• Fun with Four Winds – Air Matters

    Air occupies volume! When the flame consumes oxygen, water is pulled into the jar to fill its space.

  • Town Common Flag Ceremony

    Bolton Scout Troops participated in the first Town Common flag ceremony on the Fourth of July 2016

  • James Conservation Restriction

  • Annual Yard and Plant Sale at the Old Smith Garage

  • Held Conservation Restriction

  • Phillip Phillips Conservation Area

  • Schultz Conservation Property

  • Sullivan Conservation Property

    Sullivan Conservation Property

  • Practice Rock Climbing

    The advanced Eco-Adventures campers from Tom Denney Nature Camp

  • Kayaking

    For kids… The Trust sponsors the Tom Denney Nature Camp in Bolton. July to early August.

  • Bolton Town Common Initiative

    Initiative to transform the Old Smith Property into a vibrant Town Common

    Bolton Town Common Initiative

  • Horton Trail

    Horton Trail

  • Fun with Four Winds – Frog Stomp

    Students look for eggs, tadpoles, frogs and toads in a vernal pool

  • Annual Meeting Talk – Raptors

    Trust members enjoyed a raptor presentation at the Annual Meeting. This vulture was a guest of honor.

  • Fun with Four Winds – Signs of Leaf-Eaters

    Students learn that different insects eat leaves in different ways. Some eat edges, some chew holes in the middle, some eat everything but the tough veins.

  • New Bolton Center Trail

    Bob and Max Roemer, and Al Ferry complete work on the new Bolton Center Trail.

  • Annual Meeting Talk – Raptors

    Bird’s eye view…

  • July 4th Parade

    Tom Denney Nature Camp counselors and campers decorate a car for the Bolton July 4th Parade

  • Fun with Four Winds – Birds’ Beaks

    Students practice picking things up using different things as “beaks”

  • Annual Meeting Walk

    Trust members enjoy a trail walk and talk about raptors before the Annual Meeting

The Bolton Conservation Trust

Committed to sustaining the character of Bolton for existing and future generations by engaging the community through events, environmental education programs and land stewardship.

BONNIE POTTER SCHOLARSHIP - Apply Now!

The Bolton Conservation Trust offers an annual Bonnie Potter Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 for community/volunteer service in conservation or environmental issues.

It is open to any high school senior — from any high school, but must be a resident of Bolton — planning to attend college, and interested in, or majoring in science (although this is a less important criterion).

Completed application packed must be submitted electronically to  no later than March 1st.

We are an independent, all-volunteer, non-governmental organization. The Bolton Conservation Trust depends on membership support, both monetary and volunteering, to succeed in its mission. Please JOIN US!

Our work complements that of the Bolton Conservation Commission. In comparison, the Commission is a Town board, appointed by the Board of Selectmen and tasked with regulatory functions – including administering the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (MGL Ch. 131.s 40) and the Bolton Wetland Law 1.18 – and the maintenance of Town-owned conservation land.