Land Trust, Landowners Protect
222 Acres In Decatur, Franklin
COOPERSTOWN – Otsego Land Trust announced today it is working with landowner Gail Sondergaard to protect 83 acres in Decatur, and with landowners Marjorie Kellogg and Barbara Newman for another 140 in Franklin, 222 acres in all.
The Sondergaard property fronts on Decatur Creek, a trout stream that empties into Schenevus Creek and eventually the Susquehanna River. Working agricultural lands and stands of hemlock and northern hardwoods make this property an ecologically rich habitat for regional flora and fauna. This is the Land Trust’s second conserved property on Decatur Creek, or what locals refer to as Parker Creek.
