A family farm in Dunbarton has been protected from development by Five Rivers Conservation Trust.
The group says 89 acres of fields, forests, and wetlands at the Englund Family Farm in have been placed under a conservation easement. The land and buildings were historically part of Dunbarton’s Twiss Farm.
The farm is about a half mile from each of three large clusters of conservation lands, altogether totaling over 18,000 acres, extending across Dunbarton and three neighboring towns, the result of decades of work by the Dunbarton Conservation Commission and other groups.
This is Five Rivers’ sixth project in Dunbarton, where the organization now holds conservation easements on 915 acres.
The property also offers excellent opportunities for future recreation and is an important link in the planned greenbelt around the village of Dunbarton. The conservation easement allows for the eventual development of a public trailhead, parking area, and hiking trails.