Key W.D. Cowls forestland protected in $3.25M deal Walter Cowls Jones SUBMITTED PHOTO Forestland adjacent to the Atkins Reservoir in Shutesbury. SUBMITTED PHOTO Beaver pond in the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near the Quabbin Reservoir. SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO Spear Macomber beaver pond is part of the land being conserved under an agreement announced last week. SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO Nine years after completion of the largest contiguous private land conservation arrangement in the state’s history, additional W.D. Cowls forestland totaling 2,038 acres between North Amherst and the Quabbin Reservoir is being permanently protected.