| Properties
Protected in Fiscal Year 2003
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 2003 (July
1, 2002 – June 30, 2003). With the help of our partners, just
over 2390 acres of land were acquired or protected. DCR 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 |
| Bemben |
Hadley |
Limits development on the Holyoke
Range |
25 |
| Billings |
Deerfield |
Part of the Pocumtuck Ridge protection effort |
32.76 |
| Bingham |
Ashburnham |
Protects the west side of Mt. Watatic |
76.6 |
| Bufflehead Bay |
Mashpee |
Protects property along Abigail Brook |
35.2 |
| Cheshire Rod & Gun Club |
Cheshire |
Completes linkage parcel at Mt. Greylock SR |
79 |
| Dept. of Defense |
Granby |
Protects sand plain habitat at the base of Mt. Holyoke |
100 |
| French |
Gill |
Protects French King Gorge greenway |
99 |
| Hawks |
Hawley |
Protects headwaters of Albee Brook and critical habitat |
63 |
| Giknis |
Gill |
Preserves the area around French King Gorge |
40.6 |
| Goose Pond |
Concord |
Adds significantly to historic Walden Pond |
26.4 |
| Hurst |
Granville |
Protects significant frontage on the Hubbard River |
48.1 |
| Janowitz |
Shutesbury |
Added protection for Ames Pond and Lake Wyola |
135.72 |
| Kucharski |
Hadley |
Protects floodplain forest on the Connecticut River |
21 |
| Milsner |
Monterey |
Provides greater protection for the Appalachian Trail |
50 |
| Mulcahy |
Salisbury |
Opens up ocean views and restored dunes |
.62 |
| Giebel |
Deerfield |
Long-term effort to protect the Pocumtuck Ridge |
70 |
| Kaufhold |
Gill |
Secures a large block of land at French King Gorge |
108 |
| Morse |
Bellingham |
Protects significant stretch of the SNETT |
10.23 |
| Norcross Wildlife Foundation |
Warwick |
Abuts Warwick State Forest |
92 |
| Opacum Land Trust |
Sturbridge |
Gift of a CR on land protecting critical rare habitat |
255.8 |
| Peteroy |
Mt. Washington |
Gift of land along Bash Bish Brook |
16.675 |
| Robar |
Westminster |
Protects Crow Hill and wetland habitat |
57.9 |
| Shirley |
Lanesborough |
Multi-year effort to protect unique limestone cave area |
70.39 |
| Sawyer-Richardson |
Boxford |
Protects large wetland and important bird area |
135 |
| Smiarowski |
Sunderland |
Protects significant frontage on the Connecticut River |
20 |
| Smith |
Monterey |
Gift of land abutting Beartown State Forest |
9.88 |
| Stehman |
Egremont |
Prevents development at Jug End SR |
16.4 |
| Sternagle |
Middlefield |
Improves access for Middlefield State Forest |
25 |
| Tabak |
Deerfield |
Long-term effort to protect the Pocumtuck Ridge |
58 |
| Town of Eastham |
Eastham |
Gift provides buffer along the Cape Cod Rail Trail |
18 |
| Truitt |
Ashburnham |
Further protects Little Watatic Mountain |
14.95 |
| War Memorial |
Montague |
Key parcel for access to Great Falls Discovery Center |
.58 |
| Webber |
Groton |
Protects scenic landscape near Groton's town center |
552.53 |
| Weiss |
Deerfield |
Long-term effort to protect the Pocumtuck Ridge |
6.8 |
| Valley Land Fund |
Deerfield |
Long-term effort to protect the Pocumtuck Ridge |
19.07 |
During FY 2003, DCR received ½ undivided
fee interest in 2414 acres of land that the Commonwealth previously
acquired as part of the Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve initiative,
which it now co-holds with the Department of Fish and Game.
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