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The Nature Conservancy and the Wyndham Land Trust recently acquired 124 acres of land near the Five Mile River in Thompson, to be protected. Photo by Holly Drinkuth/©The Nature Conservancy.
The Wyndham Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy recently announced the protection of 124 acres of important habitat along the Five Mill River in the Quinebaug River basin.
This land, bisected by the Five Mile River, links conservation lands in three states—Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island—and supports habitat for several state-listed species including variable sedge, the frosted elfin butterfly. Forested wetlands and vernal pools there also support the blue-spotted salamander.
The Wyndham Land Trust received an Open Space matching grant from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and shared the cost of the match with the Conservancy to buy the land from Malcolm (Mac) Robbins. The Wyndham Land Trust will own and manage the land once used as working farmland and owned by Mr. Robbins’ father.
“This transaction required the fierce cooperation and serious patience of the organizational partners and especially Mr. Robbins himself,” said Mary Anthony, president of the Wyndham Land Trust. “It is very inspiring to see what can be accomplished in land conservation when individuals as well as local, state and nationwide conservation groups coordinate their efforts.”
“An acquisition like this highlights the importance of looking beyond political boundaries to conserve and connect land, water and rare habitat,” said, Holly Drinkuth, director of outreach programs for The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut.