METCALF-FERGUSON FARM ON NORTHPORT’s KNIGHT POND CONSERVED
This week the family of Elizabeth Metcalf donated a conservation easement that permanently conserves the 165-acre family farm on Knight Pond Road in Northport. Conservation of the property protects a regionally significant wetland fen known as the ‘Knight Pond Bog’ along with over 4,000 feet of waterfront frontage on the thoroughfare connecting Knight and Pitcher Ponds. With the completion of this project, the entire shoreline of Knight Pond, a headwater pond of the Ducktrap
HOSMER BROOK PROPERTY ADDED TO RAGGED MOUNTAIN PRESERVE
Coastal Mountains Land Trust recently purchased an additional 37 acres on Ragged Mountain that will be added to the Ragged Mountain Preserve. This property is immediately adjacent to Ragged Mountain Preserve and across Barnestown Road from Bald Mountain Preserve. This newly conserved land includes the upper reaches of Hosmer Brook, mature stands of white pine and red oak, and historically was part of a farm that extended along Barnestown Road to what is now the Camden Snow Bo
