The seven-acre conservation easement that Susan Todd and Andrew
Young donated protects a wooded swamp and pool, and a forested hillside,
near Cortlandt's Colabaugh Pond.
The Todd-Young easement is part of the Salt Hill-Colabaugh Pond "biodiversity hub," one of three large hubs (1,000-plus acres) identified by the Wildlife Conservation Society/Metropolitan Conservation Alliance in the Croton-to-Highlands area. WCS/MCA reported that the Salt Hill-Colabaugh Pond hub has "an excellent wildlife community typical of large tracts of habitat" and also boasts an "impressive diversity."
In spring, wood frogs breed in the wetlands on the Todd-Young easement, and the marsh that marks one end of Colabaugh Pond is alive with American toads trilling their mating calls. The easement is near the Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway, a county park, and its protection benefits the many hikers who use the trail. WLT and the Cortlandt Land Trust, among others, are working to protect other parts of the biodiversity hub as well.
The Todd-Young easement is part of the Salt Hill-Colabaugh Pond "biodiversity hub," one of three large hubs (1,000-plus acres) identified by the Wildlife Conservation Society/Metropolitan Conservation Alliance in the Croton-to-Highlands area. WCS/MCA reported that the Salt Hill-Colabaugh Pond hub has "an excellent wildlife community typical of large tracts of habitat" and also boasts an "impressive diversity."
In spring, wood frogs breed in the wetlands on the Todd-Young easement, and the marsh that marks one end of Colabaugh Pond is alive with American toads trilling their mating calls. The easement is near the Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway, a county park, and its protection benefits the many hikers who use the trail. WLT and the Cortlandt Land Trust, among others, are working to protect other parts of the biodiversity hub as well.