December 20, 2024

296 Acres Saved

by Eesha Williams
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Shutesbury, Massachusetts borders Amherst. On December 14, Kestrel land trust posted on its Facebook page, “We're grateful that we've been awarded a $327K grant from the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Acquisitions for Forest Reserves to protect 200 acres in Shutesbury next year.” The forest is on Montague Road. The plan is to never log the land.

Near Brattleboro, 96 acres of forest was saved, two groups announced on December 16. One of them is the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association. The other is Vermont Land Trust. The land is in Westminster, Vermont, which is nine miles from Brattleboro as the crow flies, town line to town line.

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