Conservation for Somerset County Since 1927

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    SOMERSET WOODS SHARE

    Through our Somerset Woods Share, Somerset Woods provides firewood as emergency heating assistance for community members in need. Read more.


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View fullsize Why did staff spend today managing the invasive plants at Jacobs Pines? For the woods frogs, the pearly everlasting, the Jack-in-the-pulpits, the baneberry, and the turtlehead. #forestflowers #forestfloor #stewardship #care #responsibility #september
View fullsize Exciting news! We are making improvements to the access road - aka the green arterial trail! To ensure a safe work site, we are closing the Russell Road trailhead and parking area for an estimated 2 weeks starting Monday, 9/1. Thank you for your coop
View fullsize Dine for a cause at the Heritage House Restaurant from 4 to 8 PM this Thursday, Aug. 28. The Heritage House will donate a portion of the night's proceeds from dinner and liquor sales to the Campaign for Black Point. Reservations are appreciated; pho
View fullsize You may have noticed we dropped a few trees at Jackson Woods recently 😉 Community Tree Steward-AmeriCorps member Emma is leading this effort to remove a hedgerow from the middle of one of the fields. By removing this line of declining ash trees and
View fullsize Alert! The poison ivy is having a great end of summer at Whitten Woods - and we want you to, as well! Please do not use the Story Book Trail at the Wire Bridge trailhead until our control efforts are complete. We look forward to a new story on a cl
View fullsize At Somerset Woods, we believe conservation is about more than land - it's about building a stronger community. That's why we have launched Somerset Woods Share, our wood bank piloted in 2024 that provides emergency heating assistance to community mem

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