Robertson Property Now Protected with a CR

In another win for conservation, the Town of Upton and the Massaschusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation now co-hold a conservation restriction (CR) on the 48-acre Robertson Property on Fowler Street. The agreement closed earlier this month.

The property, which spans wooded uplands, forested wetlands, and a lengthy section of Warren Brook, provides an important link in a network of protected lands. It also provides habitat for a variety of wildlife, including three species of special concern: blue-spotted salamander, eastern box turtle, and wood turtle.

SVT assisted on this project, in which town residents voted in November 2019 to use $177,000 of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds toward the purchase of the CR. Because of the property's valuable ecological characteristics, we had identified it as being of the highest priority for conservation, and we have been working with the Town to protect it for several years. Under the terms of the CR, the property remains privately owned but cannot be developed.

Trails across the land will eventually be opened for public access.