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.

LP&CT Mission: to improve the quality of life for the city of Lowell through education and through the creation, conservation, and preservation of parks, open spaces, and special places. Our programs focus on environmental education, land conservation, urban forestry, trail connectivity, and historic preservation.

Our community of supporters with over 450 volunteers work with us to PROTECT unique places, CONSERVE threatened species, ACTIVATE people of all ages as land stewards, and CONNECT local residents with each other and with nature.

• Protecting over 30 acres for everyone in Lowell, including the Concord River Greenway and Jollene Dubner Park – and coming soon, another 22 acres known as Rollie’s Farm, the last family farmland in Lowell!

• 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.

What does quality of life mean to you?

The Trust is a membership-based organization.

Nearly half of our members live outside of Lowell, but they understand that a healthy city is the core of broader environmental health.

Providing access to open space and programs that engage people in Lowell’s own backyard enhances the quality of life for the people that live here.

For every $1 that we receive from our generous members, it leverages another $5 in funds from public and private sources.

Become a member today!

Your support creates community through conservation.

Our most recent 990 is available upon request.

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

land protection

Creating connections through land protection

stewardship

Creating, connecting, and enhancing neighborhood parks, streetscapes and special places

environmental education

After-school environmental education programs for urban youth

Urban Forestry

Tree planting for wildlife, air quality, and shade