About Us

Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust is a private, non-profit, accredited land trust located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Founded in 1990 by local residents with a vision to protect the natural resources on which the city of Lowell was built, we’re a membership-based organization with a small staff and hundreds of volunteers.

The Trust has a big community of supporters who love our work and the initiatives we create together:

• Protecting over 50 acres for everyone in Lowell, including the Concord River Greenway, Jollene Dubner Park, and 22 acres at Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary.

• Conserving turtles and fish so our whole watershed can thrive, and planting trees in neighborhoods where children and families have the least shade.

• Activating more than a thousand students each year as future conservation stewards through our after-school, STEM-based environmental education program offered in partnership with Mass Audubon and Lowell Public Schools.

• Connecting thousands of community residents through year-round programs at Hawk Valley Farm, Donahue Park, West Meadow, Spalding House, the Greenway, and more.

LP&CT provides conservation leadership and programs which focus on four major areas:

Protecting Places

Creating connections through land protection

Conserving Nature

Community science projects conserving the nature of Lowell: tree planting, turtle conservation, fish monitoring, and more

Activating Stewards

After-school environmental education programs for urban youth; volunteer programs for people of all ages

Connecting People

Creating, connecting, and enhancing neighborhood parks, streetscapes and special places through free public programming