Earlier this summer, TILT added 70-acres to its Many Oaks property in Rossie and Macomb. The forested acreage is now permanently protected from fragmentation and unsustainable forestry operations, adding valuable conservation to the Algonquin to Adirondacks corridor (A2A). Project support was provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Fields Pond Foundation, and the Northeast Wilderness Trust’s Wildlands Partnership Program.

Impenetrable hardwood forests and steep, Precambrian outcrops intersperse with vernal pools and wetlands to create a diverse mosaic of habitats that supports a wide array of flora and fauna. “The conservation of this tract is incredibly important from a forest connectivity standpoint,” said Spencer Busler, Assistant Director. “The property is only a stone’s throw from Grindstone Bay on Black Lake, and is a magnet for some of the region’s most stunning songbirds. Scarlet tanager, indigo bunting, and cerulean warbler have been ID’d on the property.”

The newly-conserved property ranks high on climate resilience models, and its forests will carry on sequestering carbon in perpetuity.