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If you’ve driven down Smith Neck Road this summer you may have noticed a well-tended stretch of roadside adjacent to DNRT’s hayfield, just south of the entrance to our Smith…

American Toads are toad-ally awesome (forgive the pun!). These familiar amphibians are fan favorites of the DNRT staff, and June is a great time to see them. Found throughout eastern…

Last month was our last work party of the season! We had an amazing turnout for our Helfand Farm work party. We continue to work on removing invasive plants from…

Vernal pools are teeming with life each and every spring…that is, until they disappear! A vernal pool is a depression in the earth that pools with water each winter and…

Our first work party of the month was the first one ever at our soon-to-be-opened Flag Swamp Bog. We added some small pieces of infrastructure as well as cleaned up…

Even with all our wintery weather, DNRT’s work parties have been active when it has been safe to do so! In February we were able to go out for two…

In 2025, DNRT permanently protected over 57 acres of habitat and farmland, one of the highest acreage tallies in the last five years. One of the final jewels in the…

Have you seen a marker like this out on a DNRT property and wondered what it was for? DNRT has been working over the last year to improve the accessibility…

Even though our Land Management department is not currently hosting any work parties, we are still very busy on the trails. During the summer we hire Seasonal Field Technicians to…