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Conservation Buyer:

Conservation Buyer - Timeline

Pre-2000

Ed Pepyne purchases various parcels in neighboring Charlemont and Rowe, MA totaling 656 acres of forest.

September 2000

New England Forestry Foundation purchases the property from Ed Pepyne.

September 2000 to February 2001

First conservation buyer backs out of deal.

Kevin Knobloch contacts NEFF with interest in conservation buyer/investor opportunities.

February 2001

Kevin Knobloch and Elizabeth Buchanan sign purchase and sale agreement with NEFF.

Immediately after closing, Knobloch/Buchanan donate conservation restriction on 610 acres to NEFF.

Still to Come

A conservation restriction on 43 additional acres will be donated to NEFF after the two house lots are sited.

NEFF will monitor conservation restriction annually.

 

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