{"id":8401,"date":"2024-08-07T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orleansconservationtrust.org\/?page_id=8401"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:47:56","slug":"press-releases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/press-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Read about recent acquisitions and gifts, programs and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>For press inquiries, please contact Executive Director Stephen O&#8217;Grady at 508-255-0183.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"attachment_8418\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/Namequoit-Wood-Conservation-Area-OGRADY-2-Compressed-further-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8418\" src=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/Namequoit-Wood-Conservation-Area-OGRADY-2-Compressed-further-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The recent gift of Namequoit Wood includes a mix of woodland and open habitat and affords stunning views of Pleasant Bay and its islands.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Press Release Archive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Town Vote Moves Cedar Pond Protection Effort into Final Phase for Orleans Conservation Trust (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-05-11_CedarPondUpdatePressRelease.pdf\">May 2026<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Takes Action to Protect Water Quality and Community Character in the Heart of Orleans (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-02-09_TonsetPressRelease.pdf\">February 2026<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Receives $260,000 Grant from Massachusetts Conservation Partnership Grant Program for Cedar Pond Shore Land Protection Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-10-29_CedarPondPressRelease.pdf\">October 2025<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Constructs ADA Trail at 109 Portanimicut Road, Orleans (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-06-17_ADA-Trail-Ribbon-Cutting-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2025<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Receives $100,000 Grant from Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration for Namequoit Bog (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-11-27_DER-Grant-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2024<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Receives Extraordinary Gift Of Land:\u00a0 26 Acres on Pleasant Bay Protected (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-08-09_Namequoit-Wood-Press-Release_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2024<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Voters Can Protect 4.5 Acres for Woodland And Watershed in Partnership with Orleans Conservation Trust:\u00a0 South Orleans Property Will Safeguard Critical Habitat and Drinking Water <a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-04-02_Eli-Rogers-Road-Press-Release_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(April 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Aims to Protect 4.5 Acres for Woodland and Watershed Protection: South Orleans Property Will Safeguard Critical Habitat (<a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-09-12_Eli-Rogers-Road-Press-Release-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 2023<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Orleans Conservation Trust Partners with Orleans Schools:\u00a0 New Grant Program and &#8220;Outdoor Classrooms&#8221; Will Bring Kids Closer to Nature <a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-4-13-IMMEDIATE-RELEASE-OCT-Partners-with-Orleans-Schools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(April 2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about recent acquisitions and gifts, programs and initiatives. For press inquiries, please contact Executive Director Stephen O&#8217;Grady at 508-255-0183. Press Release Archive: Town Vote Moves Cedar Pond Protection Effort into Final Phase for Orleans Conservation Trust (May 2026) Orleans Conservation Trust Takes Action to Protect Water Quality and Community Character in the Heart of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-8401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9472,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8401\/revisions\/9472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}