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Trustees' Recent Press
Yahoo!: Long Hill Rejuvenates House & Gardens
The Trustees of Reservations is undertaking a $6 million project to rejuvenate Long Hill in Beverly. Plans include opening the historic house to the public for the first time, hosting music and theater performances in a newly created garden space, and transforming a farmhouse and barn into a new horticultural learning center for classes and talks on gardening.
WBUR: New Report Details Effects of Coastal Flooding
We check in on this year’s State of the Coast report, detailing the climate crisis facing Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. The major takeaway: things are bad. Possibly even worse than we previously thought. We hear from Tom O’Shea, Managing Director of Resources and Planning for The Trustees of Reservations and one of the report’s authors.
Traditional Building: Protecting Land with Jocelyn Forbush
The Trustees of Reservations, a 130-year-old nonprofit organization, oversees 120 properties across the state of Massachusetts. All of them are open to the public. President and CEO Jocelyn Forbush shares the ways in which The Trustees conserves not only land but also cultural identity, and how the two are entwined.
Berkshire Eagle: Trustees Honors Mohicans at Mission House
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community now has a five-year agreement with the Trustees to tell its story through the Mission House exhibit, said Bonney Hartley, historic preservation manager for the tribe. “The whole exhibit is told in our own voice so we have a footprint on Main Street again.”
Boston Globe: Trustees CEO Barbara Erickson Dies
“Ms. Erickson, who was 42 when she died of cancer on Jan. 15, played a key role statewide among those who preserve the open space jewels of the past and unearth new gems for the future.”
New York Times: Escape From the City
“Whether you stick to the 4.5 miles of undulating trails, linger near the marsh, or explore the cedar woods and ice pond at Rocky Neck, don’t miss the remarkable panoramic view from atop Planter’s Hill. This feels like a prize: Look northwest, past the Boston harbor and islands to the city’s signature skyline, or east, beyond the Weir River and chockablock beach houses of Nantasket to the ocean. No doubt you will leave World’s End feeling renewed, as Frederick Law Olmsted intended.”