PROJECT MAP

Click on MAP to see locations of past and pending Valley Land Fund projects.

Land Protection Projects Completed by
Valley Land Fund and Its Partners
1986-2004

TOWN	ACRES	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	PARTNERS (incomplete)
Agawam	30	APR/CR	Turtle breeding area near power plant site	DFA/NHESP-DFW
Amherst	22	APR	Farmland	Town/DFA
Amherst	15	CR	Farm/hayfield
Amherst	12	FEE	Wooded upland
Amherst	19	FEE	Woodland/Holyoke Range
Amherst	10	APR	Addition to protected farmland
Amherst	10	APR	Addition to existing APR; Northeast St.	Town/DFA/Kestrel Trust
Amherst	15	APR	Route 9 APR	Town/DFA/Kestrel Trust
Amherst	22	APR	Orchard/Holyoke Range
Amherst	101	FEE/CR/APR	Aquifer/wetland and farmland; adj. to Rail Trail	Town/DFA/Hampshire College
Amherst	49	APR	Farmland adjacent to Town land and Wilkie APR	DFA/Kestrel Trust/Town/AFT
Amherst	8.8	FEE	Inholding between DEM parcels	DEM?
Amherst	14	CR/trail	Farmland; adj. to Rail Trail	Town/Self-Help
Amherst	160	APR	Second-to-last farm in APR block	Amherst Comm. Pres. Cttee; Kestrel Trust
Ashfield	151	FEE	Wet meadow/beaver flowage/vernal pools and Swift R.	Franklin Land Trust; Town of Ashfield
Belchertown	6.4	FEE	Woodland; Turkey Hill
Belchertown	40	FEE	Aquifer area
Belchertown	112	FEE	Wetlands; water supply/Lawrence Swamp recharge area	Town/Kestrel/Self-Help
Belchertown	93	FEE	Adjoins Cadwell Memorial Forest & Springfield watershed	Belchertown
Bernardston	28	FEE	Waterfowl area	DFW
Blandford	275	FEE	Watershed of Spfld. Reservoir; streams & wetlands	Springfield Water Department
Blandford	69	FEE	Watershed land adj. Cons. Comm./CR holdings	Town
Blandford	150	FEE/CR	Wooded hilltop and wetlands; headwaters Wigwam Brook	Blandford
Charlemont	11.2	FEE	Stream; field; woods; starting point for protected block
Chesterfield	159	CR	Riverfront adj. state wildlife management areas
Chesterfield	40	CR	Adjacent to other CR
Chesterfield	30	FEE	Near Chesterfield SF	DEM
Chesterfield	110	FEE	On Westfield River / nr Chesterfield SF; Gorge; COE land
Chesterfield	20	FEE/CR	Connector between Krug Sugar Bush and S.F.	DEM/Hilltown Land Trust
Colrain	56	FEE	Woodland on Kennedy Ridge
Colrain	55	FEE	Woodland
Colrain	43	FEE/APR	Fields critical to sheep farm; area of stunning farms	Franklin Land Trust; conservation buyer
Cummington	169	FEE	Addition to state recr. area; signif.habitat;W'field Brk	DEM
Cummington	54.8	FEE	2 lots wooded land near TTOR reservation; Town center
Deerfield	1	FEE	Deerfield R. boating access
Deerfield	7	FEE	Keystone parcels for Pocumtuck Ridge corridor	DEM/Deerfield LT
Deerfield	40	CR	Ct. R. farmland; ~1600' shoreline	DEM
Deerfield	19.066	FEE	Keystone parcels for Pocumtuck Ridge corridor	DEM/Deerfield LT
Easthampton	27	FEE/APR	East St. farmland and brook; local LT nature trail	Pascommuck C.T.; TTOR; Town; DFA
Easthampton	72.67	FEE	Barnes Aquifer watershed/Mt. Tom flank/Broad Bk.	Town; Self Help Program
Easthampton	124	APR	Orchard/wooded stream valley	DFA; Easthampton
Gill	41	FEE	French King Gorge / Rt. 2 / Ct. R./listed spp.	DEM
Goshen	90	FEE	Near DAR State Forest
Granby	7	FEE	Marbled Salamander habitat; part of block	Friends of Mt. Holyoke Range
Greenfield	68.4	FEE/FEE/CR	Native American/geological site	Friends of Wissatinnewag; DEM; USFWS
Greenfield	9	FEE	Part of ridge corridor (Wissatinnewag to Town land)	DEM
Hadley	19.6	FEE	Grassland bird habitat	Sweet Water Trust
Hadley	100	FEE	Mt. Warner farmland	DEM; DFW
Hadley	38	FEE	Orchard on Mt. Warner	DFA
Hadley	10	FEE	Conn. R./Rte. 47	Kestrel Trust
Hadley	8	FEE	Rt. 47 farmland
Hadley	68	FEE	Lake Warner and dam	Sweet Water Trust
Hadley	16	FEE	Fort River
Hadley	2.5	FEE	Dike and trail along Ct. R.
Hadley	12	CR	Access easement to Hadley Cove birding site	Hadley/Natural Resource Conservation Service
Hadley	38	APR	Mt. Warner orchard adj. to Agassiz
Hadley	93	CR	Hilltop keystone addition to 500 acre protected block	Kestrel Trust; DEM
Hadley	12	APR/FEE	Addition to protected APR block; scenic keystone	Town of Hadley; conservation buyer; DFA
Hadley	27	FEE/APR	Fields adj. Connecticut River 'red rocks'/arch. site	DEM; DFA
Hadley	31.5	APR/FEE	Parcels along Russellville Brook in APR block	DFA
Hadley	24	FEE	Wetland along Russellville Brook; native trout
Hadley	6	FEE	Ct. R. island
Hadley	20	APR	Key parcel in important agricultural block	DFA/Kestrel/Hadley
Hadley	8	FEE	Connecticut River beach
Hadley	12	FEE	Hillside parcel spans access road to Skinner SP	DEM
Hadley	20	FEE	Open field prominent in Skinner SP viewshed	DEM
Hadley	16	FEE/APR	Connecticut River 'red rocks'/farmland/ archaeological	DEM/DFA
Hadley	23	APR	Classic farmstead along Slab Brook	DFA; Hadley
Hadley	13	APR	Classic farmstead along Slab Brook	DFA; Hadley
Hampden	166	FEE	Wooded mountainside & wildlife corridor/Scantic R.	Hampden Land Project; Town
Hampden	92	FEE	Wooded mountainside; wildlife corridor/Scantic R.	Hampden Land Project;EOEA;Town;Norcross
Hatfield	10	FEE	Watershed area
Hatfield	23	FEE	Part of Hatfield Reservoir/The Rocks block	Hatfield
Hatfield	11.7	FEE	Part of Hatfield Reservoir/The Rocks block	Hatfield
Hatfield	12.8	FEE	Part of Hatfield Reservoir/The Rocks block	Hatfield
Hatfield	2.8	FEE	Part of Hatfield Reservoir/The Rocks block	Hatfield
Hatfield	11	APR	Tillable land in agricultural area	DFA; Hatfield
Hatfield	10	FEE	Ct. R. beach/boat launch
Hatfield	5	FEE	Northampton watershed area
Hatfield	15.61	CR	Watershed area
Hatfield	12	FEE	Reservoir watershed/adj. other protected land	Hatfield Conservation Commission
Hatfield	35	CR	Woodland with vernal pool near road
Hatfield	18	FEE	Reservoir watershed land with Chestnut Mt. peak
Hatfield	132	CR	Ridgetop headwaters of Running Gutter Brook	U.S. Forest Service; DEM; Town
Hatfield	40	APR	Land with active greenhouses near other APR	DFA; Hatfield
Hatfield	47	APR	Farmland and woods near Great Pond	DFA; Hatfield
Heath/Colrain	97	FEE	Pristine woodland addition to HO Cook State Forest
Holyoke	198	FEE	Old growth oak; vernal pools; Little Mt. Tom	DEM
Holyoke/S'ton/E'ton	102	CR	Small farm on slopes of Mt. Tom	Easthampton/DEP
Huntington	6.5	FEE	Open field along riverbank	Hilltown Land Trust; ad hoc group
Leverett	38	FEE	Scenic outlook
Leverett	100	FEE	Mount Toby
Leverett	30	FEE/CR	Meadow section of wildlife corridor
Leverett	51	FEE	Brook and M-M trail corridor
Leyden/Bernardston	200	FEE	Woodland parcel near Collis APR and Herron Farm
Longmeadow	118	FEE/CR	Ct. R. floodplain farm adj. Fannie Stebbins Refuge	Longmeadow CC/TNC/DEM
Monson	179	APR	Scenic orchard with woodland	Opacum Land Trust; Trustees of Reservations; DFA
Montague	10	APR	Farmland
Montague	50	APR	Strawberry farm with 1/2 mile Conn. R. frontage
Montague	70	CR/APR	Farm on Sawmill R.
Montague	51	FEE	Farm on Ct. R.
Montague	10	FEE	Ct. R. bluff/Hatchery Brook
Northampton	88	FEE	Fitzgerald Lake Conserv. Area
Northampton	2.35	FEE	Access to Roberts Hill overlook	Northampton
Northampton	3	FEE	Mill River shoreline
Northampton	66	FEE	Woodland/trails
Northampton	10	FEE	Fitzgerald Lake cons. area inholding	Northampton
Northampton	5.5	FEE	Fitzgerald Lake cons. area access
Northampton	161	FEE	Wetland and old orchard	Broad Brook Coalition/Northampton
Northampton	30	FEE/CR/APR???	Woods and fields/adj. to Micka APR	City of Northampton
Northampton	15	FEE	Addition to Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area	Town; Broad Brook Coalition
N'ton/E'ton	55	APR	Hilltop orchard/vegetable farm	Northampton; DFA
Orange	24	FEE/CR	Addition to Whetstone Wood Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass. Audubon Society
Pelham/Shutesbury	312	APR/CR	Farm
Shutesbury	68	FEE	Woods; wetlands; fields
Shutesbury	50	FEE	Woods adjoining Town Beach at Lake Wyola	Town
South Hadley	56.2	FEE/CR	Elmer Brook and Holyoke Range
South Hadley	16	FEE/CR	Woodland on Holyoke Range
South Hadley	68	CR	Trail access/spectacular views of Range
South Hadley	6	FEE	Holyoke Range
South Hadley	16	FEE	Marbled Salamander habitat; part of block	Friends of Mt. Holyoke Range
South Hadley	33	FEE	Next-to-last piece in Mt. Holyoke/Ct. corridor	DEM
South Hadley	11.7	FEE	Marbled Salamander habitat; part of block	Kestrel; Friends of Mt. Holyoke Range
South Hadley	13.8	FEE/CR	Marbled Salamander habitat; part of block	Kestrel; SH Cons. Comm.
South Hadley	32	FEE	Bald on Holyoke Range; part of salamander habitat	Friends of Mt. Holyoke Range
Southampton	130	FEE	NHESP priority/fields/Broad Brook/Barnes Aquifer	Town CC; NHESP-DFW
Southampton	90	APR	Portion of farm	DFA
Southwick	150	FEE	Hayfields and wetlands with seven ponds	Town; Self-Help
Southwick	65	CR	Honeypot Road wetlands complex; state-listed spp.	Winding River LC/Town/Self-Help/DFW/Sweet W
Sunderland	41	FEE	Scenic area near Mt. Toby
Sunderland	5	FEE	Inholding on Mt. Toby
Sunderland	8	FEE	Chard Pond/Conn. River-front forest
Sunderland	46	FEE	Mt. Toby caves
Sunderland	21	FEE/CR	Mt. Toby meadows	Local group; DEM; Town
Sunderland	10.5	FEE	Slopes of Mt. Toby; near Robert Frost Trail
Sunderland	20.4	APR	One of two remaining parcels in Rt. 47 APR block	DFA; Town
Sunderland	20	APR	Landlocked field with tobacco barn in agricultural block	DFA
Warwick	2.3	FEE	State forest addition
Warwick	25	FEE	Bog and woodland in Orange SF
Wendell	14	FEE	Millers River
Wendell	40	FEE	Wendell S.F.
Wendell	13	FEE	Wildlife habitat	Mass. Audubon Society
Wendell	77	FEE	Watershed area
Wendell	0.37	FEE	Controls access to Whetstone Wood Sanctuary	Mass. Audubon Society
West Springfield	1.2	FEE	Ct. R. access
West Springfield	0.5	FEE	Westfield River access across fr. Robinson S.P.
West Springfield	11.5	FEE	Bald eagle nesting site; floodplain; 650' Ct. R. bank	DFW
Westfield	16	FEE	Westfield R. front
Westfield	29	FEE	Woodland tract	Winding River Land Conservancy
Westfield	32	FEE	Connects two APR parcels; wetlands and vernal pools	Winding River Land Conservancy; Self-Help; Town
Westhampton	272	FEE	Peak of Mt. Pisgah; adjacent to protected land	Hilltown Land Trust
Westhampton	90	FEE	Woodland near existing and potential protected land	Hilltown Land Trust
Whately	19.9	FEE	Borrow pit pond
Whately	19.9	FEE	Borrow pit pond
Whately	20	FEE	20 acre woodlot nr. DFW land	DFW
Williamsburg/Ch'field	243	CR	extensive woodland with stream	landowner donation
Worthington	135	APR	'Airport' section of potato farm
Worthington	81	APR	Farmland (`Smith Farm' parcel)
TOTAL ACRES:	8130	158 PROJECTS

FEE=full title | CR=Conservation Restriction | APR=Agricultural Preservation Restriction

DFA=Dept. of Food & Agric. (now DAR) | DEM=Dept. of Env. Management (now DCR) | DFW=Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife (now DFG)

NHESP=Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program | Ct R=Connecticut River | CC=conservation commission | LT=land trust