A divided Chilmark conservation commission voted last week to approve a project to install a new culvert in Mill Brook headwaters off North Road. Proposed by the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the project has kicked up a cloud of controversy.
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation
2025
April 24, 2025
The southern pine beetle has devastated parts of some of the Island's forests. Conservation groups are in the early stages of fighting back.
January 29, 2025
Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation and The Nature Conservancy received the grants for conservation projects in Edgartown and West Tisbury from the state Department of Fish and Game.
January 8, 2025
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank and Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation bought a majority of the historic Chappaquiddick property from the descendants of the Potter and Slater families for $13.78 million.
2024
September 10, 2024
The Vineyard Haven Library will host an upcoming presentation by Nancy Tutko of TrailsMV entitled, Exploring Martha’s Vineyard with TrailsMV.
January 26, 2024
Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation this week received a $75,000 grant from the state to help combat an invasive beetle infestation in the Phillips Preserve forest in Tisbury.
2023
October 16, 2023
Pimpneymouse Farm, the historic coastal farm that has graced the eastern-facing shoreline of Chappaquiddick for nearly a century, will be preserved in a joint conservation purchase by the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank and the Sheriff's Meadow Foundation.
