In late 2021, HCT learned about an offer to purchase and subdivide this property for the creation of a second house lot.  Due to this property’s strategic position, HCT worked with the landowner to develop a Conservation Restriction (CR) to ensure the majority of the parcel would remain permanently protected.  HCT also negotiated a public trail easement area that covers much of the protected area. The forested land had skid roads used for regular timber removal.  The CR now requires restoring forest health through a forest management plan.

Adjacent to the newly protected (2022) Eastern Greenway conservation area, the Doctors Amin and Nahid Rathore Conservation Area adds 27 forested acres to the 216-acre conserved area to the south. It extends a large unfragmented natural landscape that has diverse habitat and supports a large number of bird and animal species. 

A trail has been created to connect Mettacomet Path to the trails on the Eastern Greenway (South) and Tripp conservation lands. A forest management plan has been created to encourage climate resiliency, improve bird habitat, and improve ecological health to support HCT’s stewardship goals.