In 2015, Elizabeth and Maynard Stowe had 23 acres of forested land together jointly and privately, with no family trust in place to keep their forest as forest long term. At that time, the woodland was overgrown with invasives.
Pelham Lake Park is a treasured forest and lake landscape located in the heart of Rowe, Massachusetts. Forests make up 1,331 acres of the park and another 81 acres that is Pelham Lake itself.
The single largest property stewarded by The Trustees, Notchview, located in Windsor, Massachusetts, includes more than 3,100 acres of forests, wetlands, grasslands, early successional habitats and a high degree of regional forest connectivity.