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    Discover Greenbelt - An enthusiastic community of people just like you, dedicated to conserving local farmland, habitat and our splendid scenic landscapes for the benefit of current and future generations.

    About Us Video
  • Earth Month Activities

    Join Us

    Join us for a month’s worth of activities and volunteer opportunities celebrating our planet. Meet your neighbors, learn about how we can green-up Essex County and work together for a sustainable future. Fun for all ages and it’s free.

    Earth Month
  • Help Us Conserve Land

    Join Greenbelt

    We count on our members to help us conserve land. Please join or renew your membership today, and receive your Greenbelt Guidebook and personalized Member Benefits Card!

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  • Connect-to-Nature

    OspreyCam

    Greenbelt's OspreyCam is now live.
    Follow the adventures of our nesting pair via live-feed webcam as they settle to hatch their young atop the 12ft platform at Cox Reservation.

    Osprey Program

Conserving local farmland, wildlife habitat and scenic landscapes.

Since 1961, Greenbelt has conserved over 15,000 acres and has been responsible for 75% of all Essex County land protected in the last decade. Our focus is the creation of "greenbelts" consisting of river, trail, and other natural corridors, coastal systems and visually intact landscapes.
You can Help

Greenbelt is a member-supported non-profit land trust. Over 4,000 members and donors support our land conservation efforts.

Join us and become part of a growing conservation community brought together through activities, events, volunteer opportunities and dynamic on-line communication.
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We need you. Greenbelt offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities!

Greenbelt offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities! You can give your time and energy to support a Greenbelt trail project, monitor one of our many properties or pitch in with a special event.
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Greenbelt works to protect all of the benefits of local farms.

Greenbelt works to protect all the benefits of local farms - the bounty they produce, the sense of community they build and our shared agricultural heritage in Essex County. We work one-on-one with farmers to help permanently protect their valuable land from development while encouraging active farming to continue.
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