On August 7th, Crystal Lake was closed to swimming due to the presence of blue-green algae.  On August 15th, Mayor Fuller announced that water testing results show algae in the

The Newton Parks and Recreation Commission voted on May 20, 2019 to support a plan to make major changes to the Levingston Cove park on the shore of Crystal Lake.

After 16 years of incremental changes, the NewtonConservators.org website has received a complete make-over. Scott Lewis of Trailwebsites.com has modernized the appearance of our site, made it work better on

Dr. Jonathan Way:  “Living with Coyotes” Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Way is the founder of Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research. Jon discussed living with coyotes in our community.  Details about his talk are in

Beth Wilkinson, President Message published in the meeting program Welcome to the 2019 Annual Meeting. This is a time to celebrate what we’ve done in the past year and to

In February 2019, Boston College began construction of a road salt storage facility on the rear parking lot of the land it owns in Webster Woods. The site plan filed

The four tallest buildings on the Boston skyline are visible from the top of Millennium Park. But the view has changed considerably since the park opened in 2000. Then, only

They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees Put ’em in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half

Conservators Director Mike Clarke took an early-spring paddle around Crystal Lake in a wooden canoe that he built. Watch a video of the trip

In 2018, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) opened a new $1.5 million footbridge over the Charles River, just upstream from Watertown Dam. The bridge connects the north and

Newton Community Farm is now accepting applications for its high school intern programs: Summer internships are unpaid opportunities for high school age youth to learn about organic and community farming

Online registration is now open for the 58th annual Conservators dinner meeting on Wednesday, May 8th.