The Mission of the Sherborn Rural Land Foundation:

• To assist and promote the preservation of the rural character of the Town of Sherborn, and the establishment of sound conservation practices.
  
• To engage in and encourage to preserve ecologically significant undeveloped land, and to preserve the flora and fauna.
  
• To preserve and maintain areas within the Town of Sherborn especially for the conservation of public water resources, for preservation of marshland, swamps and other wetlands, animal and plant life; for the education of anyone interested in conservation and the biological sciences and for general public outdoor passive recreation.