Barnstable Land Trust -The future is in our lands, please help BLT protect them

Barnstable Land Trust (BLT) is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving the open spaces and natural resources of the Town of Barnstable. BLT holds wildlife habitat, scenic views, wetlands, sensitive watershed parcels, forests and other valuable open space, in its natural state, in perpetuity for the benefit of the community.

Now Hiring...

Barnstable Land Trust is currently seeking to fill the following position:

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT - The main objective of this position is to develop and oversee all fundraising activities. Click link for full description and application information. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2008.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES at BLT:

Volunteers needed! BLT has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for this fall and beyond. We are looking for help in areas ranging from general office assistance to assisting with special events to land management projects. If you are interested in learning about opportunities to volunteer, please contact Polly Goddard at 508.771.2585 or blt@cape.com to join in the fun!

Thank you to the hosts, sponsors, volunteers,

donors, and participants in the 2008

"Gifts from the Sea" event!

We thank each and every one for your contributions, participation, and support of BLT at this amazing event! We could not do what we do without each of you!

We had a glorious evening at the home of our very generous hosts, Dr. & Mrs. T. Berry Brazelton! Mother Nature took good care of us and provided an incredible sunset to make the lawn party and auction for open space an even more memorable event! All indications are that it was a successful event no matter how you look at it! We couldn't ask for more.

BLT looks forward to the 15th annual "Gifts from the Sea" in August 2009!

Preserving the Little River

Congratulations! We did it!

We were able to raise all $210,000 necessary to preserve the Baker Property in Cotuit by June 17. Thank you so much for your support!

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LOOK WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2007!

When it comes to preserving land, 2007 was a great year for BLT and the Town of Barnstable! We are thrilled to report that 11 parcels of land were either put under a Conservation Restriction (CR) or given as outright gifts – totaling 69.80 acres of land within the Town of Barnstable that will be protected and preserved. Thanks to each of the landowners for this bounty.

The gifts and CRs break down as follows:

8 CRs were recorded – for a total of 65.85 acres of land
3 parcels were gifted – totaling 3.95 acres of land

The biggest CR recorded protects over 25 acres of land in West Barnstable; the smallest is just over half an acre in Marstons Mills. No matter what the size, however, each of these parcels provides significant benefit to our community for a number of reasons: habitat and/or wetland protection; preservation of scenic views; importance to fish, wildlife or plants; protection of marine water quality and/or shoreline…in short, to limit or prevent construction of land that has been identified as having natural resource value.