Northeastern Area Forest Legacy Program
Projects completed to date in FY2005
in the Northeastern Area
| State |
Date |
Project |
Acres |
Total Value |
FLP Payment |
| New Jersey |
11/1/2004 |
Crown Towers |
611 |
$7,350,000 |
$3,176,000 |
| Located in the New Jersey Highlands this project acquired in fee will continue to provide recreational opportunities and forested habitats. |
| Wisconsin |
12/10/2004 |
Baraboo Hills 1-8 |
470 |
$650,915 |
$488,186 |
| Eight tracts in the geographically unique Baraboo Hills help link existing conservation lands together. |
| Delaware |
1/21/2005 |
Green Horizons II |
448 |
$3,030,000 |
$1,975,000 |
| The purchase of this tract for the Redden state Forest will help expand a corridor of protected lands within the central portion of the Delmarva Peninsula from the Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware Bay. |
| Wisconsin |
2/10/2005 |
Baraboo Hills 9-11 |
202 |
$300,500 |
$225,375 |
| Three additional tracts in the geographically unique Baraboo Hills help link existing conservation lands together. |
| New Hampshire |
3/31/2005 |
Pillsbury/Sunapee |
7,616 |
$3,556,425 |
$2,499,000 |
| Lands in the largest unfragmented forest in New Hampshire south of the White Mountain National Forest is conserved in this multi tract deal that includes an FLP easement, fee acquisitons and conservation easements donated as cost share. |
| Vermont |
3/31/2005 |
Northeast Kingdom |
2,406 |
$566,272 |
$554,000 |
| Conservation easements on Monadnock and Nurse Mountains in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont have potential habitat for the reintroduction of the Canada Lynx. State will acquire nearby lands to serve as cost share for the project. |
| Maryland |
3/31/2005 |
Muddy Creek |
186 |
$630,000 |
$630,000 |
| Two tracts near Elk River State Park in northeastern Maryland will remain forested in this fast developing area of the State. |
| New Hampshire |
6/21/2005 |
Trout Pond |
2,660 |
$2,130,000 |
$1,184,000 |
| The largest parcel of undeveloped land in Freedom, New Hampshire, situated over the largest stratified drift aquifer in the State, was protected from development. |
| Iowa |
6/25/2005 |
Cold Air Slope / Stephens Forest / Yellow River |
260 |
$658,075 |
$426,876 |
| Between the great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, three tracts of the first Iowa FLP project were completed within a week in June 2005. |
| Connecticut |
7/28/2005 |
Stone House Brook #8 |
16 |
$35,000 |
$35,000 |
| The first part of a multiple landowner / multiple tract project located in Northeastern Connecticut helps protect the watershed of Stone House Brook. |
| Illinois |
7/28/2005 |
Chautauqua Woods |
25 |
$156,000 |
$117,000 |
| Nearby previous FLP accomplishments in Illinois, this project will enhance the natural communities allong the Mississippi River bluffs. |
| Iowa |
8/6/2005 |
Effigy Mounds |
192 |
$214,000 |
$160,500 |
| This forested property borders both the Effigy Mounds National Monument and the Yellow River State Forest. |
| New Hampshire |
8/10/2005 |
13-Mile Woods II |
5,316 |
$4,050,000 |
$1,640,000 |
| Adjecent to the 2,754-acre 1996 FLP project 13-Mile woods, this property will become the major portion of the Errol Town Forest. |
| Indiana |
8/26/2005 |
Hurricane Hills |
1,351 |
$2,600,000 |
$2,300,000 |
| Part of a 2,851-acre transaction in which 1,500 acres was added to the Morgan-Monroe State Forest under a separate transaction and a FLP working forest easement on 1,351 acres. |
| Indiana |
9/1/2005 |
Indian Creek III |
108 |
$60,000 |
$60,000 |
| Building on the the FY2002 accomplishment, the 820-acre Indian Creek tract this parcel protects an additional .1 miles of Indian Creek. |
| Iowa |
9/27/2005 |
Loess Hills |
255 |
$605,625 |
$131,510 |
| This fee acquisition for the Loess Hills State Forest in Western Iowa protects globally unique wind blown soil deposits found only in China and Iowa. |
| Vermont |
9/30/2005 |
Victory State Forest Inholdings |
514 |
$190,000 |
$190,000 |
| Five separate "inholdings" within Vermont's Victory State Forest and Victory State Wildlife Area. |
Year-to-Date FY2005 Total |
22,636 |
$ 26,782,812 |
$ 15,792,447 |
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