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Mass Audubon Protects 238 Acres of Priority Habitat in December 2007

17 acres abutting Allens Pond is now protected via conservation restriction.

LINCOLN, Mass.- Mass Audubon ended 2007 with a flurry of completed land protection projects. As a result, nearly 238 acres of high priority land of varying habitat in nine locations around the state were permanently protected this past December. Many of the newly conserved properties abut existing Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries.

"We were thrilled to complete nine land conservation projects this past December," said Mass Audubon Director of Land Protection Bob Wilber. "Important habitats throughout Massachusetts-from the heart of the Berkshires to the remote Elizabeth Islands and several locations in between-are now permanently protected. Each property will serve both to protect nature and to provide a place for people to experience it firsthand."

The largest project, 130 acres located in Dudley and Oxford, was protected via a conservation restriction made by Dudley resident Chet Kulisa. The land abuts Mass Audubon's Pierpont Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Dudley.

Other newly protected properties during this period include:

• 1 acre abutting Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lenox, which protects Yokun Brook, a perennial stream that feeds a vast wetland system at Pleasant Valley and is a tributary to the Housatonic River.
• 2.5 acres on Cuttyhunk Island that protects important coastal sandplain habitat.
• 5 acres in Holliston that is adjacent to Mass Audubon's Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary in Hopkinton.
• 29.3 acres of land and tidal marsh habitat in Marshfield abutting Mass Audubon's Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, and includes frontage on Green Harbor River.
• 0.4 acres of land near Mass Audubon's Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary in Nahant. This conservation restriction is Nahant's first and is part of a natural area that attracts many migrating songbirds.
• 21.9 acres in Dover, which was a priority for Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctaury in Natick and abuts other conservation land.
• 17 acres of land in Dartmouth abutting Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Dartmouth.
• 30.89 acres in Plainfield that abuts Mass Audubon property. This land is entirely forested and contains several streams, and is home to black bear and a variety of native plant species.