trust Advantages
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