Lands Protected by Yarmouth Conservation Trust

The Yarmouth Conservation Trust has posted on its website a neat property inventory detailing all of the acreage it has preserved from its founding in 1986 through 2006. With 35 transactions comprising a total of 219.4 acres, here’s another way of looking at the list:

Acreage

   Upland – 102.61 acres (46.7%)
   Wetland – 116.79 acres (53.2%)

   More than 25 acres – 3 transactions (8.5%)
   10 to 25 acres – 2 transactions (5.7%)
   1 to 10 acres – 15 transactions (42.8%)
   Less than 1 acre – 15 transactions (42.8%)

Acquisition Type

   Gift – 25 transactions (71.4%)
   Conservation Restriction – 10 transactions (28.5%)

The largest parcel protected by the Yarmouth Conservation Trust: a conservation restriction secured in 2000 on a 53.87-acre tract of old cranberry bogs known as the “Hospital Bogs.”

Founded in 1986, the Yarmouth Conservation Trust “preserves open space to protect woodlands, water, wildlife habitats, and scenic views throughout Yarmouth.” One of the more interesting features of its website is the detailed biographies of its Board of Trustees.