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Weston Forest and Trail and the Weston Conservation Department are looking to hire several part-time Trail Stewards to help us maintain...

Join us on Saturday, September 17th, 2022 at the Woodland School from 10 a.m. to noon as we continue our attack on Japanese Knotweed! The...

UPDATE 4/16/2021: Due to unforeseen circumstances (snow!), the Garlic Annihilation Clinic scheduled for tomorrow, April 17, has been...

Cross-posted from The Weston Owl If you live here in the Weston area, you know that False Spring arrived this week—this is generally the...

Do you have a knotweed problem? The University of Connecticut has some techniques for controlling the unwelcome invader. See this...

Along the edge of the long field north of College Pond, wild geraniums are blooming prolifically right now, as you can see in these...

Our Trails Manager Lynn Atkins sometimes makes sculptures with the detritus of her trail clearing. They serve as place markers in our...

Whenever there is more than a few inches of snow on the ground, you will find cross-country ski trails in the woods. These trails are...

We have received a number of calls from people who have seen ATV (all-terrain vehicle) tracks in the woods. Weston doesn’t allow...

Weston has over 2000 acres of Conservation Land. If you happen to be a neighbor, congratulations, you are very lucky! At the same time,...

By Lynn Atkins Decided to see if the lock at Blaney Aquifer had unfrozen itself.  On the way there observed that the construction folks...

By Lynn Atkins Parked at Wildflower Lane to walk in and clear trees reported by Ann and Meg in Highland Street Forest.    Chatted with...

By Lynn Atkins Drove to the gate on Sudbury Road to try to park but snow bank too high.   While driving I spotted the large pine reported...

By Lynn Atkins Stopped in Weston for a couple hours (on my way north to visit family) to see what the snow conditions were like. Parked...

By Lynn Atkins Parked at 432 Concord Road to walk in and clear Liz’s reported obstructions.    There was a two-trunk maple crown west of...

By Lynn Atkins Drove into the MWRA property, Weston Reservoir, via Ash Street to clear the pine tree I encountered while walking the...

By Lynn Atkins Enter Burchard fields/gate.  Parked at the end of Juniper Road to walk in and clear the tree reported by Liz Steele.  ...

By Lynn Atkins Parked on the triangle between Ridgeway and Bullard Road. Noticed trail-marker had been pushed in at the street trailhead...

Video Watch a PSA video about WFTA, courtesy of Weston Media Center! Trail maintenance Lynn Atkins, our experienced forester, has been...

We are blessed to have ​over 90​ miles of trails in town. After the last two spring storms, a lot of trees and branches came down. We are...