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| Westchester Land Trust Chairman George Bianco |
Westchester Land Trust was founded in 1988 by a group of residents of Lewisboro and Bedford who were concerned about the increasing pace of development in their towns, and who wanted to take action to protect environmentally-important open space and the character of their communities.
Today Westchester Land Trust has grown into a truly countywide organization. We have protected land in 28 communities and continue to seek land preservation opportunities throughout the county.
Westchester Land Trust is based in Bedford Hills and has a staff of eight.
Our Mission
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Westchester Land Trust...
- Protects land in partnership with private property owners
- Helps communities create new parks and preserves
- Fosters sound land use planning rules
Our Methods
We work with ...
- private landowners on conservation easements
- government agencies and local advocates to buy important properties
- developers and local planning boards to acquire conservation easements during the development review process
Our Accomplishments
We have protected 6,626 acres in 28 communities:
- 4,462 acres on 176 conservation easements
- 625 acres on 29 preserves we own
- 1,539 acres on 15 preserves and farms that we helped negotiate preservation agreements for
Fourteen of our preserves are open to the public (although seven of those have no trails):
- Guard Hill Preserve, Bedford Village
- Tom Burke Memorial Preserve, Bedford Hills
- Seth Tobias Preserve, Bedford Village (no trails)
- Westchester Wilderness Walk (including the Zofnass Family Preserve), Pound Ridge
- Frederick P. Rose Preserve, Waccabuc, Lewisboro
- Love Preserve, Vista, Lewisboro (no trails)
- Old Church Lane Preserve, South Salem, Lewisboro
- Pine Croft Meadow Preserve, Waccabuc, Lewisboro
- Goldsby Preserve, Chappaqua (no trails)
- Lifton Family Preserve, North Salem (no trails)
- Hemlock Brook Preserve, Yorktown (no trails)
- Hunter Brook Preserve, Yorktown
- McGregor Pond Preserve, Cortlandt (no trails)
- Danner Family Preserve, Yorktown-Putnam Valley