Knowles Conservation Restriction

Property History

This privately-owned property is a gently sloping pasture with bordering woodland along the western bank of the West Branch of the Palmer River.

This Conservation Restriction represents a voluntary initiative in 2012, to protect agricultural land, by the former owners Jonathan and Caroline Knowles.  Mr. Knowles’ parents purchased ± 70 acres in about 1938. Over the years, the Knowles raised a great variety of livestock and vegetable crops on the premises, much of which was devoted to pasture. Native American artifacts, such as arrowheads, surfaced during cultivation.

Land Owner & Funding Partners

The land is privately owned. The conservation restriction is held by the Rehoboth Land Trust. Funding partners include the Land Conservation Tax Credit Program under the Massachusetts  Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.