Washington resident donates easement, preserves 108 acres of farmland Tue, 04/13/2021 - 5:15pm
Partnership made this project possible. L to R: Adam Bishop, Maine Farmland Trust Farmland Protection
Program Director; Landowner Mary Merrifield; Anna Fiedler, Midcoast Conservancy Land Protection
Specialist and Buck O’Herin, Midcoast Conservancy Board President; celebrate permanent protection of
Green Pastures Conservation Easement. (Photo courtesy Midcoast Conservancy)
The recent Conservation Easement includes 13 acres of fields for agricultural purposes and 95 acres of forest that provide wildlife habitat, clean air, slow climate change, and filter water. (Photo courtesy Midcoast Conservancy)
WASHINGTON On April 7, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 108 acres owned by Mary Merrifield, in Washington. The Easement not only ensures the farm will remain agricultural land, its protection ensures that it will provide wildlife habitat, clea
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Ali Stevenson, Midcoast Conservancy Thu, 12/24/2020 - 8:30am
Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot recently protected the wildlife habitat on their land along the Sheepscot River in Whitefield with a donated Conservation Easement. Courtesy of Midcoast Conservancy
The recent Conservation Easement includes nearly 500 feet of frontage on the Sheepscot River, protecting water quality and wildlife habitat on this scenic river. Courtesy of Midcoast Conservancy
Brook Floater, a freshwater mussel whose habitat is protected by the recent Conservation Easement donation. Freshwater mussels are the most endangered group of animals in North America. Photo by Ethan Nedeau.
On Dec. 10, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated Conservation Easement on 16 acres owned by Sue Walker and Bob Lightfoot in Whitefield. They named the property the Brook Floater property, in honor of the habitat for the rare Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa) it protects on the Sheepscot River. Freshwater mussels are