LandVest Brings Together Harvard Forest, Private Landowner,and Quabbin Watershed in Unique Conservation Collaboration

Tom Pugliese owned a 37 acre property in Petersham surrounded on three sides by Harvard Forest (HF), Harvard Universitys field center for ecology and conservation. Mr. Pugliese, a home builder, had previously subdivided a [...]

Many landowners have read about or know families who conserve portions or all of their land with a Conservation Easement (CE), also known as a Conservation Restriction in Massachusetts. A conservation easement is the permanent separation of the development rights from a property. The land subject to the CE can never be used for building [...]