Two thirds of all the land we have protected is in conservation easement. An easement is, essentially, a legally binding promise by a landowner to protect most or all of his or her land forever, and a corresponding legal promise by Westchester Land Trust to make sure the owner keeps that promise.
Conservation easements allow public access only if the landowner agrees, and so they are often ideal ways to protect fragile environmental features, such as wetlands and streams that buffer reservoirs, or sensitive wildlife habitats.
Below is a complete list of all our conservation easements. But first here are short accounts of several of our recent easements.
Valeria Easements, Cortlandt
Waletzky Easement, Pocantico Hills
Mancini Easements, Patterson
Kohlberg Easement, Cabbage Hill Farm, Mount Kisco
Gaymark Preserve/North Salem Open Land Foundation Easement, North Salem
Please note: There is no public access to the vast majority of our conservation easements.
Conservation Easements
Click on a name to see our easements in that town
Bedford, Cortlandt, Greenburgh, Lewisboro, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, New Castle, New Rochelle, North Castle, North Hempstead, North Salem, Ossining, Patterson, Pound Ridge, Rye, Rye Brook, Somers, Yonkers, Yorktown
Bedford
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Asher |
5.2 acres |
Cherry Street |
|
Bady |
18.6 acres |
Mount Holly Road |
|
Bedford Associates/Chestnut Ridge |
59.4 acres |
Chestnut Ridge Road |
|
Bedford Audubon - Palmer Lewis Sanctuary |
25.6 acres |
Route 121 |
|
Bedford Audubon - Ramsay Hunt Sanctuary |
202.8 acres |
Todd Road |
|
Bedford Community Church |
4 acres |
Buxton Road |
|
Bedford Waterfront Group LLC/Marks |
7.7 acres |
Old Cross River Road |
|
Bolen |
8.3 acres |
Hook Road |
|
Cohen |
18.5 acres |
888 Old Post Road |
|
Coker Farm |
103.4 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Coster |
5 .1 acres |
Clinton Road |
|
Courtyard Farm - Carollo |
31 acres |
Bedford Center Road |
|
Crier I |
13.5 acres |
Hook Road |
|
Crier II |
13.5 acres |
Hook Road |
|
Crier III |
16.9 acres |
Hook Road |
|
Falise |
17.2 acres |
Pound Ridge Road |
|
Foote |
4.1 acres |
David's Way |
|
Foster |
13 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Friedman |
19.7 acres |
Narrows Road |
|
Gelwicks |
10 acres |
Brook Road |
|
Grasso |
2.8 acres |
Succabone Road |
|
Hansen |
4.2 acres |
Pines Bridge Road |
|
Harckham |
4.94 acres |
Mount Holly Road |
|
Hauspurg |
26.3 acres |
Croton Lake Road |
|
Herguth |
2 acres |
Baldwin Road |
|
Hodes |
17.6 acres |
Girdle Ridge Road |
|
I.M. Pei Trust |
1.7 acres |
Mount Holly Road |
|
Jones I, II, III |
12 acres |
Brook Road |
|
Kernan |
4.6 acres |
McLain Street |
|
Kowitz |
14.4 acres |
Wood Road |
|
Kowitz Devine |
5.7 acres |
|
|
Leatherman's Ridge |
33.95 acres |
North Haines Road |
|
LeBrun |
4.6 acres |
Brook Road |
|
Louis-Dreyfus |
80.3 acres |
Croton Lake Road |
|
Madden |
10.94 acres |
Wood Street |
|
Mancini - Tanrackin |
47.6 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Mancini - Guard Hill |
11.6 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Mancini - Rona Farm |
17.8 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Mianus Overlook |
10 acres |
Mianus Bluff Drive |
|
Montgomery/Beaver Dam |
70.9 acres |
Beaver Dam Road |
|
Pasqualini |
3 acres |
Meetinghouse Road |
|
Palmer-Lewis/Bedford Audubon |
26 acres |
Route 121 |
|
Pasqualini |
3 acres |
Meetinghouse Road |
|
Pennoyer |
17.8 acres |
Holly Branch Road |
|
Proctor |
4 acres |
|
|
Ravel |
26.1 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Rawlings |
25.2 acres |
Maple Avenue |
|
Raymond |
38 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Rose - (Swallow Lake) |
14.6 acres |
Old Corner Road |
|
Serkin |
5.5 acres |
The Narrows Road |
|
Simpson |
6 acres |
Katonah's Wood Road |
|
Simpson Trail |
0.9 acre |
Katonah's Wood Road |
|
Smith |
4 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Spencer |
16.447 acres |
Harris Road |
|
Stockbridge |
18.8 acres |
Sarles Street |
|
Swallow Lake |
4 acres |
Pine Brook Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
6.3 acres |
Pine Brook Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
6.5 acres |
Pine Brook Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
6 acres |
Pine Brook Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
4 acres |
Old Corner Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
4 acres |
Pine Brook Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
4 acres |
Old Corner Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
5 acres |
Old Corner Road |
|
Swallow Lake |
5 acres |
Old Corner Road |
|
Tanrackin Farm |
63.7 acres |
Guard Hill Road |
|
Twin Lakes |
33.9 acres |
Twin Lakes Drive |
|
Wilkie Mount Holly Trail |
0.28 acres |
Mount Holly Road |
|
Wood I |
19.405 acres |
Croton Lake Road |
|
Wood II |
10.65 acres |
Croton Lake Road |
|
Wood - Wood |
1.82 acres |
Wood Road |
Total: 68 easements, 1326.4
acres
Cortlandt
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Angell |
40.1 acres |
S. Mountain Pass |
|
Kassas |
1.5 acres |
Buttonwood Road |
|
Perl |
1.5 acres |
Finney Farm Road |
|
Todd-Young |
5.2 acres |
Pond Meadow Road |
|
Valeria Parcels A, B, C & D |
655.3 acres |
Furnance Dock Road |
|
Washington Street - Gable |
6.9 acres |
Washington Avenue |
|
Washington Trails - Town of Cortlant |
46.8 acres |
Washington Avenue |
Total: 7 easements, 757.3 acres
Greenburgh
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Burkhardt |
0.5 acres |
Taxter Road |
|
Randall |
10.3 acres |
Fargo Lane |
|
Yablon Irvington |
12 acres |
Along Hudson River |
Total: 3 easements, 22.8 acres
Lewisboro
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Bach |
2.8 acres |
Cross Pond Road |
|
Byrne |
6.46 acres |
Grandview Road |
|
DiGuglielmo |
22.1 acres |
North Salem Road |
|
Ferris |
15 acres |
Todd Road |
|
Gersten |
12.882 acres |
Todd Road |
|
Hennessy |
2 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Hubsher-Leitner |
2 acres |
Route 35 |
|
Lake Kitchawan Association |
0.5 acres |
Lake Kitchawan Drive |
|
Leon Levy Preserve/Town of Lewisboro |
293 acres |
Routes 35 and 123 |
|
McCagg |
12.3 acres |
Todd Road |
|
Mendicino |
4.9 acres |
Road's End Road |
|
Nature Conservancy/Milstein |
23.5 acres |
Old Church Lane |
|
Nordgren |
8.95 acres |
Bouton Road |
|
Old Church Lane |
30.8 acres |
Beaver Pond Lane |
|
Old Field Preserve |
111.9 acres |
Mead Street |
|
Stevens |
3.6 acres |
Mead Street |
|
Walker Preserve |
25.4 acres |
Main Street |
|
Wild Oaks Preserve |
6 acres |
Fairmont Road |
Total: 18 easements, 661.122 acres
Mamaroneck
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Giffen |
6.8 acres |
Old White Plains Road |
|
Martin |
1.2 acres |
Greacen Point Road |
Total: 2 easements, 8 acres
Mount Kisco
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Woodcrest at Leonard Park |
8 acres |
S. Bedford Road |
Total: 1 easement, 8 acres
Mount Pleasant
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Douglas Hill - Rockefeller A & B |
56.4 acres |
Sleepy Hollow Road |
|
Dulany |
32.5 acres |
Bedford Road |
|
Pocantico Village Green |
1.1 acres |
Pocantico Green/Bedford Road |
|
Waletzky |
24.6 acres |
Bedford Road |
Total: 5 easements, 114.6 acres
New Castle
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Hill |
4 acres |
Ivy Hill Road |
|
Johnson |
4.5 acres |
Westwood Drive |
|
Neubauer |
1.2 acres |
Old Roaring Brook Rd. |
|
Yablon |
2 acres |
West Way |
Total: 4 easements, 54.7 acres
New Rochelle
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Darley |
2.1 acres |
Wilmot Road |
|
Davenport Bird Sanctuary |
2.4 acres |
Davenport Avenue |
|
Wykagyl |
3.6 acres |
Oxford Road |
Total: 3 easements, 8.1acres
North Castle
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Byram Lake Preserve |
29.91 |
Baldwin Road |
|
MBIA/NRDC/Riverkeeper |
7.2 acres |
King Street |
|
Stone Manors |
2.3 acres |
Bedford-Banksville Rd. |
|
Wolfe |
13.5 acres |
Hickory Kingdom Rd. |
Total: 4 easements, 52.9 acres
North Hempstead (Nassau County)
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Lewyt |
19 acres |
Cornwells Beach Road |
Total: 1 easement, 19 acres
North Salem
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Baxter Road LLC |
52.2 acres |
Baxter Road |
|
Bedford Audubon - Franklin Fels Preserve |
208.7 acres |
Titicus Road |
|
Brae Land Corp. |
29.6 acres |
Nash Road |
|
Finch Farm |
45.4 acres |
Finch Road |
|
Gaymark Preserve |
58.5 acres |
|
|
North Salem Open Land Foundation -Graff Preserve |
11 acres |
Baxter Road |
|
Kamenstein I |
8.8 acres |
Vail Lane |
|
Kamenstein III |
16.353 acres |
Finch Road |
|
Keeler Preserve |
3 7.6 acres |
Keeler Lane |
|
LP Partners |
129.2 acres |
Vail Lane |
|
Schlosstein |
43.2 acres |
Turkey Hill Road |
|
Wiederhorn |
4.035 acres |
Vail Lane |
|
Wiederhorn |
9.578 acres |
Vail Lane |
Total: 13 easements, 654.2 acres
Ossining
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Kilman |
4.3acres |
Tower Hill Road |
|
Martin - Briarcliff |
5.3 acres |
Quinn Road |
|
Maryknoll - New Castle/Ossining |
43 acres |
Pinesbridge Road |
|
Overton Ossining Tree |
1.1 acres |
Overton Road |
|
Rinaldo |
1 acre |
Scarborough Road |
Total: 5 easements, 54.6 acres
Patterson (Putnam County)
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Mancini/Burdick Farm |
168.3 acres |
Bullet Hole Road |
|
Mancini/Jensen Farm |
104 acres |
Bullet Hole Road |
|
Putnam County Land Trust |
105.1 acres |
Route 167 |
Total: 3 easements, 377.4 acres
Pound Ridge
|
Easement/Donor
|
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Armstrong Preserve |
45.5 acres |
Old Post Road |
|
Arnow |
3.5 acres |
Fancher Road |
|
Brown |
4.1 acres |
Trinity Pass |
|
Burke |
9 .4 acres |
Old Stone Hill Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy-Bye Preserve |
23.6 acres |
High Ridge Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy -Carolins Grove |
4.6 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Clark Preserve |
76 acres |
Deerfield Road |
|
De La Torre Preserve |
3.2 acres |
Hack Green Road |
|
Eastwoods Preserve |
49.5 acres |
Eastwoods Road |
|
Edelstein |
4 acres |
Hack Green Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy-Fancher Meadow Preserve |
2 acres |
Fancher Road |
|
Fertig |
4.3 acres |
S. Bedford Road |
|
Frasch |
7.6 acres |
Eastwoods Road |
|
Goldfein Preserve |
2.8 acres |
Trinity Pass |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy-Halle Ravine Preserve |
38.2 acres |
Trinity Pass |
|
Isaacson Preserve |
32 acres |
Donbrook Road |
|
London |
2.6 acres |
Pound Ridge Road |
|
Needell |
5.4 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Peterson |
28.7 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy - Kensho Turst |
8.5 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy -Russell Preserve |
9.1 acres |
High Ridge Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy -Schwartz Preserve |
7.9 acres |
Cross Pond Road |
|
Snyder |
60.8 acres |
Boutonville Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy -Thalheim Preserve |
47.4 acres |
Kitchawan Road |
|
Walker |
4.2 acres |
Stone Hill Road |
|
Westchester Wilderness Walk Shimkin |
28.4 acres |
Mallard Lake Road |
|
Pound Ridge Land Conservancy -Whitehead Preserve |
29.1 acres |
Salem Road |
|
Wolff |
4.4 acres |
Salem Road |
Total: 28 easements, 547acres
Rye
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Drake Smith Land |
1 acre |
Drake Smith Lane |
Total: 1 easement 1 acre
Rye Brook
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Heller |
2.5 acres |
Lincoln Ave. |
Total: 1 easements, 2.5 acres
Somers
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Doyle |
12.1 acres |
Mekeel Street |
|
Ensigner/Kuebler |
17.9 acres |
Orchard Hill Road |
|
Manor Ridge |
12 acres |
Young Road |
|
Munson |
0.6 acres |
Woodland Drive |
|
Somers Estates |
19.3 acres |
Lovell Street |
|
Windsor Farms |
80.8 acres |
Route 6 |
Total: 6 easements, 142.7 acres
Yonkers
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Scherer |
0.25 acres |
11 Spring Road |
Total: 1 easement, 0.3 acres
Yorktown
|
Easement/Donor |
Acres |
Road |
|---|
|
Cappelli |
40 acres |
Barger Street |
|
Kohlberg/Cabbage Hill |
70.3 acres |
Crow Hill Road |
|
Manocherian |
21.7 acres |
Pinesbridge Road |
Total: 3 easements, 132 acres
Total: 176 easements, 4,926 acres
