FAYETTE – Jane Brogan remembers riding Sancy, one of the many horses she once owned, into the vast woodlands she owned with her husband Jim, in Fayette. The longtime Fayette resident couple has now donated the 53-acre Bamford Pond Woodland Conservation Area to the Kennebec Land Trust.
Jim and Jane Brogan had owned and maintained the land for decades, since 1991, and after recent discussions with the land trust’s Land Committee members, the Brogans signed over the property in November.
“We have lived in his neighborhood for a long time. There is no development here, we know all our neighbors and it’s a quiet and peaceful place,” Jane said. “We wanted to conserve it.”
The newly acquired land also neighbors a popular snowmobile trail and other properties owned by the land trust, including Baldwin Hill Conservation Area, Sturtevant Farm Scenic Area and Hales Pond Woodland Preserve properties.
With this acquisition, the land trust has conserved 7,753 acres with 58 miles of trails open to all residents for recreational activities like hunting, skiing, fishing and nature observation.
At the Bamford Pond Woodland Conservation Area, there are no designated trails but people will be able to hunt and bushwhack.
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Source: The Kennebec Journal