You are invited to help protect land in Hull, MA, including along the Weir River Estuary Get to know the Estuary!  Join us on an upcoming walk.   Please join us for our New Year's Day walk at 1 p.m. on Sunday, January 1. - Thank you to all who have donated and made purchases of calendars, illustrated 1795 maps, gratitude journals and memorabilia from All Things Hull.  Thanks to everyone's good thoughts and generosity we have nearly paid for the Chatham Street entrance to the Weir River Woods. -  If you would like to purchase a Hull along the edges 2012 calendar, please email one@hullporside.net. See a preview at lulu.com.  The calendar's $20 price includes a donation. - Thank You for wishing Judeth Van Hamm a happy birthday with a donation to the Hull Land Conservation Trust.  Judeth wrote, "The love I have felt has made this the most fun birthday of my life.  Thank You!"  - Thank you to the Sheehan Family Foundation for its $5,000 grant that brings us very close to the end.  Thanks to everyone's good thoughts and generosity, we have raised over $292,000 and are down to under $6,000 left to go to pay for the Chatham Street entrance to the Weir River Woods.  - An illustrated 1795 map of Hull makes a great gift.  The print comes with a certificate with your name and, if you wish, the name of someone you would like to honor.  The certificate includes interesting facts behind the three watercolor illustrations, which show Hull Village, Point Allerton and Nantasket Beach, and the tide mill at West Corner.  The map is available in two sizes.  The original size, 12½” by 16”, is offered as a thank you for donations of $130, of which $100 is tax deductible, and the 8” by 10” version is offered as a thank you for donations of $65, of which $50 is tax deductible.          The illustrated 1795 maps of Hull are available at the Sea Breeze Gallery in Hull.          You can donate using the button below or send a check using the donation form.   If you donate online, we will contact you to learn your wishes.  Donations of any amount will help.  Let us know if you would like a collector's-item decal or a card to honor someone.   Thank you. $ Thank you!!! Thank you to 1) The Trustees of Reservations for partnering with HLCT in obtaining and carrying out the MA Conservation Partnership challenge grant, 2) the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Division of Conservation Services that awarded this $75,563 grant, 3) the Hull Conservation Administrator for finding the grant source, 4) the Hull Selectmen and Conservation Commission for voting to jointly hold the CR with TTOR,  5) the Conservation Commission for its Weir River Woods Access Study which provided the basis for the state grant application, 6) the Fields Pond Foundation for its $8,000 grant, 7) the Sheehan Family Foundation for its $25,000 grant in 2008 and its $5,000 grant in 2011 and 8) the many people who have made donations from small to big that have added up to over $178,000 so far.  The Hull Land Conservation Trust is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.  Its EIN is #02-0800781. Click here to enjoy Cinzi Lavin's "Come Back to Life in the Woods" and scenes through the seasons.    Thank You for envisioning a paid-for Chatham Street entrance to the Weir River Woods.