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Do you like to walk in the woods?
Do you care about endangered species?
Do you enjoy watching dragonflies, or birds? Butterflies?
Is there someplace that is beautiful to you?

You can do something to preserve those places that you love.

Did you know Massachusetts loses over 40 acres a day to development?
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Support Opacum Land Trust

Opacum Land Trust exists because of people who care about the environment and the future of our communities. We are a private, non-profit local charity with an all-volunteer board of directors. Your membership dollars go directly towards proactive land conservation efforts here in south central Massachusetts.

Do you own a business? Click here to learn more about how you can help Opacum.

Please visit Our Supporters, as these local businesses help make great things happen!

Membership Benefits include:

Subscription to our quarterly newsletter
Updates on OLT conservation projects
Invitations to special programs and events
Opportunity to work on OLT committees

You can Become a Member or Renew Your Membership Online
Using the Network for Good - please designate "Membership" or "Renewal"
You can make a secure on-line donation using Network for Good

Additional ways to Support Opacum Land Trust:

Employee Matching Gift Programs
Many large companies will match donations made by employees. Ask your employer for details. Current matching partners include MassMutual, Karl Storz Endovision and National Grid.

Gifts of Appreciated Securities
As you contemplate your Annual Appeal Gift to Opacum Land Trust, you might consider a gift of appreciated securities in lieu of cash. The general appreciation in stock values may mean that you can make a gift that is particularly tax-advantaged. Gifts of appreciated securities held for more than one year are eligible for a charitable income tax deduction for their full market value (we advise that you check tax laws as they apply to your situation). In addition, if the securities have appreciated in value since you acquired them, you completely avoid the capital gains tax you would incur if you sold them. So your actual cost of giving is less than that of an equivalent gift of cash.

Help us to build our endowment: Make OLT the beneficiary of your IRA
Did you know that you can designate Opacum as the beneficiary of your IRA? All of your savings can be used for land protection with no income taxes due! Leave a legacy that helps to make a difference - designating a beneficiary is revocable at anytime, there is no cost, it's simple - you can likely do it on-line.

Thank You For Your Generous Support!

Do you own a business?

Does your business recycle, support green initiatives, make matching gifts to your employees' favorite charities?

That's admirable, and very progressive thinking, but how about making a huge impact right in your own backyard?

Our Supporters
Consider becoming a Business Supporter of this LOCAL land protection organization. We work right in your community and keep it looking attractive, we provide recreational opportunities and attract people here to visit your towns' beauty - that's good, clean and fun business, one that you can feel good about supporting.

As a Business that Supports OLT, you will be listed & linked on our website and you will receive our quarterly newsletter which can be shared with your employees and your customers. The newsletter describes our activities, programs, ongoing projects, and of course, our successes made possible by your support.

Think green, and become a business supporter of your local land trust.

Opacum Land Trust Gift Membership

Give something different

Some people can be difficult to shop for (like me). Why not give them a gift of membership to their local land trust? A gift membership to Opacum Land Trust does not collect dust, and won't be recycled like a holiday fruitcake! It's the thought that counts, and supporting local conservation efforts is a very thoughtful gift that will count for the entire year.

Gift Membership Form

Opacum Land Trust Paws Membership

For the pet in your life- Opacum's new Paws membership

Let your humans know how much you love walks in the woods at Opacum Properties- like Opacum Woods, or the Thompson Preserve!

Put your best paw forward, become a full-fledged canine member of Opacum Land Trust. A paws membership is $30.00, and rewards a dog and his or her human for supporting local conservation efforts. We ALL love a walk in the woods; some of us just can't wag our tails to prove it.

Cats are welcome, too!

Charter Canine Members:

Sam Sweet enjoys an early morning canoe ride on Morse Pond, part of the Claire Birtz Wildlife Sanctuary in Southbridge.

We welcome Opacum's newest paws member, Bubba Ojerholm. According to his human, "Bubba loves to ride on his "toon" on Lake Lashaway when not enjoying a walk in the woods. This is a great idea, walks are more fun with a dog!"

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