In Plymouth, the Wildlands Trust turns 50—celebrating on the 23rd and they observed that milestone with a day-long party in a gallery at the Wildlands Trust headquarters off of Long Pond Road.
The Trust is one of the largest and oldest regional land trusts in the state. They work in 350 towns and protect over fourteen thousand acres of natural and agricultural lands.
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Karen Grey is President of the Wildlands Trust:
“We realized that there was an opportunity here to celebrate the people who propelled us. So, you’re in a gallery right now with portraits of 50 different people and essays about those people describing the important contributions they made.”
Making a vital contribution is Plymouth resident Charlotte Russell:
“My mother and uncle and my brothers and I gave the land that we own here—it was around 125 acres in the end, to the Wildlands Trust.
David Gould is Plymouth’s Director of Marine and Environmental Affairs:
“Pretty incredible honor, very humbled by it. And their mission is to protect open space and that’s one of our core missions too.”
Also honored, Plymouth Community Preservation Committee Chairman Bill Keohan:
“They’ve been able to take our CPA funds and leverage them for more effective land acquisitions.”
Recognized as a leader in designing hiking trails and conducting hikes for the Trust is former Plymouth Planning Board member Malcolm MacGregor:
“It’s an honor to be recognized. It is. I love it.”
Attorney Bill Abbott, as far back as 1973, has donated his legal expertise:
“It’ been an extraordinary thing and this is forever—the land is protected.”
For a complete list of those honored by the Wildlands Trust, go to wildlandstrust.org.
