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Land trust preserves Harrietstown Hill view

SARANAC LAKE – The Adirondack Land Trust announced this week that it has preserved the iconic view from Harrietstown Hill, near Donnelly’s ice cream stand.

The land trust, based in Keene Valley, purchased Glenview Farm, a 238-acre parcel, earlier this month for $98,000, according to a deed filed on Oct. 7.

“They love the land, and they want to make sure it’s protected,” ALT spokeswoman Connie Prickett said in May. “I think that’s what motivated them.”

“The Trevor family, as stewards of this property for over 70 years, has developed a strong interest in conservation, which is what prompted this transfer to the Adirondack Land Trust to insure preservation of this resource for future generations,” a press release said. “The family has worked over the years with the town and the neighboring community to preserve this land and is confident that the Land Trust will be a wonderful neighbor and steward of this special property and view-shed.”

“The landowners contacted us, and when that happens, our staff will map the property and we look at the conservation values,” Prickett added.

“Views and scenic vistas are our high-priority conservation values, so it immediately ranked really high because of the view. In this case, they were extremely generous in offering it to us at a deep discount.”

Prickett and land protection manager Chris Jage said the land trust hasn’t yet developed a plan for what to do with the land.

“The only thing we know is that we don’t want to lose the view,” he said on a tour of the property in the spring. “Whatever makes sense for us and the resource is the way we’ll go.”

“The Adirondack Land Trust will own and manage the property for the long-term,” the land trust said in a press release this week. “The roadside field at the top of the sloping property was historically used for agriculture and grazing.

“The land trust’s first priority is to develop a management plan that will take into account scenic, agricultural, forest and freshwater conservation values and evaluate potential for some public access in the future. This transaction does not affect pre-existing water rights held by adjacent landowners to a spring on the property.”

“I was so happy when I learned that the Adirondack Land Trust purchased a large tract of land across from our home on Route 86, located just beyond Donnelly’s farm,” said Howard Riley, a Harrietstown town councilman and neighbor of the property. “It is one of the most spectacular views in the Adirondacks. Born in a nearby farmhouse 86 years ago, I can remember, as a kid, seeing cars parked along that stretch of road taking pictures of the view, just as they are today.”

Land trust preserves Harrietstown Hill view

SARANAC LAKE – The Adirondack Land Trust announced this week that it had preserved the iconic view from Harrietstown Hill, near Donnelly’s ice cream stand.

The land trust, based in Keene Valley, purchased Glenview Farm, a 238-acre parcel, earlier this month for $98,000, according to a deed filed on Oct. 7, the land was bought.

“They love the land, and they want to make sure it’s protected,” ALT spokeswoman Connie Prickett said in May. “I think that’s what motivated them.”

“The Trevor family, as stewards of this property for over 70 years, has developed a strong interest in conservation, which is what prompted this transfer to the Adirondack Land Trust to insure preservation of this resource for future generations,” a press release said. “The family has worked over the years with the town and the neighboring community to preserve this land and is confident that the Land Trust will be a wonderful neighbor and steward of this special property and view-shed.”

“The landowners contacted us, and when that happens, our staff will map the property and we look at the conservation values,” Prickett added.

“Views and scenic vistas are our high-priority conservation values, so it immediately ranked really high because of the view. In this case, they were extremely generous in offering it to us at a deep discount.”

Prickett and land protection manager Chris Jage said the land trust hasn’t begun the planning process of what to do with the land.

“The only thing we know is that we don’t want to lose the view,” he said on a tour of the property in the spring. “Whatever makes sense for us and the resource is the way we’ll go.”

“The Adirondack Land Trust will own and manage the property for the long-term,” the land trust said in a press release this week. “The roadside field at the top of the sloping property was historically used for agriculture and grazing.

“The land trust’s first priority is to develop a management plan that will take into account scenic, agricultural, forest and freshwater conservation values and evaluate potential for some public access in the future. This transaction does not affect pre-existing water rights held by adjacent landowners to a spring on the property.”

“I was so happy when I learned that the Adirondack Land Trust purchased a large tract of land across from our home on Route 86, located just beyond Donnelly’s farm,” said Howard Riley, a Harrietstown town councilman and neighbor of the property. “It is one of the most spectacular views in the Adirondacks. Born in a nearby farmhouse 86 years ago, I can remember, as a kid, seeing cars parked along that stretch of road taking pictures of the view, just as they are today.”

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