Lands Protected by Brewster Conservation Trust

The Brewster Conservation Trust has a neat two-page list detailing all of the acreage it has preserved from November 1983 through January 2007. With 94 transactions comprising a total of 587.21 acres, here’s another way of looking at the list:

Acreage

   Upland - 458.00 acres (77.9%)
   Wetland - 129.20 acres (22.0%)

   More than 25 acres – 5 transactions (5.3%)
   10 to 25 acres – 9 transactions (9.5%)
   1 to 10 acres – 51 transactions (54.2%)
   Less than 1 acre – 27 transactions (28.7%)
   Not specified – 2 transactions (2.1%)

Acquisition Type

   Gift – 62 transactions (65.9%)
   Conservation Restriction – 18 transactions (19.1%)
   Bargain Sale – 6 transactions (6.3%)
   Temporary Conservation Restriction – 3 transactions (3.1%)
   Purchase – 2 transactions (2.1%)
   Bequest – 1 transaction (1.0%)
   Conservation Restriction Bargain Sale – 1 transaction (1.0%)
   Deed Restriction – 1 transaction (1.0%)

The largest parcel protected by Brewster Conservation Trust: a conservation restriction secured in 2004 on a 71.50 acre tract of maple and oak woods.