The 2020 Sippican Lands Trust Calendar is now on sale. Makes a great holiday gift! Click here to purchase your calendar today! Read more »
2020 SLT Calendar now on sale!
Late fall photos of Beaton Bog
Sippican Lands Trust’s mission is to acquire, manage and protect natural areas in Marion for the benefit of the public. Beaton Bog is one of the natural areas protected by Sippican Lands Trust. The beauty of this property in the late fall has been captured by SLT Board Member, Marian Howell, whose amazing photography has […] Read more »
Buy-A-Board on the Osprey Marsh Boardwalk
Want to buy a board in a name of a friend, family or loved one? Now is your chance to be part of Sippican Lands Trust’s Osprey Marsh Accessible Boardwalk in Marion and permanently recognize a friend, family member or loved one with an engraved message on a plaque on a board. If interested, you […] Read more »
Kayaking the Wewantic and Sippican Rivers
Thank you to all the paddlers who joined the Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Sippican Lands Trust on a beautiful summer paddle up the Sippican River. Many fiddler crabs and plenty of birds (semipalmated plovers, great blue herons and Osprey among many others) helped keep us company on this stretch of river. Read more »
Through the Viewfinder with Marian Howell
Day One of the 3 day heatwave. Days Two and Three promised to be miserable scorchers, but today didn’t break 90° although the humidity was ugly. An hour before the 8:13pm sunset a gentle breeze was blowing across the cranberry bogs, feeling cool and keeping the bugs away! The sunlight was being diffused by the […] Read more »
Wild Edibles Walk
Thank you to Russ Cohen and the interested crew that stopped by Brainard Marsh today for the walk and talk about wild edibles. Unique benefit of the wonderful biodiversity in our preserves is the occasional tasty bit. Read more »
Through the Viewfinder with Marian Howell
Approaching Brainard Marsh beach I saw skies through the break in the trees at the end of the trail that made me optimistic for a colorful sunrise in a little over 45 minutes. The time was 4:15am. Sunrise was due at 5:07am, the earliest one of the year! I planned to be there early to […] Read more »
Osprey Marsh Accessible Boardwalk Project to Start
Sippican Lands Trust’s Osprey Marsh property will be closed starting June 17, 2019 for the next six months during construction of a universally accessible boardwalk at Osprey Marsh. Please consider visiting other SLT properties along Point Road including Hagemann Woods, Howland Marsh and Peirson Woods during construction. SLT apologizes for any inconvenience and to learn […] Read more »
SLT Annual Meeting
Another successful annual meeting is in the books! Thank you to Brad Cook for his passionate presentation. Also, thank you to all who came and to all who continue to support our local non-profit. Time to get kids (and us) outside and get connected. Read more »
Tabor Service Day at Brainard Marsh
Thank you to Tabor Students and faculty who descended upon Brainard Marsh to help install board bridges and plant a few native plants from Russ Cohen (whose wild edible walk is coming this July). They had a day of service and hauled like maniacs to fix up our path. Come and walk down to the […] Read more »