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My Turn: Speaking for the trees
The Buttonball Tree in Sunderland on North Main Street dwarfs other full grown trees around it. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/14/2021 4:40:09 PM
Trees have been in the news a lot recently. It looks like a crisis was averted in Sunderland when citizens came to the rescue of the beloved 400-year-old Buttonball Tree. It appears news of his death was greatly exaggerated. But tree huggers, like me, want to be sure the historic creature, which has been a witness to human history, is forever protected and preserved.
You can learn a lot about us humans from looking at a tree. Our mutual existence is intertwined.
Key W.D. Cowls forestland protected in $3.25M deal
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Forestland adjacent to the Atkins Reservoir in Shutesbury. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Beaver pond in the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near the Quabbin Reservoir. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Spear Macomber beaver pond is part of the land being conserved under an agreement announced last week. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Nine years after completion of the largest contiguous private land conservation arrangement in the state’s history, additional W.D. Cowls forestland totaling 2,038 acres between North Amherst and the Quabbin Reservoir is being permanently protected.
Home » News » Key W.D. Cowls forestland protected in $3.3M deal
Nine years after completing the largest contiguous private land conservation arrangement in the state’s history, additional W.D. Cowls forestland totaling 2,038 acres, between North Amherst and the Quabbin Reservoir, is being permanently protected.
Last week, state officials announced the creation of the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest, which supplements the 3,486-acre Paul C. Jones Working Forest and will serve to protect water supplies locally and for Boston, preserve extensive wildlife habitat and promote continued production of timber.
The conservation restriction was purchased for $3.34 million, or $100,000 less than the appraised value, with public funding coming from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, U.S. Forest Legacy Program and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game which will hold the conservation restriction and private funds raised by Kestrel Land Trust from the John T.
Key W.D. Cowls forestland protected in $3.34M deal
Walter Cowls Jones SUBMITTED PHOTO
Forestland adjacent to the Atkins Reservoir in Shutesbury. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Beaver Pond in the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near the Quabbin Reservoir. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Modified: 1/6/2021 1:53:07 PM
Nine years after completing the largest contiguous private land conservation arrangement in the state’s history, additional W.D. Cowls forestland totaling 2,038 acres, between the Quabbin Reservoir and North Amherst, is being permanently protected.
On Wednesday, state officials announced the creation of the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest, which supplements the 3,486-acre Paul C. Jones Working Forest and will serve to protect water supplies locally and for Boston, preserve extensive wildlife habitat and promote continued production of timber.