LOOK WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2007!
When it comes to preserving land, 2007 was a great year for BLT and the Town of Barnstable! We are thrilled to report that 11 parcels of land were either put under a Conservation Restriction (CR) or given as outright gifts – totaling 69.80 acres of land within the Town of Barnstable that will be protected and preserved. Thanks to each of the landowners for this bounty.
The gifts and CRs break down as follows:
- 8 CRs were recorded – for a total of 65.85 acres of land
- 3 parcels were gifted – totaling 3.95 acres of land
The biggest CR recorded protects over 25 acres of land in West Barnstable; the smallest is just over half an acre in Marstons Mills. No matter what the size, however, each of these parcels provides significant benefit to our community for a number of reasons: habitat and/or wetland protection; preservation of scenic views; importance to fish, wildlife or plants; protection of marine water quality and/or shoreline…in short, to limit or prevent construction of land that has been identified as having natural resource value.
More details about the CRs and gifts of land are featured in the the spring issue of the BLT newsletter, Resources. |