Northeastern Area Forest Legacy Program
Projects completed to date in FY2004
in the Northeastern Area
State |
Date |
Project |
Acres |
Total Value |
FLP Payment |
| Maryland |
10/6/2003 |
Coastal Bay |
95 |
$125,000 |
$78,000 |
| Complements the protection of over 600 acres of land in an area where several efforts are underway to maintain its scenic character. |
| New Hampshire |
10/10/2003 |
Connecticut Lakes Headwaters |
146,290 |
$15,325,000 |
$11,494,000 |
| Three percent of New Hampshire was protected from conversion to nonforest uses with this single project being completed. |
| Indiana |
12/5/2003 |
Hills of Gold |
460 |
$830,000 |
$726,000 |
| Evidence of past mining activities and old placer dikes is all that remains of the historic search for gold, diamonds, and other semi-precious stones. |
| Maine |
12/22/2003 |
West Branch |
328,364 |
$36,167,465 |
$19,647,145 |
| The largest Forest Legacy project (nearly half the size of Rhode Island) will continue providing recreational opportunities and forest products. |
| Maine |
12/23/2003 |
Machias River Phase I |
6,316 |
$2,903,040 |
$1,987,000 |
| 86 percent of the shoreline on the most important spawning and nursery habitat for the endangered Atlantic salmon is protected from development. |
| Connecticut |
12/23/2003 |
Great Mountain Forest |
5,528 |
$5,452,504 |
$4,089,378 |
| The largest privately owned forest in Connecticut is surrounded by 10,000 acres of other protected lands in the northwestern part of the state. |
| Illinois |
3/10/2004 |
LaVista Woods |
52 |
$330,000 |
$237,000 |
| Adjacent to previous FLP accomplishments in Illinois, this project will enhance the natural communities allong the Mississippi River bluffs. |
| Delaware |
5/7/2004 |
Green Horizons |
908 |
$4,800,000 |
$1,994,000 |
| The conservation of this tract will help establish a corridor of protected lands within the central portion of the Delmarva Peninsula from the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware Bay. |
| Minnesota |
10/7/2003 |
Cannon River Wilderness #1 |
56 |
$124,000 |
$75,000 |
| Minnesota |
10/9/2003 |
Nerstrand #3 |
79 |
$153,400 |
$100,000 |
| Minnesota |
4/28/2004 |
7-Mile Woods #8 |
19 |
$37,700 |
$37,700 |
| Minnesota |
6/11/2004 |
7-Mile Woods #9 |
35 |
$117,400 |
$0 |
| Minnesota |
6/11/2004 |
Cannon River Wilderness #2 |
28 |
$59,600 |
$59,600 |
| Minnesota |
6/11/2004 |
Nerstrand Woods #6 |
75 |
$202,600 |
$100,000 |
| Minnesota |
6/25/2004 |
Nerstrand Woods #7 |
57 |
$180,000 |
$169,200 |
| Minnesota |
6/26/2004 |
Nerstrand Woods #4 |
77 |
$267,200 |
$248,000 |
| Minnesota |
7/29/2004 |
Nerstrand Woods #5 |
65 |
$194,300 |
$146,000 |
| Minnesota |
9/27/2004 |
Cannon River Big Woods |
60 |
$276,600 |
$207,450 |
These protection efforts are the culmination of over 10 years of a community-wide effort to protect and restore Minnesota's Big Woods.
|
| Indiana |
6/17/2004 |
Gnaw Bone Camp |
1,368 |
$2,420,000 |
$1,818,749 |
| Gnaw Bone Camp lies just outside Indiana's most popular State Park near Nashville and begins a bridge to link thousands of acres of State and Federally owned forest lands. |
| Vermont |
8/2/2004 |
Mt. Holly Wildlife Corridor |
425 |
$747,000 |
$747,000 |
| Part of an effort to connect the two units of the Green Mountain National Forest with a conserved corridor for wildlife. |
| Maine |
8/31/2001 |
Mt. Blue Tumbledown Phase 3 |
6,702 |
$2,650,000 |
$1,470,000 |
| The third phase in the continuing effort ot protect the forests around Mt Blue State Park; to date 26,000 acres have been protected with FLP.. |
| Illinois |
9/15/2004 |
Rattlesnake Ridge |
79 |
$102,350 |
$76,763 |
| Forest land protected that is near Pere Marquette State Park; area is under increasing development pressure from the St. Louis area. |
| Indiana |
9/23/2004 |
Big Spring Farm |
140 |
$175,000 |
$175,000 |
| Part of a 183-acre project where the FLP protected 140 acres of forest and The Nature Conservancy protected 43 acres of pasture and riparian areas. |
Year to Date FY06
Total
|
497,278 |
$73,640,159 |
$45,682,985 |
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