DEERPARK – The Orange County Land Trust has finalized conservation easements with two private landowners that resulted in the protection of 421 acres of land in the Lower Neversink River Watershed in the towns of Deerpark and Forestburgh.
The properties contain forest, wetlands, and streams, as well as 1,150 feet of frontage on the Neversink River with a portion of the land abutting the Neversink River Unique Area, said the Land Trust’s Jeremy Schneider.
“Protecting these properties is important for maintaining water quality in the Neversink River as they contain several streams that flow into the river as well as frontage on the river itself,” he said.
The project was supported by the Open Space Institute’s Delaware River Watershed Protection Fund, made possible with funding from the William Penn Foundation for its Delaware River Watershed Initiative, which seeks to protect water quality in the Delaware River Basin.
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