Causes: Environment, Environmental Education

Mission: To assist in and promote the preservation of the rual character of the town of bolton in order to preserve and maintain areas: for conservation of public water resources; for preservation of marshland, swamps and other wetlands and the animal life therein, sections of unique historical significance or natural beauty, green-belt and similar open sections; for education of the public concerning the wise use of natural reasources; for general public outdoor passive recreation; and for the encouragement of the study of plants, animals, birds and other wildlife, and the sylvan culture of the town of bolton.

Target demographics: in land conservation and environmental education

Direct beneficiaries per year: over 500 K-5 students through the Four Winds Nature Program, 250 children at the Tom Denney Nature Camp,

Geographic areas served: Bolton, Massachusetts

Programs: Bolton Town Common Initiative to remediate the contaminated and abandoned Smith property and develop a Town Common in the center of town, Tom Denney Nature Camp coeducational summer camp held in the Bower Springs conservation area, Four Winds Nature Program environment and nature enrichment program run by volunteers in Bolton's elementary school