On April 14, 2021, The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust placed a conservation easement on a 16.18-acre property along Davis Hill Road and Route 11 in New London. The property is adjacent to the already-protected Gordon Easement, and is forested with good forestry soils. A stream that runs through the property, as well as associated wetlands, contribute to the health of both Otter Pond and Lake Sunapee.

Sisters, Nancy Solodar, Betsy Warner, and Pat Goodlin felt it was important to keep this property in its natural state.Read more

Chuck and Barbara Deming bought the Tabor Browder property, located at the end of Forty Acres Road in Elkins. This 125-acre property contains significant wildlife habitat and includes a mixture of forestlands, open fields, fruit bearing trees and bushes, ponds and wetlands. The Demings' land has some exceptional views of Mt. Kearsarge, Pleasant Lake and the surrounding countryside. The Demings' conservation easement stipulates that the property may be subdivided into no more than two separate parcels and no more than two single family dwellings may ever be constructed.Read more

Neil and Beverlee Donavan of Springfield protected 79 acres on Messer Hill Road - including 430 feet of road frontage. The easement helps preserve natural forestland and is also important watershed to Little Lake Sunapee. A trail has been constructed for public access. This easement prohibits subdivision. No structures are allowed with the exception of those related to forestry and agricultural activities. This property abuts other protected lands, which are owned by the New England Forestry Foundation and Parkhurst/Sjostrom.Read more

Financial support from neighbors and friends enabled the ASLPT to purchase this easement, which helped the Emersons with growing medical expenses. Faced with the difficult decision of selling their property, the Emersons found comfort in knowing that: the land would be protected from inappropriate uses; the property would retain its scenic and agricultural values; and the restrictions were permanent - binding for all future owners. This property is known for its spectacular view of Mt. Kearsarge as viewed across mowed fields.Read more

This easement includes two properties that link Kezar Lake, both sides of Keyser Street and Route 114. The 5.2 acre parcel known as the Mildred Lefferts Natural Area has frontage on the east side of Kezar Lake up to, and including both sides of scenic Keyser Street. This land has been connected to another 4.51 acres purchased by Leslie and Stephen Enroth and then donated to the Town of Sutton. The Enroth Gift continues the protected land corridor from Keyser Street over a ridgeline to end at Route 114 next to the North Sutton Post Office.Read more

Meg Fearnley, Bradford’s librarian and a good friend of Brooks McCandlish and Janet Sillars of the Kisakanari easement, has also donated a conservation easement on her 158 acres of forestland to Ausbon Sargent. Meg provides a "retirement home" for Brooks and Janet’s older ewes, just a few miles south of their property. Her land includes part of a Hoyt Brook tributary, which features wetlands, a beaver pond and several tumbling scenic waterfalls. The property rises from the Hoyt Brook to ledges so steep and rocky that it is difficult to stand upright on them.Read more

In April, 2013, John Garvey purchased a "wild and beautiful piece of land in Goshen, located on the Quabbin to Cardigan Corridor, with two brooks that feed the Goshen Ocean (Gunnison Lake)—a one hundred acre reservoir that spills into the Little Sugar River." John says, "We have cut trails that meander through the property, taking us past long forgotten stone walls, beautiful stands of birch and pine, and some breathtakingly steep banks looking down to the gurgling water." As soon as John walked the property, he made the decision to contact Ausbon Sargent to determine if this property met tRead more

Once again Frank and Dot Gordon demonstrated their true concern for the region by donating a conservation easement on their 43-acre New London property on Davis Hill Road. The tract is primarily forested and includes 1,556 feet of shore frontage on Lake Sunapee and an additional 913 feet of shoreline on Otter Pond. The property abuts other protected lands of Lincoln Gordon, totaling more than 2,500 feet of unspoiled shoreline on Lake Sunapee. The Frank and Dot Gordon property contains two houses, one seasonal and the other year-round that can continue to be used.Read more

This property includes 1,000 feet of shoreline along Lake Sunapee, 1,075 feet of shoreline along Otter Pond, and 1,075 feet road frontage along Rt. 11. Initially, Dr. Lincoln Gordon intended to make an "outright donation" of some of his property. He had two important objectives: 1) to permanently protect his property and 2) to reduce the value of his estate. However, by donating a conservation easement he retains ownership, protects his property from development, and reduces the value of his estate. Dr. Gordon and his family decided to place restrictions on 35 of his 40 acres.Read more