Bob Ford, Land Protection Specialist
Since the addition of 75 acres purchased from the Oak Knoll Realty Trust in 2011, Mass Audubon has focused on two “missing puzzle pieces” to add to the 250-acre Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Rowley. The two important parcels of unprotected salt marsh are located in the center of the Sanctuary. Check out the photo for a glimpse of this beautiful salt marsh habitat that will be a very fitting addition to the Sanctuary.
This land totals about 10 acres and is owned by a conservation-minded landowner who has been willing to work with us to ensure the land‘s protection. As you know from this blog, land protection involves several steps that bring us to closing a land transaction – from legal and title investigations, to environmental records checks and due diligence, to document and deed preparation – to name a few. At this time we are nearing completion of the title and environmental records check for this property and provided everything goes as planned we will be closing on this transaction soon. Fingers crossed for success!