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1,200 acres of forest preserved as deals with timber companies conclude

AMHERST — Kestrel Land Trust and Mount Grace Land Trust now have permanent control of 1,200 acres of western Massachusetts timberland. The forests will now remain forests forever, Kestrel said in a news release this week. They will be open to the public for back-country recreational use. The land was donated by an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company, the release added. Kestrel Land Trust ... continue reading...