Open Space and Recreation Plan - Town of North Andover

T O W N O F N O R T H A N D O V E R
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TABLE 5.1.4
Trustees of Reservations
2 0 1 0 U P D A T E
PROPERTY ACRES PRIMARY USES
Weir Hill 194 Watershed, Recreation, Conservation
Stevens-Coolidge Place 91 Historic Preservation, Conservation
Edgewood Farm (Conservation Restriction) 29.5 Historic Preservation, Conservation
Ward Reservation * 350 Recreation, Conservation
TOTAL 664.5
* Ward Reservation is approximately 700 acres in size. The property is located within Andover and North Andover.
The Essex County Greenbelt Association is a private land trust that holds title to 357.7 acres of land in North
Andover (Table 5.1.6) and controls conservation restrictions on one other parcel. These include the
Farnsworth Reservation, which abuts the Town Farm and Smolak Farm, Potters Field on the shores of Lake
Cochichewick, and a number of parcels abutting the Boxford State Forest. In 2004, Tom Zahoruiko, a local
developer generously donated Carter Fields Reservation to the Essex County Greenbelt Association as part of a
Planned Residential Development stipulation. The site is comprised of 85-acres of forested uplands, and an
extensive beaver-created wetland that houses the largest Great Blue Heron rookery in Essex County.
TABLE 5.1.5
Essex County Green Belt Association
PROPERTY ACRES PRIMARY USES
Fish Cedar Swamp 6 Conservation
Farnsworth Reservation 50 Conservation, Recreation
Chaplin Cedar Swamp 61.5 Conservation
Wilmot Lot 11 Conservation
Chaplin Nike Site 43.8 Conservation, Recreation
Purgatory Swamp 91 Conservation, Recreation
Christmas Tree Estate 9.1 Conservation
Carter Fields Reservation * 85 Conservation, Watershed, Recreation
TOTAL ACREAGE 357.4
Excluding Potters Field (3.0 acres)
* Donated by Tara Leigh Development in 2004
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