Conservation

The Robert D. Wray Charitable Trust stewards over 200 acres of ecologically and historically significant farmland and forest in Rehoboth, Massachusetts — funding and hosting the conservation research, habitat restoration, and creative inquiry needed to protect it for generations to come.

Our Mission

Established on land farmed by the Davis family since 1793 and protected by a Conservation Restriction since 2001, the trust funds partnerships with scientists, institutions, artists, and conservation organizations whose work advances ecological resilience, watershed health, at-risk species recovery, and sustainable agriculture on and beyond the property.

Our Vision

A permanently protected New England landscape — historic in its roots, rigorous in its science, and generous in its partnerships — where the trust's grantmaking enables researchers, students, and conservationists to do work that matters: restoring streams, sustaining pollinators, protecting rare species, and building the knowledge base for conservation across southeastern Massachusetts.