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ID Ref. |
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Acreage |
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Location |
Public Access |
Acquisition |
Donor |
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A |
8.40 |
Nature Preserve along Quinnipiac River on property owned by the Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society. |
Cheshire St. |
Yes |
Oct-73 |
Esther Mortensen | ||
B |
Roaring Brook 14.70 acre easement expired 2003 |
Forested preserve is part of rugged 75 acre State & Town park. Ravine with cascading brook and the state's 2nd highest waterfall. |
Roaring Brook Rd. |
Yes |
Dec-78 |
Lawrence Copeland | ||
C |
1.00 |
Property abuts Quinnipiac (Blue) Trail on Prospect Ridge |
Bethany Mountain Rd. |
Yes |
Feb-80 |
Edward & Jane Clark | ||
D
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(McKee/Lewis/Thayer) |
20.60 |
Property continously owned by a founding Cheshire Family. This scenic property is permanently protected from development other than agricultural or passive use of the land. |
So. Brooksvale Rd.
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No |
Dec-92
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Betty LewisJean McKee & Gordon Thayer | |
E |
12.45 |
|
So. Brooksvale Rd. & |
No |
Dec-95 |
Betty Lewis | ||
|
(McKee/Lewis) |
11.92 |
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Canal Line Linear Park |
Dec-99 |
Jean McKee | ||
F |
McKee/Lewis |
2.86 |
Acreage on south side of S. Brooksvale Rd. |
Mountain Brook Acreage |
No |
Dec-02 |
Jean McKee & Betty Lewis | |
G |
16.00 |
Working Farm property - Boulder Road - adjacent to town owned Boulder Knoll Farm east side greenbelt |
Giddings Farm |
No |
Dec-03 |
Anne & Robert Giddings | ||
73.23 |
Acreage by Easement | |||||||
ID Ref. |
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Acreage |
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Location |
Public Access |
Acquisition |
Donor |
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1 |
Russell Family | 40.00 |
Nature Preserve for scientific, educational and esthetic purposes. Adjoins Naugatuck State Forest. | Bethany Mountain Rd. | Yes |
Dec-70 |
Helen F. Russell | |
2 |
Strathmore | 6.80 |
Wildlife & bird sanctuary in densely wooded low wetland. | Oak Avenue | No |
Aug-71 |
Richard Fiske, Ravenswood Properties | |
3 |
Country Squire | 1.00 |
Nature preserve | Riverside Dr. | No |
Sep-71 |
Welch Bros. Bldg. Corp. | |
4 |
Tow Path Acres | 1.60 |
Forested open space abutting subdivision | Tow Path Lane | Yes |
Aug-72 |
Edward Biafore | |
5 |
Bert Cran Memorial | 6.80 |
Forested open space. Memorial site with massive White Oak and picnic area with direct access to Canal Line Linear Park. | Tow Path Lane & Linear Park | Yes |
Aug-72 |
Irwin R. Sitch | |
6 |
Woodhaven | 5.70 |
Open space | Payne Dr. | Yes |
Nov-72 |
Abram Brodach, JB Contractors | |
7 |
Willow Brook | 8.50 |
Open space wetland | West Main St. | Yes |
Jun-73 |
Walter Jarvis | |
8 |
Seeley Acres | 3.00 |
Open space | Cheshire St. | Yes |
Nov-76 |
Frank Nastri, Seeley House Asso. | |
9 |
Brooksvale Preserve | 7.60 |
Wooded wetland abutting Canal Line Linear Park | So. Brooksvale Rd. & | Yes |
Jun-76 |
Socrates H. Mihalakos | |
10 |
Carmichael Sanctuary -Nettleton's Ravine Photo #1 # 2 # 3 | 14.50 |
Wildlife sanctuary in forested ravine. Adjoins State forest and town open space. Access by permission only. Cabin restored 8/02 | Bethany Mountain Rd, | Yes |
Dec-79 |
Linda N. Carmichael | |
11 |
Thomas Pool Memorial | 24.00 |
Rugged forested slope | Tress Rd. | Yes |
Aug-81 |
Percy H. Goodsell | |
12 |
Doede Estate | 3.40 |
Forested open space and wetland | No. Brooksvale Rd. | Yes |
Aug-81 |
Clinton M. & Dorothy R. Doede | |
13 |
Briar Court | 8.80 |
Open space wetland | Ives Row | Yes |
Nov-82 |
George W. Richard | |
14 |
Fresh Meadows | 32.80 |
Wildlife sanctuary in meadow and forested setting. Managed system of trails throughout for recreation and observation. | Cook Hill Rd. | Yes |
Jun-85 |
Cheshire Neighborhood Association | |
15 |
Sylvan Lane | 5.50 |
Forested open space and wetland | Oak Ave. & Sylvan La. | Yes |
May-86 |
Richard Ziegler | |
16 |
Ten Mile River Preserve | 11.90 |
Forested open space and wetland | Cheshire Industrial Park | Yes |
Dec-87 |
FIP Corporation | |
17 |
Judd Brook Preserve | 13.40 |
Forested open space and wetland | Cheshire Industrial Park | Yes |
Aug-89 |
FIP Corporation | |
18 |
Sharon Drive | 8.90 |
Wildlife sanctuary in pristine wetland | Sharon Dr. off Higgins Rd. | Yes |
Feb-90 |
Richard Fiske, Ravenswood Properties | |
19 |
George & Frances Salvatore Memorial | 3.18 |
This wetland preserve contains small stonewall dam that is visable from sidewalk along Oak Ave. | Oak Avenue | No |
May-91 |
Frances Salvatore | |
20 |
West Cheshire Highlands | 16.20 |
Three wooded sanctuaries in Guinevere Ridge subdivision off Jarvis St. | Guinevere Ridge | Yes |
Jun-91 |
Pennamco, Inc. | |
21 |
Old Farms Preserve - Gateway to DeDominicis Preserve |
6.30 |
Wildlife & Bird Sanctuary. Open space meadow on traprock uplift.Adjacent to town owned 185 acre DeDominicis preserve | Old Farms Rd. | Yes |
Dec-98 |
Barbara Consolo, James Krieg & Robert Roth | |
22 |
Seymour & Emma Pelz Farm Preserve | 13.10 |
Actively farmed for growing corn, acreage is leased by Carmody Bros. Fields slop abruptly at Quinnipiac River. | No |
Aug-01 |
Emma Pelz | ||
23 |
Brooke Preserve | 40.06 |
Forested open space. The property will be developed with trails for public access. The mixed hardwood forest has been actively | Sperry Rd. | Yes |
May-05 |
Elizabeth Brooke Carpenter | |
| managed by the Carpenter / Blackburn family over their 80 year stewardship. Elizabeth Carpenter willed 34 acres | Dec-05 |
The Preserve is named for her father. He | ||||||
| and her children sold an additional 6 acres to the Trust in a bargain sale June 2005.Easement granted to SCRWA for $150,000 | purchased this land in 1920. | |||||||
24 |
Carroll Woods | 4.50 |
Wooded acreage bisected by Mountain Brook. Site abuts McKee/Lewis | So. Brooksvale Rd. | No |
Dec-05 |
Don Drago | |
25 |
Ives Farm | 164.00 |
Working Farm - corn, hay, strawberries, greenhouse flowers, vegetables | 1585 Cheshire St. | No |
Aug-06 |
Elizabeth Ives | |
Easement Acreage |
73.23 |
4 private properties with enforceable conservation protections |
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Acreage by Title |
451.54 |
25 properties |
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Grand Total Acreage |
524.77 |
29 properties |
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 ------ Value of Protected Land* $8,188,000 |
*The value of protected land is based on fair market valuations at the time the gifts were made. The Ives Farm fair market appraisal is $5,400,000. The value of the all other land is $2,788,000 - Value per acre is $9,680. For accounting purposes the value of the easement properties has no fair market value for the Trust. |
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| Last updated: January 1, 2008 | ||||||||
