John and Francie Downing
This fragment of Caspian Lake shorefront
lies opposite the Elephant (a.k.a. Bathtub) Rocks at the lake's
northeast corner. It was purchased in 1938 by Henry Barton,
who bequeathed it to his daughters Jenneke and Joan. They
in turn donated it to the GLT to help finance the purchase of
the Buckley easement. The GLT sold it to Cynthia Folino in
1995 with a conservation easement that confines future development
to construction of a boathouse. In 2007 Ms. Folino sold it to the Downings, who have shorefront property abutting the parcel.
The Barton sisters further demonstrated their dedication
to conservation by donating their 121-acre homestead on Gebbie
Road as "trade land," with a conservation easement, to the
Vermont Nature Conservancy and Vermont Land Trust, the Bartons
retaining a life estate.
Andrew Meyer
The Meyer family sold an easement
to GLT in 1997 on this 21.5-acre hayfield on Bridgman Hill
Road, across the Hardwick town line. The site provides a wide
view of the Worcester Mountain range to the west. GLT accepted
the easement in view of the absence of a land trust in Hardwick.
Hopefully it will stimulate conservation of additional parcels
along this scenic route. In January 2008, the GLT transfered the easement
to the newly formed Northern Rivers Land Trust, initially
grouping seven towns including Hardwick and Greensboro.
Anne Pinkney
In 2002 the Savitt family donated
a 19-acre parcel along Town Highway #8, near Gebbie's Corner,
to the Nature Conservancy as "trade land." Comprising both
open and forest land, the parcel is bisected by Sawmill Brook,
part of the Long Pond watershed. The Conservancy applied a
conservation easement, which it donated to the GLT in 2004, and
then sold the land to Anne Pinkney, whose homestead borders
the parcel.
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Juliane von Hessert
This 15-acre parcel formed part of
the Buckley property, conserved by GLT in 1995. The conservation
agreement envisaged eventual subdivision of the parcel, allowing
construction of one residence and providing for application
of environmentally sound management practices to both open
and forest land. .The parcel was purchased by Juliane von Hessert in
2003. The next year Juliane brought her daughter Victoria
and son-in-law Andy Kehler into ownership. As of early 2008 a house was under construction on the property.
