Funding Round/Year
2019
Project Sponsor
Falmouth Land Trust
MNRCP Region
Southern Maine
Location
Falmouth
Total Cost of Project
$831,700
MNRCP Award
$200,000
Project Type
Fee Acquisition
Project Description
The Norton Brook project conserved approximately 52 acres of land including freshwater forested and scrub-shrub wetlands and forested upland buffer. The parcel includes approximately 2,200 linear feet of Norton Brook, which runs along the western boundary, as well as multiple wetland seeps and drainages that feed into Norton Brook. A vernal pool is present on the property providing breeding habitat for amphibians. The property protects a documented occurrence of variable sedge (Carex polymorpha), a state-listed endangered plant.
