PRESS RELEASE - December 29, 2007
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Fayston Forestland Conserved
In the winter holiday season, gifts take many forms: plates of cookies delivered to neighbors, toys shared with families in need. In the final days of 2007, a Fayston resident quietly gave an unusual gift — a gift of land conservation — which will forever benefit the Mad River Valley landscape.
On December 28, 2007 Chad Borofsky of Fayston donated a conservation easement to the Vermont Land Trust that will permanently protect 100 acres at the end of Strong Road from future development and subdivision. The property consists primarily of forestland and includes a deer wintering area and sugarbush. Abundant evidence of species, including fisher and deer, after a recent snowfall indicate the active use of the property by wildlife.
Borofsky, who bought the property in 2001, credits his father, the late Mel Borofsky, for his love of the outdoors and decision to live on this land. He believed the permanent conservation of his forestland would be a fitting tribute to the memory his father.
“Chad Borofsky gave a wonderful gift to the Mad River Valley — forestland that will forever remain undeveloped and intact,” said Liza Walker, local representative for the Vermont Land Trust and coordinator of the Mad River Watershed Conservation Partnership. “This is a heartfelt and enduring contribution to the future of his land and the local landscape that may serve as an inspiration to others families who care about their land and community.” Borofsky is the twenty-third landowner in the Mad River Valley to donate a conservation easement to the Vermont Land Trust, bringing the total of conserved farm and forestland in the Mad River Watershed to over 8,000 acres.
The Vermont Land Trust helped Borofsky conserve his land through the use of a conservation easement. An easement helps landowners voluntarily limit development on productive farmland and forestland, and other meaningful natural and community places. Landowners continue to own, manage, and pay taxes on the land and can sell their land; however, the conservation easement permanently remains on the property.
The Vermont Land Trust is a member of the Mad River Watershed Conservation Partnership, a coalition with the Friends of the Mad River and the Mad River Valley Planning District. The mission of the Conservation Partnership is to identify critical conservation resources and assist willing landowners, organizations and communities in protecting and strengthening the Mad River Valley’s rural character, ecological health, working landscape, recreational opportunities, and community vitality. For more information about land conservation in the Mad River Valley, please contact Liza Walker, at 496-3690.
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