Otsego Land Trust Protects 135 Acres on Butternut Creek – All Otsego

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Otsego Land Trust Executive Director Gregory Farmer celebrates the Clearey conservation easement with landowners Vicki Coleman and Patrick Clearey, OLT Land Protection Manager May Leinhart and Justin Williams, OLT agriculture and public properties manager. (Photo provided)
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Otsego Land Trust Protects 135 Acres on Butternut Creek

EXETER—The headwaters of Butternut Creek are protected forever, thanks to a local family and Otsego Land Trust. Patrick Clearey, his sister Vicki Coleman, and Vicki’s children Garrett Coleman and Alisha Coleman-Jensen, donated a conservation easement on December 13 to safeguard the 135-acre property in Exeter.

Rural landscapes and ecosystems are under increasing pressure for development. Commitments from local landowners help to protect the landscape and enhance climate resilience in the Otsego region.

Private landowners have a variety of reasons for working with Otsego Land Trust to conserve their land in perpetuity. Otsego Land Trust works with property owners to identify the key conservation values and draft a legally binding easement that expresses their vision for the land. Clearey recently explained his interest and motivation.

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