Fields Pond Foundation

Recent Environmental Grants

Last update February 2009

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Attleboro Land Trust                            10,000

Toward creation with Mass Audubon of a new wildlife sanctuary, protecting 110 acres of the National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

 

Barnstable Land Trust                            7,000

Toward acquisition and protection of five acres straddling the Little River in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

 

Berkshire Natural Resources Council    10,000

Toward acquisition of two parcels totaling 306 acres, part of the Hoosic Range Project in North Adams, Massachusetts.

 

Coastal Mountains Land Trust               13,500

Toward multiple acquisitions on Bald and Ragged Mountains, and reconstruction of a section of Bald Mountain Trail in Hope, Camden and Rockport, Maine.

 

Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association                                                             3,200

Toward construction of a bridge linking two segments of the West Branch Preserve in Somerville and Jefferson, Maine.

 

East Quabbin Land Trust                         8,500

Toward protection of the 100-acre Hyde parcel in the Dougal Range of Ware, Massachusetts.

 

Essex County Greenbelt Association        3,000

Toward protection by conservation restriction of the Lane Property, a 69-acre parcel featuring a mix of upland grasslands and both tidal and freshwater wetlands in the Great Marsh of Essex, Massachusetts.

 

Forest Society of Maine                        10,000

Toward protection of Amherst Mountains, a 5,000-acre section of the Penobscot-Hancock Highlands near Bangor, Maine.

 

Great Barrington Land Conservancy        6,000

Toward construction of the Lake Mansfield Conservation Forest Trail linking Lake Mansfield with the River Walk in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

 

Hinsdale Historical Society                     4,000

Toward acquisition of a 37-acre historic parcel on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

 

Ipswich River Watershed Association      4,800

Toward construction of a new riverfront trail and canoe launch at the Association’s headquarters parcel in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

 

Kestrel Trust                                        10,000

Toward protection by conservation restriction of Well Away Farm, a 68-acre historic homestead parcel in Pelham, Massachusetts.

 

Massachusetts Audubon Society              5,000

Toward restoration of the Waterfowl Pond Trail at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield, Massachusetts.

 

 Medfield Foundation                            10,000

Toward protection of the 130-acre Sawmill Brook Conservation area of Medfield, Massachusetts.

 

Minnechaug Land Trust                          6,000

Toward protection through limited development of Kibbee Farm in Hampden, Massachusetts.

 

 Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island    12,000

Toward protection of the Tillinghast Pond Management Area, a 1,647-acre section of the Pawcatuck Borderlands in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

 

Piscataquis County Economic Development Council                                                  1,000

Toward improvements at a trailhead of the Appalachian Trail in Monson, Massachusetts.

 

Princeton Land Trust                            18,000

Toward acquisition, together with the Town of Princeton and Mass DCR, of 168 acres of farm and woodland at “Four Corners” near Mt. Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts.

 

Randolph Mountain Club                       12,500

Toward acquisition of a trailhead parcel providing permanent public access to the Randolph Community Forest and the White Mountain Forest beyond in Randolph, New Hampshire.

 

Squam Lakes Conservation Society         5,000

Toward acquisition and protection of the 97-acre Eastman Brook parcel near Squam Lake in Sandwich, New Hampshire.

 

Sudbury Valley Trustees                       20,000

Toward permanent protection of the 303-acre Sudbury portion of the 452-acre Nobscot Scout Reservation in Framingham and Sudbury, Massachusetts.

 

Trust for Public Land                            15,000

Toward acquisition and protection of 625 acres including Page Pond near Lake Winnipesauke in Meredith, New Hampshire.

 

Vermont River Conservancy                    6,000

Toward protection of a 403-acre ridgeline parcel in the Worcester Range of Middlesex, Vermont.

 

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps       10,000

Toward protection of the East Monitor Barn parcel, a 165-acre forested gateway to the Chittenden Uplands in Richmond, Vermont.

 

Western Foothills Land Trust                  5,000

Toward acquisition and protection of the Roberts Farm and Preserve, a 150-acre former dairy farm on the shore of Lake Pennesseewassee in Norway, Maine.

 

Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association          8,000

Toward acquisition of the 57-acre Bald Hill parcel, enlarging conservation land at the junction of the Saxon and Connecticut Rivers in Westminster, Vermont.

 

White Oak Land Conservation Society   10,000

Toward protection of the 50-acre Porcupine Hill parcel near Asnebumskit Pond, abutting state water supply land in Holden, Massachusetts.                                            

 

York Land Trust                                   12,500

Toward acquisition of the Highland Farm, a 151-acre parcel bridging the conservation lands surrounding Mt. Agamenticus with the York River in York, Maine.

 

 

 

Fields Pond Foundation Inc.
Five Turner Street, Box 540667
Waltham, MA 02454-0667
Phone 781.899.9990 Fax 781.899.2819
info@fieldspond.org

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