| 1971 |
A few Dartmouth residents band together to try to purchase and protect the 150-acre Star of the Sea property at the head of Apponagansett Bay. Although they make an offer and put a down payment on the property, the property owner sells the property to a developer without notifying the Dartmouth group. Although the initial conservation effort fails, the loss of Star of the Sea galvanizes public opinion and leads to the incorporation of the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust. (Since this time, DNRT and the Dartmouth Conservation Commission have been able to mitigate the development at Star of the Sea by protecting a total 104 acres there.) |
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| 1972 |
The first land donation to DNRT is 19 acres of saltwater marshland on the west bank of the Slocum River by Carl and Phyllis Grosswendt, now called the Grosswendt Reserve. The first conservation restriction is 40 acres adjacent to the Little River, given by William and Louise Pinney. |
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| 1978 |
Karen G. Cribbs (Lloyd) gives DNRT the 55-acre “Katharine Nordell Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies” on the banks of the Slocum’s River. In 1985, the Lloyd Center becomes a separate non-profit entity.
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| 1991 |
In its first land purchase project, DNRT raises over $200,000 to buy 54 acres adjacent to the Smith Farm property, expanding that Reserve to 137 acres.
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| 1993 |
DNRT hires its first employee, an Administrator, which evolves into the Executive Director position.
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| 1997 |
DNRT hires permanent part-time Land Manager to help steward its growing number of Reserves and conservation restrictions. The position becomes full-time in 1999.
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| 1999 |
DNRT receives a donation of 112 acres along the Shingle Island River. (DNRT now protects over 2,500 feet of frontage along this important waterway.) |
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| 2000 |
DNRT and the Trustees of Reservations close on the acquisition of Destruction Brook Woods, thus completing Phase III of the 3-year $8 million "Slocum's River Conservation Project," which protected a total of 1,053 acres in Dartmouth, including the Slocum's River Reserve and the Dartmoor Farm Wildlife Management Area (now owned by the state).
DNRT hires its third full-time staff member. |
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| 2004 |
DNRT completes the Hixville Conservation Project (HCP), protecting three properties totaling 158-acres (collectively known as our Ridge Hill Reserves) off Collins Corner Road in North Dartmouth. In 2007, DNRT protects another 52 acres in this location, thereby linking the Ridge Hill Reserves with the 13,000 acre "Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve."
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| 2005 |
DNRT acquires a 40-acre addition to its Little River Reserve, thus creating a block of 350 acres of protected land between Potomska Road and Little River. |
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| 2009 |
DNRT helps the Trustees of Reservations raise over $2 million protect the 131-acre Cornell Farm on Smith Neck Road.
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