The Westerly Land Trust

Westerly Land Trust - Est 1987

Preserving the Places You Cherish

Established 1987

Living Laboratories and Downloadable Lesson Plans

Beautiful Properties. Community Benefits.

The Westerly Land Trust conserves open space, revitalizes culturally significant properties, and provides environmental programs for the enduring benefit of our community.

Trails App

Download the FREE WLT Trails App! Track your progress on the hiking trails in real-time on our Google Trail Maps

Properties

We have grown from conserving one property - Avondale Farm Preserve in 1998, to nearly 1,700 acres of forests, grasslands, agricultural fields, and wetlands

Education

The Westerly Land Trust welcomes school groups, summer camps, and scout troops to use our preserves as living laboratories

Events

From moon-lit hikes to farm dinners, the Westerly Land Trust offers many ways to connect with the land

Support Us

 Maintaining and improving our properties requires tireless work from dedicated staff, board, and volunteers

Volunteer

Get satisfaction from knowing your time and effort contribute to WLT's success, and have fun while doing it

Our Properties

Our properties include conservation lands, areas for public enjoyment, and urban spaces in downtown Westerly

Our Team

Jennifer Fusco

Jennifer FuscoExecutive Director

Meg Lee

Meg LeeConservation Programs Manager

Erika Lebling

Erika LeblingDonor Relations Manager

Joe Barnes

Joe BarnesYouth Education / Community Engagement Coordinator

Colleen Sullivan

Colleen SullivanBookkeeper

Join Our Efforts

Membership

Annual support is vital to our work
  • •  Receive Sense of Place newsletter
  • •  Early notification of events & programs
  • •  Members-only pricing on select events
Donate Now

President’s Circle

Our leadership giving circle ($1,000+)
  • •  Includes all Membership benefits
  • •  Invitation to President’s Circle event
  • •  VIP presale for our annual events
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Orchard Society

Our planned giving society
  • •  Includes all President’s Circle benefits
  • •  Leave a lasting conservation legacy
  • •  Invest in WLT’s future success
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What our fans have to say

The Westerly Land Trust does an excellent job conserving these properties for our enjoyment. The trails are well-maintained and marked - the trails app is awesome too!

Shane Belanger

We are so admiring of everything you do – your focus, the quality of your programs, the open space you preserve and steward and the urban initiative. These align with our values, and we feel lucky to have you out there promoting this critical perspective.

Penny Parsekian

When we moved to Westerly a few years ago and learned about the wonderful things that The Land Trust was doing we immediately joined. It has been a pleasure to work on some of their many activities and the members have been very welcoming to us.

Debra Hanley

We built an amazing app

...that gives you all of the necessary information to enjoy the properties of the
Westerly Land Trust.
Get the app