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Properties Protected in Fiscal Year 2002
Please note that the following projects were completed by the former Department of Environmental Management. The projects below do not describe any projects completed by the former Metropolitan District Commission.

The following projects were completed in Fiscal Year 2002 ( July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002 ). With the help of our partners, just over 11,385 acres of land were acquired or protected. DEM acquired most of these properties outright, through "fee acquisition." The remaining projects were protected through conservation restrictions (which essentially remove the right to develop a property).

Project Town Significance Size/acres
Antell Spencer/E. Brookfield Diverse property with agricultural land, wetland, & upland 278
Ainsworth Deerfield Part of a multi-year effort to protect the Pocumtuck Range 12
Brockway South Hadley Protects rare species and trails 44
Brzys Agawam Secures significant inholding within Robinson State Park 6.5
Chestnut Hill Projects (5 projects) Orange Protects the summit and environs of Chestnut Hill 324
Farrick Conway Critical adjacent land at Conway State Forest 83
Govoni /McGuire Falmouth Critical parcel along the Child's River 18.5
Granby AFB Granby Contains a sand plain habitat at the base of Mount Holyoke 100
Grogan Greenfield Protects scenic parcel along the Pocumtuck Ridge 6.4
Town of Hatfield Hatfield Acquisition protects watershed and large unfragmented forest 354.4
Hawes Dartmouth/Fall River Continued expansion of the Southeastern Mass. Bioreserve 294
Hawks Deerfield Part of a multi-year effort to protect the Pocumtuck Range 8
Hawks II Deerfield Part of a multi-year effort to protect the Pocumtuck Range 5.5
Hosmer Woods Orange Gift conservation restriction protects large unfragmented parcel 198
Howes Ashfield Protects diverse habitat including vernal pools and grassland 151
Keedje Farm Mt. Washington Critical adjacent land at Mount Everett State Reservation 46
Kogut Hatfield Contains the headwaters of the Hatfield River 132
Krogh Deerfield Part of a multi-year effort to protect the Pocumtuck Range 15.5
LaPlante Kinsgton Provides public access to the Jones River 1.3
Lefebvre Cheshire Critical linkage between Mount Greylock & the Visitor's Center 97
Legg Uxbridge Protects scenic farm on the Blackstone River 42.7
Levinger Shutesbury/Wendell Contains multiple resource values including wetlands and forests 220
Lucander Westminster Property located within a large complex of protected lands 41.8
Mizzenmast Mashpee Preserves Native American burial ground .25
McDowell Douglas Continued protection of Wallum Lake .25
Mount Tom Holyoke Multi-partner effort to protect the summit of Mt. Tom 234
Mount Watatic Ashburnham/Ashby Partnership effort to protect the summit of Mt. Watatic

281
NEFF- Hartshorn Ashburnham Provides protection of the Midstate Trail 380.7
Newman Florida Protects habitat for several rare species 89
Robar Westminster Provides protection for Crow Hill and wetland habitat 55
Town of Rowley Rowley Gift CR protects adjacent land and water resources 27.6
Shores II Bernardston Provides crucial habitat for large mammals 318
Spectacle Island Boston Gift to DEM that allows for the creation of a Visitor's Center 1
Strawberry Hill Ipswich Provides public access to estuary and protects historic structures 106
Sternagle Middlefield Improves access to Middlefield State Forest 210
S. Hadley Fire District Hadley Protects municipal watershed lands on the Holyoke Range 615.2
Thompson Island Boston Secures the last unprotected Boston Harbor Island 240
Tully Initiative (26 properties) Warwick, Royalston , Orange Part of a multi-agency landscape protection project 1020.58
Valley Land Fund Deerfield Part of a multi-year effort to protect the Pocumtuck Ridge 27
Walent Pepperell Protects scenic parcel on the Nashua River 46
Wojewoda Hadley Protects critical parcel on the Holyoke Range 11.5

Department of Environmental Protection Aquifer Land Acquisition Projects

The following six projects were part of the Department of Environmental Protection Aquifer Land Acquisition (DEP ALA) Program. This grant program provides partial reimbursements to municipalities and water commissions for their costs of acquiring land that will aid in the protection of water supply resources. The DEP ALA grant program requires a state agency to be granted a conservation restriction on property acquired. DEM worked with DEP, the following municipalities and water commissions to protect these critical properties:

Project: Acreage

  1. Town of Bourne 10 acres
  2. Town of Egremont 213 acres
  3. Town of Ipswich 46 acres
  4. Town of Lakeville 3583 acres
  5. Town of Leverett 52.7 acres
  6. Springfield Water and Sewer Commission 1339 acres
 
     
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Land Acquisition Strategy
1997 to 2002

Properties Protected
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001
FY 2002
FY 2003

Publications
FY00 Annual Report
FY01 Annual Report
FY02 Annual Report
FY03 Annual Report

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