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| David Emerson, left, WLT's director of stewardship, works with a trail crew at the Eastwoods Preserve in Pound Ridge. |
Westchester Land Trust has helped fulfill the promise of local open space ballot propositions by working closely with town, county, state and other governments to buy important lands.
Since 2000, buying land has been a key part of local environmental protection efforts in Westchester. Thirteen communities have bought at least 2,176 acres of open space, spending $34.2 million in municipal money and combining it with $46.9 million from New York State, Westchester County, New York City, and private sources.
Westchester Land Trust has played an important role in most of these acquisitions.
You can find a town by town summary of local acquisitions and money earmarked for buying land here.
You can find the text of the local ballot propositions here.
Here are accounts of several of our recent and favorite partnership acquisitions:
Bird Homestead, Rye
Eastwoods Preserve, Pound Ridge
Leon Levy Preserve, South Salem
Angle Fly Preserve, Somers
Westchester Land Trust has played an important role in most of these acquisitions.
You can find a town by town summary of local acquisitions and money earmarked for buying land here.
You can find the text of the local ballot propositions here.
Here are accounts of several of our recent and favorite partnership acquisitions:
Bird Homestead, Rye
Eastwoods Preserve, Pound Ridge
Leon Levy Preserve, South Salem
Angle Fly Preserve, Somers
Old Field Preserve, Waccabuc
Here's a town-by-town list of properties we helped protect. Click on a name to go directly to projects in town further down the list:
Bedford
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Leatherman's Ridge | 34 acres | Dwight Lane* |
| Ridge Road | 13 acres | Ridge Road |
Total: 47 acres
Cortlandt
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Hill Farm | 116 acres | Croton Avenue |
|
Hudson Highlands State Park/ |
80 acres | South Mountain Pass |
Total: 196 acres
Greenburgh
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Gracemere Park | 17 acres | Gracemere Avenue, Tarrytown |
| Neperan Road Park | 2 acres | Neperan Road, Tarrytown |
| Taxter Ridge | 201 acres | Taxter Rd & Sheldon Ave. |
Total: 220 acres
Irvington
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Westwood | 40 acres |
Lewisboro
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Levy Preserve | 370 acres | Routes 35 and 123 |
| Old Field Preserve | 110 acres | Mead Street |
Total in Lewisboro: 480 acres
North Castle
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Armonk Bowling Alley | 7 acres | Old Route 22 |
| Byram Lake Preserve | 30 acres | Baldwin Road |
Total: 37 acres
New Castle
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Burden Preserve | 112 acres | Route 128 |
New Rochelle
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Lake | 4.5 acres | Glen Car Avenue |
North Salem
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Purdys Ridge | 66 acres |
Pound Ridge
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Eastwoods Preserve | 48 acres | Eastwoods Road* |
Rye
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Rye Nursery | 7 acres | Stuyvesant Road |
|
Bird Homestead |
1 acre | Milton Road |
Somers
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Angle Fly Preserve | 654 acres | Primrose Street |
| Stuart's Farm | 170 acres | Granite Springs Road |
Total: 824 acres
Yorktown
| Preserve | Acres | Road |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon's Farm | 34 acres | Quinlan Street |
| Granite Knolls | 200 acres | Stoney Street |
|
Hallocks Mill Brook watershed |
4 acres | |
|
Hallocks Mill Brook watershed |
5 |
Total in Yorktown: 243
Total Acres 2,326
*We hold a conservation easement on Leatherman's Ridge and the Eastwoods Preserve