Our Newest Project!
Help ALT permanently conserve a new section of Sweet Berry Farm! This property will be used to grow strawberries and pumpkins. It will expand the corridor of open space known as the Sakonnet Greenway, and will help protect one of our impaired drinking water reservoirs. Your donation is much appreciated!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Merritt Neighborhood Fund grant cycle. This fund provides small grants to community groups and non-profits for the purpose of improving their public spaces. Deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 2.
We are delighted to announce this year’s winners in the 2020 Art & Writing Contest! Please see our website page for winner details. View all art entries: Gr. K-4, Gr. 5-8, Gr. 9-12. View all written entries: Gr. K-4, Gr. 5-8, Gr. 9-12. Thank you to all entrants!
Thanks to all who tuned in for our Annual Meeting on February 4! If you missed it, please view the recording here. And a special thanks to those who “filled the L.L. Bean boot” to save Sweet Berry Farm – we received $8,400 in donations and are now 99% of the way there!
The build-out analysis we commissioned from Sasaki & Associates is complete. Its projections are sobering; if development and conservation levels continue as projected, all of the unconserved land on Aquidneck Island will be developed by 2050. Read the full report here.
The 2020 ALT newsletter has been sent to all of our donors; if you would like to read the digital version, you can find it here. Despite the challenges of 2020, ALT remained busy, working to conserve more land and protect our vulnerable drinking water supply. Look for our fiscal year 2020 annual report in February!
We are delighted to share our conservation video with you! See how ALT’s efforts to conserve our land and water resources benefit everyone by protecting the scenic vistas, local agriculture, drinking water supply, and wildlife habitat that make Aquidneck Island special.
Newport Daily News | July 29, 2019
ALT, the City of Newport, and the Ballard Family work to conserve Ballard Park.
Providence Journal | April 28, 2019
Owner donates 6.2 acres to Land Trust
Newport Daily News | November 20, 2018
A local donor leaves ALT $250,000 bequest for land conservation.
Newport Daily News | August 25, 2018
The new Gewirz Trail at Spruce Acres is scheduled to open soon.
Newport Daily News | January 8, 2018
Efforts to clean up storm-water got a boost recently, thanks to a donation to the Aquidneck Land Trust.
Newport Daily News | March 2, 2018
Land Trust raises $368,000 to purchase 15-acre property
The Newport Daily News | September 11, 2017
Participants in the Bird Banding Walk get a close-up look at a hatch year common yellow throat in Middletown.
The Newport Daily News | June 29, 2017
Jim and Michelle Garman harvest kale for their CSA customers at their Middletown farm.
Middletown Patch | August 27, 2017
Three local organizations have won funding ranging from giving away rain barrels to installing art in Miantonomi Park.
