FOR THE TAX YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, 359 ACRES OF LAND VALUED AT $1,478,200 WERE ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE OR DONATION FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND PUBLIC USE. INCLUDED IN ACQUISITIONS DURING THE TAX YEAR ARE THE BIRCH POINT, ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION, GOLDEN DAYS LOON, AND WILCOX-PALMER-SHA ADDITION. THE ACQUISITIONS BRING THE TOTAL LAND PRESERVES PROTECTED TO 10,980 ACRES, VALUED AT HISTORICAL COST OF $36,138,870. ALSO, CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EXTINGUISHED IN THE TAX YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 TOTALED $2,038,000 AS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE D, PART XIII. A TOTAL OF 261 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSERVANCY DURING IT'S 30-YEAR HISTORY COMPRISING 22,849 ACRES, VALUED AT A HISTORICAL COST OF $70,126,610.
