Please join us for a benefit Golf Tournament for the Franklin Land Trust on June 7, 2008.
The event will be a 4-person scramble, 1:00 pm shotgun start.
There will be a BBQ dinner (chicken, ribs, salads & desserts) and awards reception to follow.
Featured events for the day will include:
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2008 - The
Franklin Land Trust invites you to our first
Franklin Land Trust finalizes land protection projects totaling
1,500 acres
The Franklin
Land Trust has just completed more than 1,500 acres worth of land
protection projects, bringing the total number of acres protected in
2007 to 2,808. The projects include land in Ashfield, Leverett,
Shelburne, Conway, Colrain and Erving.
All of the
projects involved gift conservation and/or agricultural
restrictions, in which landowners donated the development rights to
their parcels. They retain ownership of the property, but agree to
protect the land by leaving the land undeveloped.
"I'm so
pleased to say that we've had our best year ever, protecting 2,808
acres," said FLT Executive Director Richard Hubbard. "This work
wouldn't be possible without the landowners, who so deeply love
their land and want to see it protected forever."
The land
protected includes orchards, hayfields, woodland and wetlands. In
addition to preserving wildlife habitat and water resources, the
restrictions will help maintain the rural character of the towns
where they are located. One project,300 acres on Williamsburg Road
in Ashfield, consists of woodland and wetlands that are home to a
variety of wildlife. The property abuts the South River and also has
frontage along Conway and Williamsburg roads.
Another
large project is a 191-acre property on Broad Hill and Pratt Corner
roads in Leverett. The land is located in the watershed for the Town
of Amherst's public drinking water supply. It has an extensive trail
system that the owners hope to promote as a public resource.
Land
protected includes 782 acres in Ashfield; 337 acres in Leverett, 7
acres in Conway, 236 acres in Shelburne, 210 acres in Colrain, and 7
acres in Erving.
In
2007, the Franklin Land Trust completed 30 projects, protecting a
total of 2,808 acres in 13 area towns. In the past 20 years, the
Land Trust has protected more than 15,000 acres in the region.
You’re Getting
Warmer Springtime “Non-Event”
Just what you wanted: a day off.
Painting and photograph by Anna
Fessenden
(click photo for full size view)
You are invited to
Franklin Land Trust's first non-event event!
That’s right. In this benefit for FLT, we ask you to leave the car in the
garage.
There’s no list of gourmet entrees to choose from, no fossil fuel to burn,
and no babysitter to pay.Rather, we’re inviting people to simply step outside and take time to enjoy
the landscape we all
cherish and want to protect. RSVP
today!
If you take pictures of your afternoon outdoors, we’ll post them on our Web
site. And the best photo
we receive will be featured on the Franklin Land Trust homepage!
SPECIAL NOTE: March 22nd was
just the FIRST Saturday of spring. There are plenty of
spring weekends ahead and its
never too late to go out and enjoy your land!Take a photo of your special slice of Western Mass and
send it to
info@franklinlandtrust.org We hope
you can join us for this low-impact fundraiser.
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"then, there was something..."
Video of protected property in Ashfield;
created and produced by landowner
Robert A. Jonas.
Music by Robert A. Jonas and
Brooks Williams For more stunning nature videos by
Mr. Jonas,
please visit:
http://www.emptybell.org/podcast/index.php