Land Acquisition and Stewardship Fund

BBC has a long term commitment to help the City of Northampton add to FLCA and to provide active stewardship of the land already in the FLCA. It engages in fundraising to help it achieve these 2 goals.

BBC has helped the City add to FLCA by soliciting adjacent landowners for the purpose of acquiring land or conservation restrictions for incorporation into the conservation area. Since 1993, BBC’s Land Acquisition Fund has contributed over $155,000 toward land purchases for the conservation area. For example, it contributed $8,500 toward the purchase of the 17-acre Private William Adams Memorial Parcel from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Michael F. Curtin Post 8006, of Florence.

BBC also engages in active stewardship of the existing FLCA. It has built and maintained boardwalks, docks and wildlife blinds, it actively manages habitat in Cooke’s Pasture and monitors wildlife that is present.

Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area Land Acquisitions and Sources of Funding

FITZGERALD LAKE SECTION (1977) ………………………………………………………………………………………… 154.5 acres
Purchased with Mass. Self-Help Program and City funds
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 1951, Page 261 (Parcel 12-29)     

RIGHT-OF-WAY TO DAM (1977)
Easement: Donation from Harold Fitzgerald
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 1993, Page 11                                      

BURKE SECTION (1984 & 1989) …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4.72 acres
Gift of Dorothy Burke
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 3344, Page 284 (Parcel 12C-93)            

MARIAN STREET SECTION (1984) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 11.4 acres
Purchased with Mass. Self-Help funds and donation from Marian Street neighborhood
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 2521, Page 1 (Parcel 13-2)

PINE’S EDGE SECTION …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16 acres
Donated to City as part of Pines Edge cluster development plan
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 3557, Page 148

ABUZA SECTION (1993) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 78 acres
Purchased with Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, city funds, and bargain
sale by Richard Abuza
Protected under Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
(P.L. 88-578)
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4136, Page 271 (Parcels 7-38, 7-39, 7-40)

CIMEK SECTION (1993) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38 acres
Purchased with Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, City funds
BBC contribution: $5,250
Protected under Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
(P.L. 88-578)+
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4223, Page 145 (Parcel 7-35)

COOKE’S PASTURE SECTION (1994) ……………………………………………………………………………………………..161.2 acres
Purchased with the help of Mass. Self-Help Program, Sweet Water Trust, and Wharton Trust
BBC contribution:  $16,000
Protected under 301 CMR Section 7.09 of Mass. Self-Help Regulations
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4595, Page 134 (Parcels 12-7, 13-4)

TELEPHONE (Beaver) TRAIL (1994)
Telephone easement quit-claimed, donation from New England Telephone
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4570, Pages 294, 298, 300, and 302

WARBURTON INHOLDING (1995) …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5.5 acres
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4796, Page 38 (Parcel 12-10)
BBC holds conservation restriction

HUGHES PARCEL (1996) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 acres
Gift of Nancy Hughes                                                                       
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 4822, Page 184 (Parcel  3-7)

SWAYZE PARCEL (1998) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 acres
Purchased with the help of Wharton Trust and Broad Brook Coalition
BBC contribution: $2,000 (as part of Tenth Anniversary Campaign)
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 5360, Page 15 (Parcel 7-37)

FINN PARCEL (2000) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 acres
Total cost: $12,000
BBC contribution: $10,000
(Parcel 8-39)

KABAT PARCEL (2000) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17.5 acres
Gift of Helen Kabat
Hampshire Registry of Deeds Book 6090, Page 202 (Parcel 3-6)

VAUGHN PARCEL (2001) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 acres
Total cost: $19,000
BBC contribution: $15,000
(Parcel 7-43)

OAK KNOLL PARCEL (2001) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 acres
Donated to City as part of Oak Knoll development plan

STODDARD PARCEL (2002) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7.5 acres
Gifts of shares in land from Anita Stoddard Parker, Laurence Stoddard, George Barrett,
Ruth B. Drury, Peter Dehey, Jason Charlton, and Monica Doyle Lynch
BBC contribution: $500
(Parcel 2-11)

MORIN PARCEL (2004) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5.8 acres
Total cost: $4,560
BBC contribution: $3,560
(Parcel 7-31)

MICHALSKI/STEWART PARCELS (May 18, 2005) ……………………………………………………………………………. 33.5 acres
Total cost: $17,000
BBC contribution: $15,000
(Parcels 2.14, 2.15, 7.33, 8.41)

408 BRIDGE ROAD (Equity Builders LLC; 2005) ………………………………………………………………………………… 3.5 acres

PRIVATE WILLIAM ADAMS MEMORIAL PARCEL ……………………………………………………………………………….. 17 acres
(Veterans of Foreign Wars, Michael E. Curtin Post 8006, Florence)
Approved by City Council March 16, 2006
(Parcel 2.18)
BBC contribution: $8,500

“OWNERS UNKNOWN” PARCEL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8.8 acres
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Grants Program; no BBC funds. Title research by BBC
intern Rachel Smith.)
(Parcel 3.1)
August 28, 2006

BERESTKA PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8.1 acres
BBC contribution: $6,600
(Parcel 2.12)
November 21, 2006

DRYZGULA/JABLONSKI PARCEL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3.6 acres
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Grants Program; no BBC funds. Title research by BBC intern Rachel Smith.)
(Parcel 2.9)
February 7, 2007

SULLIVAN PARCEL 1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3.9  acres
BBC contribution: $645
(City provided purchase price of $103,000; BBC covered “soft costs”)
(Parcel 11.9; Book 9373, Page 58) 
January 17, 2008

SULLIVAN PARCEL 2 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1.17 acres
BBC contribution: $1,000
January 15, 2009

NORTH KING STREET PARCEL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12.08 acres
BBC contribution: $10,000
(Parcel 13.36)
September 9, 2009

HUMPHREYS PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 0.5 acres
July 12, 2010
Gift of Richard and Camilia Humphreys

FOREST LEGACY PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36 acres
Total cost: $20,000
BBC contribution: $7000
February 15, 2012
(Parcel 13.37)

BROAD BROOK GAP PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 84 acres
2013
Total cost: $535,000
BBC contribution: $14,000
February 25, 2013
(Parcel 8.67)

ROTHENBERG-WOLPIN PARCEL ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 acres
Total cost: $10,800
BBC contribution: $3,000
(Parcel 2.10)
November 7, 2013

GLEASON PARCELS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18 acres
Total cost: $24,000
BBC contribution: $4,000 (remainder from CPA funds)
(Parcel 8.47 [13 acres] and Parcel 7.21 [5 acres])
March 24, 2014

MCKOWN PARCEL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12.1 acres
Total cost: $12,100
BBC contribution: $2,100
Parcel 2.16
December 29, 2014

DEROUIN/ANCIPORCH PARCEL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24.76 acres
Total cost: $30,950
BBC contribution: $5,000 + $1,000 for beaver control
(Parcel 17B.3 in part)
August 3, 2015

VOLLINGER PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21.4 acres
Total cost: $21,400
BBC contribution: $4,300
(Parcel 7.32, plus SE corner of 7.34)
August 20, 2015

PARCEL 12C-073 (North Farms Road) …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 0.75 acre
Total cost: $1,000
BBC Contribution: $1,000
May 15, 2017

PARCEL 12-009 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5.8 acres
Total Cost: $8,008
BBC contribution: $3,000
July 1,2020

WILBUR PROPERTY (Parcel 18.1) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53.122 acres
Total Cost: $150,000
BBC Contribution: $3,000
Closing: February 9, 2021

TOTAL ACREAGE (OWNED) …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 908.4033 acres

TOTAL BBC CONTRIBUTIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… $136,755

Land with Conservation Restrictions:

Hughes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 acres

Lathrop …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 acres

Other Land not Part of FLCA Proper:

BEAVER BROOK PARCEL ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 102 acres
Total cost: $550,000
BBC contribution: $10,000
Parcel 6-13
January 2010

GIRL SCOUTS PARCEL 1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23 acres
Total cost: $23,000
BBC contribution: $4,000
Parcel 6-44 (in part)
March 2011

GIRL SCOUTS PARCEL 2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 acres
Total cost: $17,000
BBC contribution: $4,000
Parcel 6-44 (in part)
February 14, 2012

RANDALL PARCEL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18 acres
Total cost: $46,400
BBC contribution: $7,000
Parcel 7-2
January 30, 2017

TOTAL ACREAGE (OWNED) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 160 acres

TOTAL BBC CONTRIBUTIONS …………………………………………………………………………………………..………………. $25,000

Notes: All of Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area is protected under Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution and subject to the requirements of MGL, Chapter 40, Section 8C.

Parcel numbers are original numbers from Northampton assessors’ maps; note, however, that they may change as parcels are merged into the conservation area. They are given as map number, dash, parcel number.