A non-profit citizens group advocating for Newton's open spaces
Funding from Community Preservation Act
Before she passed away in January of this year at age 104, Irene Forte had expressed a desire that much of her property be preserved as open space.
After more than a year of work, Houghton Garden was officially reopened in October. Present to celebrate this milestone were Rep. Ruth Balser, who helped obtain state money for the project,
Conservation News
It has recently come to our attention that there have been a highly unusual number of Phoenicopteris ruber (Greater Flamingo) sighted within the confines of Newton,
Ordway Park’s Beginnings
The Newton Conservators, a non-profit organization, has for decades worked successfully to preserve several hundred acres of open space in Newton.
Chandler Pond in Brighton was listed in early editions of the Conservators trail guide. This description is from that guide.
LOCATION:
Brighton at Newton border
Human Impacts across the Landscape
Dan Perlman
Conservation Biologist
November 29, 2001
Think you know Cold Spring Park? Concerned about the future of planet Earth?
Well-known naturalist and author Peter Alden was the inaugural speaker for the new Newton Conservators lecture series on March 21, 2001. The meeting was cosponsored by the Newton Free Library and was held at Druker Auditorium before a crowd of about 80 on a rain swept evening near the time of the vernal equinox.
Avery Memorial Woods was acquired in 1959 from the Avery family through a negotiated eminent domain taking.
According to the Newton Graphic, the land “was sold to the city at a small cost in 1959 with the understanding that it would be used only for park and recreational purposes.”
By Doug Dickson
Today marks the beginning of the 40th year in the history of this distinguished organization. This time next year, we will celebrate our 40th anniversary,
By Jean M. Husher
The 20-year span from about 1960 to 1980 was a period of such widespread activism in so many social and civic areas that deep historical roots of such movements are often forgotten.
By Matthew Call
Newton may be called the Garden City, but fewer than 20 percent of its land is open space, and with development projects planned for all corners of the city,
President’s Report – 1999
Presented by Michael J. Clarke at the Annual Meeting of the Newton Conservators, Wednesday, May 26, 1999 in Noyes Hall of the Andover-Newton Theological School
The past year has been a very busy one for the Newton Conservators.
