The Gaw Property is owned by the Sterling Land Trust and is open to the public. NCLT holds a conservation restriction on the property. The conservation area is comprised of approximately 8 acres of wooded marsh with hemlocks, red maples and yellow birch. It is bisected by the Wekepeke Brook, one of the best cold-water streams in Eastern Massachusetts and part of the Nashua River Watershed. It is surrounded by land that is considered Priority Habitat by the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and is close to permanently protected land of Leominster Water Department and Lancaster Town Forest. The entire parcel is in a well head protection zone.
