Mission:

Promote appreciation of natural resources in the Town of Williamstown and environs and to stimulate education and research.

Preserve the natural environment by acquiring by gift or purchase natural, scenic, open and rural lands in Williamstown and environs; to identify those lands and to act as an informational clearing house in cooperation with appropriate groups, individuals or both.

Identify and preserve ecologically sensitive land and to create protected wildlife habitats.

Promote land development which is beneficial to the community and to encourage development of housing which will help promote economic diversity of citizenship in Williamstown .

Raise funds to further the objectives of the organization.

About:

The Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation is a private, non-profit, member-supported land conservation trust. It was founded in 1986 to address the loss of open space and public access, the disappearance of family farms in the Williamstown area and to encourage responsible development. We hold 10 conservation restrictions on a total of 247 acres of land and monitor these properties annually. We own 430 acres of land and assist in the management of an additional 460 acres.