Hopedale Land Conservation Grant for Maple Farm Wildlife Preserve

By MyFM’s Claire Beverly – Some land in Hopedale could come under conservation with the Metacomet Land Trust getting a Conservation Partnership Grant from the Commonwealth. Hopedale Town News reports the $175,000 grant is a match for $175,000 designated by the November Mendon Town Meeting to buy a conservation restriction for a property along North Avenue owned by Jim and Cheri Vandersluis. The 116 acres will be known as the Maple Farm Wildlife Preserve and the Trust plans to form a volunteer group to help manage it.