Baker-Polito Administration and Local Residents Celebrate Protection of Mount Watatic South Slope Property During Climate Week

ASHBURNHAM — As the Commonwealth continues to recognize Climate Week, the Baker-Polito Administration today joined with stakeholders, and state and local officials at the base of Mount Watatic to celebrate a public-private partnership that conserved more than 200 acres of land in the Towns of Ashby and Ashburnham, including 186 acres purchased by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) that will be managed by the agency’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) as part of the 1,036-acre Ashby Wildlife Management Area. The property is centrally located within an extensive landscape of more than 3,650 acres of conservation land, including the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) 2,200-acre Ashburnham State Forest, the 280-acre Mount Watatic Reservation, and DFG’s 140-acre Watatic Mountain Sanctuary.

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