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Ledge Pond/Town of Sunapee

  • 103.32 acres
  • 5/10
  • (U)

The Town of Sunapee and its Conservation Commission donated a conservation easement protecting 41% of the shore frontage on Ledge Pond to the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. The property was originally owned by the Town to protect the pond’s water quality; it was formerly used as the drinking water source for Georges Mills. The easement includes a total of 103.32 acres and over 5,100 feet of shore frontage. The bulk of the property is a town forest, managed for timber as well as water protection, wildlife habitat, and pedestrian and snowmobile access by the public.Read more

Lennon

  • 26.46 acres
  • 9/15
  • (L)

Mark Lennon and his wife bought the house and 26.46 acres on Pumpkin Hill in 1990 and it was always in his thoughts to conserve the land. Mark has spent years clearing fields and thinning an overgrowth of pines from his forests. On September 18, 2015, Mark successfully placed an easement on the property with Ausbon Sargent. The Lennon Conservation Easement has over 424 feet of frontage on Pumpkin Hill Road. It protects scenic views over the property that are accessible using an adjacent Class VI road and also allows for low impact pedestrian public recreation on the trails.Read more

Levine/Vail

  • 9.60 acres
  • 12/07
  • (N)

The 9.6-acre Levine easement is located 400-600 feet from the 710 acre Hay Wildlife and Forestry Management Area and the 165-acre John Hay National Wildlife Refuge. The Levine property includes over 1000 feet of frontage along Cunningham Brook, an important tributary to Lake Sunapee. Conservation of the land adjacent to Cunningham Brook is very important for preventing sedimentation in the lake. The easement also contains 292 feet of frontage on Lake Sunapee, providing shoreline that will not be developed beyond the current beach and dock areas and a scenic view from the lake.
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MacMillin/Crary

  • 2.08 acres
  • 12/02
  • (U)

Lands beyond the shoreline must be protected if future generations are to enjoy Little Lake Sunapee’s exceptional water quality and recreational opportunities. The MacMillin easement, on the north side of Little Sunapee Road, will protect a part of the lake’s watershed and may one day help provide access to a future trail network.Read more

Main Street Meadow/Cross

  • 5.60 acres
  • 12/97
  • (N)

Entering New London from the south end of Main Street is one of the "gateway to the town" open space meadows which was protected in less than three months of fundraising organized by Ausbon Sargent. The view from the road across Main Street Meadow takes your gaze southwest to the overlapping foothills as they begin their march northward toward the White Mountains. When neighbors realized the field had been staked out for house lots, they contacted Ausbon Sargent, whose staff and board members organized enough support to buy and protect this property.Read more

Maple Leaf Natural Area/Town of Sutton

  • 65.36 acres
  • 1/10
  • (L)

Upon granting a conservation easement to Ausbon Sargent, the Kezar Conservation Group LLC sold the property to the Town of Sutton to be managed by the Conservation Commission. The property is now known as the Maple Leaf Natural Area. Bordering 227 feet of frontage along Kings Hill Road, this easement protects primarily forestland. Because the property is visible from Lyon Brook and Hominy Pot Road, this part of the view of the southeast face of King Hill will continue to be rural and undeveloped.Read more

McCandlish and Sillars (Kisakanari Woodlot)

  • 318.00 acres
  • 3/11
  • (L)

Brooks McCandlish and his wife Janet Sillars wanted to conserve their Bradford land, the "Kisakanari" woodlot for two decades and as of 3/11 donated a conservation easement on 318 acres to Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. Brooks and Janet raise Jacobs sheep, a small multi-horned heritage breed, producing fiber and meat from their pastures. Brooks is a licensed forester who provides a fine eye to forest management on the property (and many other properties in our region), resulting in forest stands of high quality trees.Read more

McLeod Preserve

  • 24.72 acres
  • 1/16
  • (L)

On January 21, 2016, the JD McLeod Company, Inc. donated this 24.72-acre property to Ausbon Sargent, for the land trust to own and manage.  The McLeod land donation represents the fourth property that Ausbon Sargent owns.Read more

Ausbon Sargent staff celebrate the purchase of the Messer Farm

Messer Farm

  • 144.00 acres
  • 10/20
  • (U)

When Ausbon Sargent was presented with the opportunity to purchase and protect the Messer Farm property along Little Sunapee Road in New London, the fundraising began. There was an outpouring of support from the community. There was even support from those who had moved away but whose recollections of the farm and the fields held a special place within their hearts.  The property was purchased by the Land Trust on October 30, 2020.Read more

Messer Farm Expansion

  • 9.40 acres
  • 4/21
  • (U)

On April 15, 2021, Ausbon Sargent purchased a 9.4-acre property which abuts the recently-purchased Messer Farm property in New London. This additional acreage will provide great access to the Messer Farm and Forest area.

The property has a great scenic view of Ragged Mountain and Mt. Kearsarge, adds to the protection of wetlands and White Brook headwaters, and the protection of wildlife habitat.Read more

Messer Pond/Town of New London

  • 46.95 acres
  • 12/10
  • (L)

Ausbon Sargent holds the conservation easement on 46.95 acres on the north east edge of Messer Pond and County Road. This land belongs to the Town of New London, whose citizens voted to place permanent protection on this town owned property at the March 2010 town meeting. With 1,360 feet of road frontage on County Road, the land is primarily forested, but also contains wetlands that have herbaceous vegetation. This property is open to the public with 510 feet of frontage on Messer Pond - providing watershed protection to Messer Pond whose waters eventually flow into Clark Pond.Read more

Mountain Brook Forest Preserve

  • 234.00 acres
  • 6/20
  • (U)

On June 15, 2020, Ausbon Sargent acquired a 234-acre land parcel in Andover. This property was donated, transferring ownership to Ausbon Sargent by Frederick and Patrice Ficken, who wished for it to be protected, forever.Read more

N.L.O.C. (C.O.R.E.)

  • 55.00 acres
  • 2/93
  • (U)

C.O.R.E., (an acronym for Conservation, Open-space, Recreation, Environment), represented the alliance of four local organizations to purchase 55 acres of undeveloped open space including 2,469 feet of road frontage along Knights Hill Road. Working cooperatively, the four groups brought different skills and knowledge to the C.O.R.E. project.Read more

Nelson Farm

  • 89.00 acres
  • 10/05
  • (N)

The Nelson Family Farm, an 88-acre conservation easement on the northeast side of Lake Massasecum in Bradford, is part of one the "Great Lots", granted to John Mason by the King of England in the 17th century. The Nelson Family’s connections to the land dates back to the early 1920’s and are only the third family to hold title to the property! For many years, the farm served as a summer home, not only for the Nelson family, but their numerous friends. When Olive Nelson could no longer care for the property, a family farm corporation was organized to handle the details of ownership.Read more

New England Forestry Foundation

  • 130.00 acres
  • 5/91
  • (U)

The New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) permanently protected 130 acres located on the northwesterly side of Little Lake Sunapee with road frontage (1,628 feet) on Little Sunapee Road and both sides of Burnt Hill Road. NEFF owns and manages the property. The Little Sunapee Associates made a contribution to this project that allowed the Ausbon Sargent to cover administrative and legal costs.Read more

New England Forestry Foundation-Spaulding

  • 2.80 acres
  • 6/95
  • (L)

Whit and Polly Spaulding worked with Ausbon Sargent and the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) to protect 2.8 acres of their land, which abuts the 130 acres of Little Sunapee Memorial Forest. NEFF owns and manages the property. The addition of this property provides much needed access to that portion of the south of the brook that runs from Little Lake Sunapee to Goose Hole. The land will remain forested to continue to protect Little Lake Sunapee's watershed quality.Read more

New London/West-Anthony-James

  • 38.86 acres
  • 12/96
  • (L)

Mary "Mimi" West, Edward "Ted" Anthony and Helen James gave five acres of land at the Corner of Columbus Ave. and Route 103A to the Town of New London with a conservation easement being held by Ausbon Sargent. Though small in size, this parcel of wetlands and forest is part of the large buffer zone of land between I-89 and Route 103A, which was identified by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, and the New London Conservation Commission as critical to the watershed protection of Lake Sunapee.Read more

Nutting Family Farm

  • 84.40 acres
  • 10/20
  • (U)

On October 19, 2020 with support from the Town of Sunapee Conservation Commission and dozens of generous private donors, the Nutting family granted a conservation easement to Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust on their 84-acre farm on Stagecoach Road. Read more

Russell Pond looking toward the O'Neil Conservation Easement.

O'Neil Conservation Easement

  • 22.30 acres
  • 6/19
  • (L)

Robert O’Neil donated this conservation easement on a 22.3-acre portion of his Sutton property located along NH Route 114 and Johnson Hill Road.  The easement will help to protect not only the abundant wildlife habitat in that area, but also several bodies of water including Russell Pond and Blaisdell Lake.  The property has highly ranked forestry and agricultural soils and is listed as “farmland of local significance.”  The O’Neil easement is adjacent to the existing Russell Pond Conservation Easement, making this area around the pond a haven for wildlife.Read more

Oates

  • 2.00 acres
  • 11/03
  • (N)

Turtle Cove, an important wildlife and recreational area at the head of New London’s Pleasant Lake, received protection from a conservation easement donation by Judy and Jim Oates of Elkins. Their action safeguards two acres on Lakeshore Drive that are bisected by Great Brook.Read more