«If we really want to spend several billion per
year purchasing conservation easements on property, then we should go and just do that,» Looney said.
The Sibley Farm
Conservation Partnership, consisting of Mass Audubon, Common Ground Land Trust, and the Greater Worcester Land Trust, has announced the purchase of the Sibley and Warner Farms in Spencer, culminating a year - long effort to preserve the 350 - acre property for conservation, agriculture, and
Conservation Partnership, consisting of Mass Audubon, Common Ground Land Trust, and the Greater Worcester Land Trust, has announced the
purchase of the Sibley and Warner Farms in Spencer, culminating a
year - long effort to preserve the 350 - acre property for
conservation, agriculture, and
conservation, agriculture, and recreation.
This two -
year grant of $ 280,000 will subsidize object
conservation, the
purchase of cases, pedestals, and state - of - the art lighting, and the hiring of temporary art handlers and a curatorial assistant for one
year.