Quick facts
ILF Funding: $13,447
ILF Service Area: Berkshire/Taconic Service Area
Project Location: Moscow Road, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts (latitude 42.3316, longitude -73.374)
Property size: 49 acres
Project summary
The Williams River Preservation Parcel is adjacent to the MassWildlife Maple Hill Wildlife Management Area. It includes about 5,000 feet of frontage on the Williams River and 38 acres of freshwater wetlands. The property was under threat of development, with 500 feet of frontage on Moscow Road and potential for residential housing lots. The Williams River is a major tributary of the Housatonic River. Acquisition and management of this parcel by MassWildlife ensures the preservation of these aquatic resources and roughly 10 acres of upland buffer.
Ecological attributes
- Coldwater Fisheries Resource
- BioMap2 Wetlands Core Habitat
- Priority Natural Communities Core
- Species of Conservation Concern Core
- BioMap2 Critical Natural Landscape Upland Wetlands Buffer
- Department of Environmental Protection Important Habitat
- The Nature Conservancy resilient site