Tillinghast Pond Management Area is a 2,200-acre property managed by the Nature Conservancy in close partnership with the Town of West Greenwich and Department of Environmental Management. It is the Nature Conservancy’s largest wildlife preserve in Rhode Island and features over 10 miles of trails with connections to even more through the adjacent Wickaboxet Management Area and Pratt Conservation Area.
Sparked by Phebe Shepard’s gift of 500 acres in 2006, the Conservancy joined with the people of West Greenwich, The Champlin Foundation, RIDEM, and many generous donors to protect Tillinghast Pond. At stake was the health of the largest forest between Boston and Washington, D.C.
