Highlighted Stewardship Projects
Staff at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation are constantly working on maintaining and improving the 275 acre property to enhance the experience for visitors and to ensure a healthy biodiverse ecosystem for the plants and animals living here. Trails are mowed to keep a comfortable walk through one of Nantucket’s rarest habitats. Several benches have been added to allow visitors to sit and enjoy the sights. One of our largest projects involves the ongoing removal of the invasive tree the Japanese black pine. The LLNF has several targeted locations of black pines and is working on grants to do larger scale removal projects.
Pine Removal for grassland restoration
LLNF has been focusing on the removal of non-native invasive Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii) while promoting sandplain grassland and coastal heathland restoration and expansion. Check out the StoryMap to learn more about this project.
Trail Enhancement/Maintenance
The LLNF trails must be maintained in order to ensure a pleasant experience for our visitors. This includes regular mowing of the trails done by a volunteer every few weeks, as well as the recent addition of two new benches for visitors to take rests along the trail.