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FLP Projects completed October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 in States served by the Northeastern Area
State Date   Acres Total value FLP payment
Connecticut 11/3/2011 Tulmeadow Farm 73 $2,830,000 $1,415,000
This acquisition marks the final phase to protect the 260 acres of farm and working forests through a series of conservation easements; connecting 730 acres of protected land to the south, and 5,300 acres of protected land to the north.
Missouri 12/9/2011 LaBarque Creek 2 429 $3,250,000 $1,500,000
The acquisition continues Missouri Department of Conservation's efforts in the LaBarque Creek watershed to protect forests and the integrity of LaBarque Creek, as well as rare sandstone-based natural communities and to provide public recreation opportunities.
Vermont 12/19/2011 Brushwood Community Forest 6 584 $828,400 $828,400
Vermont 12/19/2011 Brushwood Community Forest 7 177 $310,000 $0
The final tracts in the now over 1,300-acre Brushwood Community Forest that combined multiple tracts of land in various ownership a created a large single block.
Delaware 12/22/2011 Green Horizons Phase 7 Tract 1 216 $1,540,000 $1,155,000
Delaware 5/24/2012 Green Horizons Phase 7 Tract 2 339 $2,680,000 $2,010,000
The Delaware Forest Service will continue to manage the loblolly pine forest to supply fiber to the local forest industry and to provide various recreational opportunities to patrons of Redden State Forest. 
Massachusetts 12/22/2011 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 10 193 $96,660 $0
Massachusetts 12/27/2011 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 11 35 $24,475 $0
Massachusetts 12/29/2011 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 8 52 $425,776 $173,776
Massachusetts 1/27/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 2 23 $42,487 $41,912
Massachusetts 1/27/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 6 550 $431,913 $202,913
Massachusetts 1/27/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 12 60 $53,487 $52,912
Massachusetts 1/27/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 13 36 $22,413 $22,413
Massachusetts 4/26/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 7 75 $583,059 $441,739
Massachusetts 5/14/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 15 109 $133,400 $0
Massachusetts 6/19/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 5 354 $845,000 $633,750
Massachusetts 6/27/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 16 122 $402,000 $204,375
Massachusetts 6/29/2012 Southern Monadnock Plateau Phase 2 - 9 82 $680,000 $600,000
Additional tracts that will be part of the protect for a total of approximately 2,000 acres of forests over a several mile-wide expanse of rolling hills and important water resources in north central Massachusetts.
Massachusetts 12/23/2011 Brushy Mountain 3,486 $8,800,000 $5,000,000
This conservation restriction will ensure the continuation of sound and sustainable forest management of the property, provide landscape-level biodiversity and wildlife habitat protection, and secure public access for passive recreational activities.
Massachusetts 12/27/2011 Metacomet Monadnock Forest Tract 8 35 $109,000 $9,000
An additional tract of thirteen total for this project that will protect nearly 1,200 acres of private forests from conversion to nonforest uses and protect lands around popular recreation trails.
New Hampshire 2/6/2012 Cardigan Highlands - Bailey Hill 1,436 $868,000 $868,000
New Hampshire 2/6/2012 Cardigan Highlands - South Branch 322 $169,000 $169,000
New Hampshire 6/3/2009 Cardigan Highlands - Cost Share Tract 1 1,277 $846,000 $0
New Hampshire 1/25/2010 Cardigan Highlands - Cost Share Tract 2 479 $850,000 $0
The conservation of two forested tracts of land by the FLP fill in areas of a conserved forest landscape that reaches as close as a mile to the White Mountain National Forest.
Vermont 3/29/2012 Northern Green Mountains Linkage Tract 1 936 $679,000 $585,000
In the heart of the Northern Green Mountains adjacent to the U.S.-Canadian border. Identified by Two Countries, One Forest as an essential ”missing link” in the 13,000-acre bi-national wildlife linkage extending from Sutton, Quebec to Jay State Forest in Vermont.
Illinois 3/29/2012 Oblate Woods #5 - River Forest 65 $260,000 $193,000
The fifith tract in a now 290-acre block of FLP protected forest sitting atop the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River just west of Alton, Illinois.
Maine 4/30/2012 Katahdin Forest Expansion #3 5,741 $2,700,000 $2,187,941
Adds to the States 15,628-acre Seboeis Public Reserved Lands Unit, and completely surrounding the highly scenic Sebois Lake located at Maine’s geographic center. Property has views of iconic Mount Katahdin and the Barren-Chairback Range to the north.
Indiana 6/13/2012 Luke's Run 785 $1,180,000 $885,000
A well managed mixed hardwood forest with open areas managed for wildlife habitat and an upland buttonbush pond. The pond is home to two rare plants: sharp-scaled manna grass (state endangered) and cypress-knee sedge (state threatened).
FY2012 Year-to-Date Total 18,036 $31,531,070 $19,170,131

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