A close-up view of John Payne's land and adjoining protected properties, on top of an air photograph showing land use in the area. Refer to the legend for an explanation of the different types of protected land.

John Payne's land, and the Shingle Hill tract that he leases to the north. Both outlined in yellow on an air photo of the land.

John Payne's land and the adjoining shingle Hill parcel that he helped protect and now leases, are outlined in yellow, in this 4-town depiction of all properties protected from development. See the Legend for an explanation of the different types of protection (e.g., owned in fee by the state and managed by one of several agencies; development rights owned by a conservation organization).

John Payne's land, and the shingle Hill tract he leases are outlined in yellow, along with other protected lands - see legend for an explanation. Note the Deerfield River that cuts across the photo from upper left to lower right, and the city of Greenfield in the upper right hand corner of the photo. Interstate 91 moves generally north - south in the right hand side of the photo.

John Payne's land outlined in black, and the newly protected and leased shingle Hill tract is outlined in green. These property boundaries overlay a topographic map which shows land form features like forest (in green) and open land (in white), as well as roads, buildings, and other details.

John Payne's Foxbard farm land is outlined on this air photo.

John Payne's Foxbard farm land is outlined on this topographic map.

John Payne's land, and the newly protected Shingle Hill tract, are both outlined on an air photo.

John Payne's land, and the newly protected Shingle Hill tract, are both outlined on an air photo, along with other protected lands, indicated by different coloration.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm land outlined in blue on a topographic map.

John Payne's land, and the newly protected Shingle Hill tract, are both outlined on an air photo, along with other protected lands, indicated by different coloration. This is a closer view compared to orthoseethru.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm and surrounding protected land, indicated with different cross-hatching, over a topographic map of the area.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm, and the adjacent Shingle Hill tract are outlined in this map in light brown, showing their location with respect to other protected lands.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm, and the adjoining Shingle Hill tract that he worked to protect and subsequently lease, are outlined in black on this topographic map.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm, and the adjoining Shingle Hill tract that he worked to protect and subsequently lease, are outlined on this topographic map.

John Payne's Foxbard Farm, and the adjoining Shingle Hill tract that he worked to protect and subsequently lease, are outlined in purple on this topographic map.

John Payne's land, and the Shingle Hill tract he leases are in the center of this map, shown along with other protected lands - see legend for an explanation. Note the Deerfield River that cuts across the map from upper left to lower right, and the city of Greenfield is in the upper right hand corner. Interstate 91 moves generally north - south in the right hand side of the map.

This legend indicates the kinds of land ownership and protection from development in the area around John Payne's land. Chapter 61 is the current-use property tax program which affords private landowners a significantly reduced assessed real estate value if they manage their land for forestry, agriculture, or recreation. The Department of Conservation and Recreation is the state's Forest and Parks agency, and the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is the state agency responsible for stewardship of wildlife management areas. Agricultural Preservation lands are farmlands whose development rights have been sold to the state. Land with a Conservation Restriction is still in private hands, but the development rights have been either sold or given to a public or private non-profit conservation organization.