Last year, Greenbelt completed a record 22 projects - the largest number of projects in a single year in its history, and this year Greenbelt will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its founding and achieve the milestone of 10,000 acres of land protected through its conservation activities. They have invested huge amounts of their time and gone above and beyond the call of duty to make New England's environment cleaner and safer for future generations. We owe them all a huge debt of gratitude. Greenbelt is a member-supported, nonprofit land trust dedicated to conserving land of ecological, agricultural or scenic significance in Essex County, with an emphasis on protecting open space corridors. Greenbelt conserves open space through direct acquisition of land through gift or purchase, the holding of conservation restrictions on privately owned land, and the brokering of conservation projects with other organizations, agencies and municipalities.
Greenbelt land is open to the public for hiking, cross-country skiing and nature observation.