14th Annual New Year’s Day Hike

Unwind, relax, and unplug performing gentle and restorative yoga outside at the Land Trust's Lakevew Preserve on the west shore of Hardy Pond. Laura Arena, a popular instructor at the Waltham YMCA, will lead us through a series of stretching, holding poses, and deep breathing while we admire the pond before the sun sets!

June 2026

Waltham RiverBeat will have multicultural music, food, art, activities on/along the river including nature and history walks led by Waltham Land Trust!

Over twenty people celebrated National Trails Day by removing litter with stewards from the Waltham Land Trust from along the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) between Hammond Street and the reNEW apartment complex east of Linden Street. We were thrilled to see nature as well! Many thanks to everyone who helped. Remember, you can park in designated Rail Trail spots along the path in the AutoZone lot on weekends!

BY NEWSROOM ● May 18th, 2026 ● The Waltham Times

It’s time to start the garden and yard projects! Buy seeds, plants, garden supplies, groceries, deli sandwiches, flowers, fruit baskets, fish, etc., and and the Waltham Land Trust gets 20% of your purchase with this coupon .

Support the mission of the Waltham Land Trust by bidding on items in our silent auction.

Over 80 people came to the historic Paine Estate for engaging conversations, yummy snacks, thirst-quenching drinks, live music, and auction item viewing during our biggest fundraiser of the year. Michelle Willson and Shinichi Otsu were our talent, and boy did they rock! Many folks placed bids on items from the online auction and everyone had a fabulous time in a spectacular space that is rarely open to the public. Many thanks to everyone who came and/or participated in the auction!

WLT expert birder Emily Szczypek led a group of nine birders along the Charles River to admire resident birds and those who were migrating through the area, plus some other riparian wildlife. This was a joint program with Brookline Bird Club and Menotomy Bird Club. It was a chilly morning, but everyone saw lots of birds and had a lovely time. At the end, they ran into magnet fisher and WLT steward Alessio with a helper at the Mary Early footbridge!