The Beaver Brook Association board of trustees has permanently protected another 560 acres of land through conservation easements. This land adds to the 1,044 acres already protected by easements on Beaver Brook land in the past decade.

Conservation easements ensure that the land will be retained predominately in its natural condition. This allows for agriculture, conservation and educational activities. Easements permanently “run with the land” and are binding on all future owners of the property.

This conservation easement is called “Beaver Brook West” and extends from Hollis into Brookline, south of Route 130 and north of West Hollis Road. All Beaver Brook easements are held by the Nichols-Smith Conservation Land Trust. The Land Trust is responsible that all protective restrictions of the easement are upheld by the landowner.

“This easement helps protect an important tract of land and we look forward to continue working with Beaver Brook Association on the next phase of land protection” Gerry Coffey, chairman of the Nichols-Smith Trust, said.

The Land Protection Committee of Beaver Brook meets regularly to consider the details of these legal decisions. The final language of the easements has been accepted by the Beaver Brook Board of Trustees.

“We made a commitment to our donors that we would protect the property in perpetuity and we’ll continue working until that pledge has been met.” Lorin Rydstrom, vice president of the BBA Trustees, said.

This land protection effort continues and has been the focus of the Beaver Brook Forever Campaign.

For more information, contact Celeste Philbrick Barr, director of Education and Community Affairs at Beaver Brook Association at 465-7787 or visit www.beaverbrook.org.