2013-2018

Big news—we've completed the second and final phase of protecting the 610-acre former Tidmarsh Farms property in Plymouth! Mass Audubon acquired a permanent Conservation Restriction (CR) to ensure the perpetual conservation of “Tidmarsh West”—129 acres of land located on the west side of Beaver Dam Road.

On June 15, 2018, Mass Audubon protected a spectacular piece of land in Plainfield, MA. Adjacent to our West Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, this 110-acre property is part of a large network of significant wildlife corridors.

Congratulations—and many, many thanks—to all who helped Mass Audubon successfully complete the purchase of 450+/- acres of land in the Manomet section of Plymouth that will soon become our newest wildlife sanctuary—the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary! 

On December 23, 2016, the deed to the new Tracy Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Richmond was recorded. Tracy Brook—which includes 21 acres of wetlands and a nature trail—was donated to Mass Audubon by Rich and Patty Levy.

Mass Audubon added a small but important 13-acre parcel to its Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Hampden.

©Richard Johnson

On June 2, thanks to donations from scores of generous contributors, Mass Audubon purchased 53 acres for addition to our High Ledges Wildlife Sanctuary in Shelburne.

We are pleased to announce the recent addition of four parcels totaling 66 acres of rocky oak upland and forested wetlands adjacent to our Pierpont Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Dudley. In a profession in which no two projects are alike, this one took a particularly unusual path to its happy ending. Read More

Mass Audubon has collaborated closely for several decades with a very generous private individual with a deep and genuine conservation ethic. What has resulted is nothing short of amazing – the future Cold Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Read More

Thanks to a local family committed to conservation, Mass Audubon was able to purchase an important 2.5 acre parcel of land at the entrance to the Rough Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary. Read More