Join Us For The New Year’s Day Walk! Let’s ring in the New Year with a stroll among Harvard’s protected forests and fields.                                                                         When: January 1, 2023 Time:  11 a.m. Where:  Parking Lot of soccer field (opposite 56 Depot Rd)   This year’s hike will feature the lichen-covered rocky outcroppings and ledges,  white pine and oak forest that can be found on the Prospect Hill conservation land.  If you have never been, you may be surprised at how beautiful it is so close to the recreation fields and the transfer station! Bring warm clothes, good footwear (some mud or

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAU2naemki4[/embedyt] Watch Prof. Robert Thorson’s Presentation On Stone Walls. The Harvard Conservation Trust is excited to share the video of last week’s Speaker Series: Mysteries of Harvard’s Stone Walls Solved.  Prof. Robert Thorson helped us understand why New England is only place in the US you find over stone walls. We have over 240,000 miles of stone walls.  This video will help you further understand the archeologic, historic and folk art importance of the stone walls to Harvard’s history, and the important steps that our community can take to preserve them. Here is what some participants had to say: