The Oxford Land Trust has four missions: the first, to obtain property and preserve it in perpetuity for passive use by the current and future generations. The second is to manage this property in such a manner as to ensure its availability and use by future generations. A third mission is to educate the public about the importance of preserving natural resources combining the missions of both education and preservation. An important example of obtaining property for preservation in perpetuity is the Land Trust's successful referendum to educate Oxford's citizens about the importance of purchasing land for open space. In 1998, the Land Trust was instrumental in the Town of Oxford's obtaining of what is now known as Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary.and, also for the management of this property. Later on,the Land Trust was additionally instrumental in the Town's purchase of the neighboring Bishop von Wettberg property. After 10 years of managing the Sanctuary, the Land Trust and Oxford's Board of Selectmen signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2009 in which a formal agreement was made to co-manage the properies going forward. For the educational aspect of its mission, the Land Trust has hosted hundreds of events featuring animals, waterfowl, birds, and hosted speakers focusing on forestry management, invasive plants, and local historical events. Furthering the educational mission, since the year 2000, directors of the Land Trust have led hundreds of Oxford's second graders and their parents and grandparents on the now famous "Second-Grade Hike" through the trails of Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary pointing out glacial outcroppings, remanants of historical human and current animal habitation, giving examples of photosynthesis through the topic of maple sugaring, speaking about the importance of wetlands, and natural selection. (See picture of Second-Grade Hike, 2014,) Going forward, the Land Trust will continue its tradiional misions to support the purchase of further parcels of open space for use for current and future generations in perpetuity and for its use for the passive recreations such as hiking, photography, and nature sudy in order to provide increasingly needed aspects of sanctuary from an increasingly hectic and fast-past daily life.