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The Basin Property Gift
The Nature Conservancy received
the 1910 acre parcel known as the Basin from an anonymous donor who asked
The Nature Conservancy to give 60 acres to the Town of Phippsburg for
municipal purposes. The Nature Conservancy does have a
Mission Statement and therefore have parcels they are unwilling to part with
due to the ecological significance of certain features. It is important to
remember no land can be accepted by the Town of Phippsburg without Town
Meeting approval.
The citizens attending the
basin Property
Public Hearing on January 26th were in favor of the property transfer as outlined in the
Town Lands Management Committee's plan (40 acres by the mill dam, 20 acres
next to the school and Hatch Road).
A special
town meeting will be held during the summer of 2011 to accept the property.
Draft Recommendation
Members of the Town
Lands Management Committee
Anna Varian, Chair (389-2068, Tip Newell (389-9958), Doug Alexander
(443-3114), Craig Chapin (443-5669), Bob Cummings (443-2925), Ed Hunt
(389-2577), Jason Marco (522-4987)
Downloads
Ecological Features Map
Natural Community Map
Trails Map
Proposal of the Basin Preserve Initiative
Study Group
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