Conservation Easements

A cattail marsh at the Gaymark Preserve, which Westchester Land Trust holds an easement on.

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.

Please note: There is no public access to the vast majority of our conservation easements.

  Valeria Easements, Cortlandt

 

Waletzky Easement, Pocantico Hills

Mancini Easement, Guard Hill, Bedford


Gaymark Preserve/North Salem Open Land Foundation Easement, North Salem

 

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 2.47 acres Cherry Street
Asher 2.72 acres Cherry Street
Bady 18.60 acres Mount Holly Road
Bedford Waterfront Group LLC/Marks 10 acres Old Cross River Road
 Bolen  8.4 acres  Hook Road
Carollo 39.11 acres Bedford Center Road
Chestnut Ridge/ Bedford Associates 59.40 acres Chestnut Ridge Road
Cohen 18.54 acres 888 Old Post Road
Coker Farm 103.37 acres Stone Hill Road
Coster 5.10 acres Clinton Road
Crier 4.17 acres Hook Road
Crier 9.33 acres Hook Road
Crier 17 acres Hook Road
Falise 17.2 acres Pound Ridge Road
Foote 4.1 acres David's Way
Foster 13 acres Guard Hill Road
Friedman 9.67 acres Narrows Road
Gelwicks 4 acres Brook Road
Grasso 4 acres Succabone Road
Hansen 4.22 acres Pines Bridge Road
Harckham 4.95 acres Mount Holly Road
Hauspurg 26.03 acres Croton Lake Road
Hennessy 2 acres Stone Hill Road
Herguth 3.67 acres Baldwin Road
Herguth 2 acres Baldwin Road
Hodes 17.6 acres Girdle Ridge Road
I.M. Pei Trust 1.66 acres Mount Holly Road
Jones 12.37 acres Brook Road
Jones 9.5 acres Brook Road
Kernan 4.6 acres McLain Street
Kowitz 32.7 acres Wood Road
LeBrun 4.6 acres Brook Road
Louis-Dreyfus 80.25 acres Croton Lake Road
Madden 10.94 acres Wood Street
Mianus Overlook 0.9 acres Mianus Bluff Drive
Mianus Overlook 3 acres Mianus Bluff Drive
Mianus Overlook 10 acres Mianus Bluff Drive
Montgomery/Beaver Dam 60.87 acres Beaver Dam Road
Montgomery/Beaver Dam 10.07 acres Beaver Dam Road
Palmer-Lewis/Bedford Audubon  25.6 acres Route 121
Pasqualini 2.76 acres Meetinghouse Road
Pennoyer 17.82 acres Holly Branch Road
Ravel 25.90 acres Guard Hill Road
Rawlings 25.2 acres Maple Avenue
Raymond 38 acres Guard Hill Road
Rose 14.63 acres Old Corner Road
Serkin 5.5 acres The Narrows Road
Simpson 5.87 acres Katonah's Wood Road
Simpson Trail 1 acre Katonah's Wood Road
Smith 11 acres Guard Hill Road
Spencer 15.33 acres Harris Road
Stockbridge 18.79 acres Sarles Street
Swallow Lake 6.28 acres Pine Brook Road
Swallow Lake 6.3 acres Pine Brook Road
Swallow Lake 6.01 acres Pine Brook Road
Swallow Lake 4.19 acres Pine Brook Road
Swallow Lake 4.9 acres Old Corner Road
Swallow Lake 5.6 acres Pine Brook Road
Swallow Lake 4 acres Old Corner Road
Swallow Lake 4.6 acres Old Corner Road
Swallow Lake 4 acres Old Corner Road
Tanrackin Farm 63.7 acres Guard Hill Road
Twin Lakes 33.90 acres Twin Lakes Drive
Wilkie Mount Holly Trail 0.15 acres Mount Holly Road
Wood 19.41 acres Croton Lake Road
Wood 10.65 acres Croton Lake Road
Wood 2.01 acres Wood Road
Proctor 4 acres South Bedford Road
Bedford Aududon/Ramsay Hunt Sanctuary 200 acres Todd Road
Bedford Community Church 4 acres Buxton Road
Mancini 48 acres Guard Hill Road
Mancini 11 acres Guard Hill Road

Total: 70 easements 1,299.74 acres

Cortlandt

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Perl 1.47 acres Finney Farm Road
Todd-Young 5.21 acres Pond Meadow Road
Weiner 8.17 acres Teatown Road
Kassas 1 acre Buttonwood Road
Brody 1.6 acres Lexington Avenue
Valeria 690 acres Furnace Dock Road

Total: 5 easements 707.45 acres

Greenburgh

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Burkhardt 0.46 acres Taxter Road
Randall 10.34 acres Fargo Lane
Yablon 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 19 acres North Salem Road
Ferris 9.15 acres Todd Road
Ferris 9.15 acres Todd Road
Gersten 12.88 Todd Road
Hubsher-Leitner 2 acres Route 35
Lake Kitchawan Association 0.50 acres Lake Kitchawan Drive
Leon Levy Preserve/Town of Lewisboro 297 acres (the preserve is 386 acres) Routes 35 and 123
McCagg 12.29 acres Todd Road
Mendicino 4.9 acres Road's End Road
Nature Conservancy/Milstein 26 Old Church Lane
Nordgren 8.95 acres Bouton Road
Old Church Lane 13.5 acres Beaver Pond Lane
Old Field Preserve 110 acres Mead Street
Stevens 3.63 acres Mead Street
Walker Preserve 26.42 acres Main Street
Wild Oaks Preserve 6.01 acres Fairmont Road

Total: 18 easements 660.64 acres

Mamaroneck

Easement/Donor Acres Road
  11 Town of Mamaroneck
Martin 1.2 acres Greacen Point Road

Total: 1 easement, 12.2 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 34.33 acres Sleepy Hollow Road
Douglas Hill 22.1 acres Sleepy Hollow Road
Dulany 32.46 acres Bedford Road
Laurance Rockefeller Fund 1.06 acres Pocantico Green/Bedford Road
Waletzky 25 acres Bedford Road

Total: 5 easements, 114.95 acres

New Castle

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Boesky 75 acres Sarles Street
Brandywyne 47 acres Bittersweet Lane
Hill 4 acres Ivy Hill Road
Johnson 4.5 acres Westwood Drive
Neubauer 4.5 acres Old Roaring Brook Rd.
Yablon 2 acres West Way

Total: 6 easements, 137 acres

New Rochelle

Easement/Donor Acres Road
City of New Rochelle 2.04 acres Davenport Avenue
City of New Rochelle 3.64 acres Oxford Road

Total: 2 easements, 5.68 acres

North Castle

Easement/Donor Acres Road
MBIA/NRDC/Riverkeeper 7.16 acres King Street
Mount Kisco, North Castle 30 Baldwin Road
Wolfe 13.5 acres Hickory Kingdom Rd.
Stone Manors 2.31 acres Bedford-Banksville Rd.

Total: 4 easements, 52.97 acres

North Hempstead (Nassau County)

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Lewyt 19.03 acres Cornwells Beach Road

Total: 1 easement, 19.03 acres

North Salem

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Baxter Road LLC  52 acres  Baxter Road
Brae Land Corp. 29.6 acres Nash Road
Franklin Fels/Bedford Audubon 204 acres Titicus Road
Graff Preserve/NSOLF 11 acres Baxter Road
Kamenstein 8.88 acres Vail Lane
Kamenstein 16.35 acres Finch Road
 Keeler Preserve/NSOLF 37.6 Keeler Lane
 LP Partners  129 acres Vail Lane
Wiederhorn 4 acres Vail Lane
Wiederhorn 9.58 acres Vail Lane
Schlosstein 43 acres Turkey Hill Road
North Salem Open Land Foundation 58 acres Dingle Road

Total: 9 easements, 607.19 acres

Ossining

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Kilman 3.22 acres Tower Hill Road
Martin 5.34 acres Quinn Road
Overton Ossining Tree 6.7 acres Overton Road
Rinaldo 0.97 acres Scarborough Road

Total: 4 easements, 16.23 acres

Patterson (Putnam County)

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Laurel Ledges 105 Route 167

Total: 1 easement, 105 acres

Pound Ridge

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Armstrong Preserve 45.47 acres Old Post Road
Arnow 4 acres Fancher Road
Brown 4.10 acres Trinity Pass
Burke 9.42 acres Old Stone Hill Road
Bye Preserve 23.58 acres High Ridge Road
Carolins Grove 4.62 acres Stone Hill Road
Clark Preserve 76.02 acres Deerfield Road
De La Torre Preserve 3.38 acres Hack Green Road
Edelstein 4 acres Hack Green Road
Fancher Meadow Preserve 2.01 acres Fancher Road
Frasch 7.6 acres Eastwoods Road
Goldfein Preserve 2.8 acres Trinity Pass
Halle Ravine Preserve 38.18 acres Trinity Pass
Isaacson Preserve 31.89 acres Donbrook Road
London 2.6 acres Pound Ridge Road
Needell 5.41 acres Stone Hill Road
Peterson 28.68 acres Stone Hill Road
Richards Preserve 15.44 acres Honey Hollow Road
Russell Preserve 9.05 acres High Ridge Road
Schwartz Preserve 7.9 acres Cross Pond Road
Snyder 60.82 acres Boutonville Road
Thalheim Preserve 47.38 acres Kitchawan Road
Westchester Wilderness Walk Shimkin 28.39 acres Mallard Lake Road
Whitehead Preserve 29.01 acres Salem Road
Wolff 4.38 acres Salem Road
Walker 3 acres Stone Hill Road

Total: 27 easements 488.6 acres

Rye

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Ayers 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 12.12 acres Mekeel Street
Lincolndale easement 19.18 acres Lovell Street
Manor Ridge 12.04 acres Young Road
Munson 0.66 acres Woodland Drive
Windsor Farms 80 acres Route 6
Ensinger-Kuebler 17 acres Orchard Hill Road

Total: 6 easements, 141 acres

Yonkers

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Scherer 0.25 acres 11 Spring Road

Total: 1 easement 0.25 acres

Yorktown

Easement/Donor Acres Road
Cappelli 39.11 acres Barger Street
Manocherian 21.71 acres Pinesbridge Road

Total: 2 easements, 60.82

Total: 178 easements 4,462 acres