Join the Crowd!

We are a grassroots area nonprofit, not a top-down for-profit corporation. Our vision is to create this burial ground and protect the surrounding conserved land through community, for community. That takes dedicated volunteers who enjoy working in the outdoors. It also means sharing a midday meal with friends, new and old, while picturing this space as we prepare it for generations to come. Please join us.

Here's How to Come Prepared

Clothing

• Full length shirts and pants
• Sturdy boots
• Hat and work gloves
• Rainwear or extra layer as needed

Tools

• Chainsaws
• Handsaws
• Trimmers
• Weedwhackers
• Rakes
• Shovels
• Spading forks
• Tarps
• Wheelbarrows

Food and Water

• Pack a lunch and plenty of water for yourself, and to share if you wish. Always welcome!

Parking

• Parking is in the Meadow until the lot is built Please park tight!

Protection and Safety

• A portapotty is on the premises
• Ticks are plentiful, so dress and prep accordingly
• We have a first aid kit with basics, but bring anything you may need
• Safety glasses, chaps, and any other aids for power tool operating

Read our Operations Handbook for Worker and Volunteer Safety

Craig Cadieux, Frank Cocchiarella, Lee Webster, Heather Huckins, and Terri Potter, chainsaw at the ready

Thanks to Our Volunteers!

Craig Cadieux and Beth Williams measuring for the kiosk

Our new kiosk

Lee Webster introducing the new kiosk built by Craig Cadieux and Beth Williams

Tamaracks being prepped for the pavilion corner posts

Checking out the tamaracks

Clean up means lots of chipping and burn piles

Jared Horton of Northern Vista Droneworks in Campton flying drones to create maps

Grace Garvey debarking the tamaracks

Ace, the Maple, in April

Craig Cadieux debarking

Todd Moore debarking in the cold

Todd Moore debarking in the heat

Doug McLane, Grace Garvey, and Todd Moore before the fall of the tamaracks

Grace Garvey and Todd Moore clearing for debarking

Craig Cadieux, Todd Moore, and Grace Garvey debarking and clearing

Craig Cadieux and Bill Crangle locating the septic tank for decommissioning

Craig Cadieux checking the lines

Steve Whitman beginning the parking lot clearing

Steve Whitman starting the first test dig in the Grove in April

Getting deeper

Finished and full again - 3 hours out, 1 hour in

Doug McLane and Craig Cadieux - Men at Work

Craig Cadieux, Todd Moore, Doug McLane, Grace Garvey, Mary Downes, and Lee Webster

The Kiosk with maps

safeguarding ecological integrity through natural burial