Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation is pleased to confirm that on December 15, 2020, it purchased, in partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission, 304 acres of Red Gate Farm in Aquinnah from Red Gate Farm, LLC. This purchase is the largest single acquisition of conservation land in the history of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. The purchase [...]
More than a dozen sites from the African-American Heritage were added to the TrailsMV app in February. The African-American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard is a nonprofit community history organization dedicated to restoring, re- searching, and celebrating the history of African-American people on the Island. The new outing on TrailsMV features 14 of the trail’s [...]
Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation expresses its sincere gratitude to Nevenka K. Daniels for her devoted service to Sheriff’s Meadow as our Office Manager. Nevenka worked for Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for over13 years, from January 2008 to January of 2021. For most of her tenure, Nevenka served as the Office Manager. She warmly greeted all those who [...]
By Dan Waters I made these photographs with an old wooden camera on a tripod, using 4x5” black-and-white sheet film. The lens was a 7-1/4” Verito, first introduced by the Wollensak company in 1911 for the use of pictorial photographers. To operate the shutter, you squeeze a black rubber bulb. It was delightful to wander [...]
Chloe Combra Congratulations to Chloe Combra, this year’s recipient of the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation award at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School science fair. Sheriff’s Meadow sponsors an award as a part of our education program to be given to a student project focused on the environment. This year, the science fair was [...]
By Kate Feiffer As an octogenarian struggling with osteoporosis Elinor Moore Irvin still enjoyed walking the quarter mile from her cabin to get water from the well. “She definitely had a strong personality,” explained her grandnephew Perry Vayo. Vayo, along with his sister, Marie Vayo Greenbaum, worked closely with Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for over a [...]
By Adam R. Moore We sought garnets. With a hammer and a chisel, I clambered about on the rocky ledge, scanning for any glint of the dark red rock among the gneiss and schist. I was camping for the week at Camp Mattatuck, a Boy Scout camp in northwestern Connecticut. I had signed up for [...]
On November 11, 2020, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation’s Land Trust accreditation was renewed by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. In the letter of accreditation, the following commendation was included: “Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has made an extraordinary commitment to excellence, trust, and permanence in land conservation. The commission especially recognized Sheriff’s Meadow for successfully negotiating the purchase [...]
The autumnal light on the Vineyard never disappoints, but some years the foliage does. In 2020, however, nature came through with a spectacular display of popping oranges, reds, and yellows. We don’t need an official census to verify that there are more of us living on the Island than any “off season” before. As we [...]
Land Trust Alliance Recertification On November 11, 2020, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation’s Land Trust accreditation was renewed by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. In the letter of accreditation, the following commendation was included: “Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation has made an extraordinary commitment to excellence, trust, and permanence in land conservation. The commission especially recognized Sheriff’s Meadow for [...]
