PRESERVING THE PLACES YOU CHERISH

Established 1987

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.

Trail Maps

Save time by saving the Westerly Land Trust website to your phone’s home screen for quick and easy access to our trail maps

Properties

We have grown from conserving one property, Avondale Farm Preserve in 1998, to more than 1,800 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

Attend our wide range of events to connect with the land and with each other

Join Our Efforts

The Westerly Land Trust’s conservation efforts are fueled by community support

Volunteer

WLT’s volunteers roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty–forming community and connections along the way

Our Properties

The Westerly Land Trust stewards conservation lands, areas for public enjoyment, and urban spaces throughout Westerly.

Our Team

Jennifer Fusco

Executive Director

Lauren Barber

Conservation Programs Manager

Erika Lebling

Director of Development

Colleen Sullivan

Accountant

Marc Doherty

Land Stewardship Manager

Emma Stahl

Conservation Programs Coordinator

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

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

Orchard Society

Our planned giving society

Includes all President’s Circle benefits

•  Leave a lasting conservation legacy

•  Invest in WLT’s future success

What our fans have to say

  • The Westerly Land Trust is not only an organization that takes great pride in helping others in the community, but it offers a sense of belonging. Members develop friendships and there is a feeling of great camaraderie. We feel strongly about offering as much financial and physical support as possible in return for the pleasure and fun we have gained from being a part of this family of community members.

    Jenny and Ian Sykes

  • The Westerly Land Trust is a treasure shared by all who live in our various shoreline communities. As donors, we are unified by a love of green space and productive farmland. We also have the profound joy of ownership of so many diverse parcels of land, forever protected.

    Gale and Terry Hunt

  • Avondale is like a cathedral of nature. The care that WLT takes to preserve the essence of naturalness, whether it’s the little round-about to the bee center or the path through the high bushes challenged by the red-wing blackbirds–it is all magical. It would not be so special if it were not for the regular mowing and care you provide.

    Peter Bartol

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

🚨PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES🚨

Calling future conservation leaders! Westerly Land Trust is now accepting applications for three paid summer internships.

Open to college students, these hands-on opportunities offer real-world experience in land conservation, stewardship, community engagement, and youth environmental education.

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Conservation Programs Intern (CPI)
2 positions available

Supported by the Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable (SNEC) Foundation, two Conservation Programs Interns will support youth environmental education and community engagement during Summer 2026. Interns will assist with outdoor school field trips, our grades K-4 summer camp, Farm Squad, and early childhood nature programs, while also supporting land stewardship through trail maintenance, property monitoring, habitat restoration, and invasive species management. This hands-on internship includes opportunities to engage with sustainable farming at Barlow Nature Preserve and contribute to pollinator and children’s produce gardens.

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Land Stewardship Intern (LSI)
1 position available

The Land Stewardship Intern (LSI) will help build Westerly Land Trust’s long-term capacity by working closely with the Land Stewardship Manager to support land conservation and stewardship efforts.  The LSI will collaborate to resolve any emergent issues on protected properties with high sensitivity and professionalism; document, record, and file pertinent information relating to stewardship visits, issues, and activities on WLT properties; support WLT’s plan for ecological land management, including control of invasive species, native habitat monitoring, and custodial land management; and engage and support stewardship volunteers and other interns.

🔸🔸🔸To learn more about each internship position and to apply, click the link in our bio and select “Join Our Team”! We can’t wait for you to join us! 🔸🔸🔸

🗣️Do you know a college student who is interested in conservation and the environment? Send them this post!!

#internship #conservation #rhodeisland #outside

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🚨PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES🚨 Calling future conservation leaders! Westerly Land Trust is now accepting applications for three paid summer internships. Open to college students, these hands-on opportunities offer real-world experience in land conservation, stewardship, community engagement, and youth environmental education. 🐞🌿🌼🐸🐾🌱🔎 Conservation Programs Intern (CPI) 2 positions available Supported by the Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable (SNEC) Foundation, two Conservation Programs Interns will support youth environmental education and community engagement during Summer 2026. Interns will assist with outdoor school field trips, our grades K-4 summer camp, Farm Squad, and early childhood nature programs, while also supporting land stewardship through trail maintenance, property monitoring, habitat restoration, and invasive species management. This hands-on internship includes opportunities to engage with sustainable farming at Barlow Nature Preserve and contribute to pollinator and children’s produce gardens. 🌲🥾🪨🦅🪚🏞️🧭 Land Stewardship Intern (LSI) 1 position available The Land Stewardship Intern (LSI) will help build Westerly Land Trust’s long-term capacity by working closely with the Land Stewardship Manager to support land conservation and stewardship efforts.  The LSI will collaborate to resolve any emergent issues on protected properties with high sensitivity and professionalism; document, record, and file pertinent information relating to stewardship visits, issues, and activities on WLT properties; support WLT’s plan for ecological land management, including control of invasive species, native habitat monitoring, and custodial land management; and engage and support stewardship volunteers and other interns. 🔸🔸🔸To learn more about each internship position and to apply, click the link in our bio and select “Join Our Team”! We can’t wait for you to join us! 🔸🔸🔸 🗣️Do you know a college student who is interested in conservation and the environment? Send them this post!! #internship #conservation #rhodeisland #outside

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Happy New Year! 🎊

Perhaps you’re stepping into 2026 with intention and a long list of resolutions. Or maybe you’re of the mindset that winter is a quiet time for hibernation—you’ll bloom in the spring like the flowers! Either way, the land is waiting for you.

From all of us at the Westerly Land Trust, we wish you the best in 2026! 💚🌱

#happynewyear #conservation #nature #westerlyri #rhodeisland

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Happy New Year! 🎊 Perhaps you’re stepping into 2026 with intention and a long list of resolutions. Or maybe you’re of the mindset that winter is a quiet time for hibernation—you’ll bloom in the spring like the flowers! Either way, the land is waiting for you. From all of us at the Westerly Land Trust, we wish you the best in 2026! 💚🌱 #happynewyear #conservation #nature #westerlyri #rhodeisland

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