Annual Report 06 - full size.qxd - Westchester Land Trust

understatement. They are, in fact, considered globally rare.
Using money left to us by the late Shelly Satin and Joan
Throckmorton, who lived in Pound Ridge, we hired Jason Tesauro,
a top researcher, and studied the fen for a month.
Tesauro's work confirmed what we suspected: the fen, which
covers more than eight acres, is an extraordinary habitat. We
found numerous juvenile spotted turtles and rare plants such as
grass of Parnassus, fringed gentian, and sundews.
We'll be returning to the fen to work on a plan to manage
and protect it. And we'll continue to work elsewhere in
Westchester on habitat protection and land use reforms, to
help ensure that our best lands are protected and our buildable
lands are developed in the best ways.
Jason Tesauro checking for reptiles at the fen
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