| FLP Projects completed in FY2011 October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011 in States served by the Northeastern Area | |||||
| State | Date | Acres | Total value | FLP payment | |
| Massachusetts | 10/28/2010 | Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 1 - 12 | 30 | $180,273 | $178,573 |
| This tract joins 11 other completed tracts of fee and conservation easement acquisitions, which protect a total of 1,162 acres of forests over a several mile-wide expanse of rolling hills and waterways in north central Massachusetts. | |||||
| Vermont | 11/1/2010 | Eden Forest | 5,720 | $3,981,490 | $3,981,490 |
| Vermont | Various | Eden Forest Cost Share Tracts | 2,239 | $1,490,000 | $0 |
| Protection of the Eden Forest tract creates 30,000 acres of contiguous conserved forest in Vermont's northern woods, including the adjacent Long Trail State Forest, Babcock Nature Preserve and Atlas Timberlands. | |||||
| Minnesota | 12/1/2010 | Koochiching Phase 2A | 21,459 | $3,045,000 | $2,900,000 |
| Minnesota | 12/1/2010 | Koochiching Phase 2B | 6,056 | $1,050,000 | $0 |
| Minnesota | 12/1/2010 | Koochiching Phase 3A | 46,714 | $8,610,000 | $7,056,000 |
| Minnesota | 12/1/2010 | Koochiching Phase 3B | 2,020 | $420,000 | $0 |
| Minnesota | Various | Other Koochiching Cost Share Tracts | 2,919 | $1,309,182 | $0 |
| The forest on this project are a key provider of timber to the paper mill in International Falls, Minnesota and provides public recreational access for hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and other uses. | |||||
| Wisconsin | 12/17/2010 | Wild Rivers 1 | 7,260 | $3,809,300 | $2,271,000 |
| Wisconsin | 12/17/2010 | Wild Rivers 2 | 7,316 | $3,838,700 | $2,330,000 |
| The tract and has been sustainably managed for over 80 years for valuable northern hardwood timber. This tract is vital to the local and regional economy and provides habitat for several threatened and endangered species. | |||||
| Delaware | 1/26/2011 | Green Horizons Phase 6 | 377 | $2,700,000 | $2,000,000 |
| The Delaware Forest Service will continue managing these loblolly pine forestlands for timber production in an effort to support a struggling forest industry on the Delmarva Peninsula. | |||||
| Indiana | 2/4/2011 | Hills of Gold 2 | 155 | $402,000 | $314,575 |
| The property is actively managed for timber production and has forest certification through the American Tree Farm System and Forest Stewardship Council and is adjacent to the 460-acre Hills of Gold 1 FLP tract. | |||||
| Rhode Island | 2/17/2011 | Hoxsie Farm | 117 | $551,240 | $459,000 |
| The property has been managed by the family for over 200 years and the owners were interested in seeing it conserved in perpetuity and is adjacent to the 700-acre Canochet Brook Forest, which 471 acres was protected by the FLP. | |||||
| Maine | 3/4/2011 | Katahdin Forest Expansion - Millinocket | 5,061 | $2,160,528 | $1,142,768 |
| The conservation project protects key snowmobile trails, guarantees hunting opportunities, and protects views from Maine’s iconic Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park -- the northern terminus of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. | |||||
| Maine | 3/4/2011 | Katahdin Forest Expansion - Hunt Farm | 2,849 | $514,198 | $369,291 |
| The project protects the East Branch of the Penobscot River, views from Mount Katahdin, and the immediate neighborhood of the legendary Hunt Farm, which hosted wilderness travelers including Henry David Thoreau and Theodore Roosevelt. | |||||
| Wisconsin | 4/6/2011 | Chippewa Flowage Phase 1 | 8,096 | $3,651,197 | $1,500,000 |
| The protection of this property is critical to forest connectivity in northern Wisconsin, where nearly one million acres of forested and natural lands adjacent to the FLP tract are managed by the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Lac Courte Oreille Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. | |||||
| Massachusetts | 12/30/2010 | Metacomet-Monadnock Forest 10 | 53 | $95,225 | $6,025 |
| Massachusetts | 4/8/2011 | Metacomet-Monadnock Forest 4 | 132 | $384,081 | $289,594 |
| Massachusetts | 6/27/2011 | Metacomet-Monadnock Forest 3 | 117 | $202,695 | $202,695 |
| Massachusetts | 6/27/2011 | Metacomet-Monadnock Forest 5 | 38 | $40,364 | $40,364 |
| Massachusetts | 6/27/2011 | Metacomet-Monadnock Forest 6 | 28 | $35,033 | $32,533 |
| The first tracts of thirteen total for this phase that will protect nearly 1,200 acres of private forests from conversion to non forest uses and protect lands around popular recreation trails. | |||||
| Massachusetts | 4/28/2011 | Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 1 | 38 | $128,600 | $125,600 |
| This tract will be joined by more than a dozen other tracts of fee and conservation easement acquisitions, which will protect a total of approximately 1,900 acres of forests over a several mile-wide expanse of rolling hills and waterways in north central Massachusetts. | |||||
| Vermont | 5/31/2011 | Green Mountain Wildlife Corridor 3 | 444 | $471,322 | $471,322 |
| Adjacent to Coolidge State Forest, the tract is critical to linking core black bear breeding habit as well as protecting headwater streams of the Ottauquechee River and includes a rich hardwood forest, that will continue to be sustainably harvested for its high value timber. | |||||
| FY2011 Total | 119,238 | $39,070,428 | $25,670,830 | ||