Hundreds of acres of land purchased for Cross-Pike Nature Connector

BLANDFORD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts has purchased 578 acres of land in Blandford to create a Cross-Pike Nature Connector that will link 40,000 acres of permanently protected land north and south of the Mass. Pike in the Appalachian region of the state.

The project will not only allow trees to sequester carbon from the air, but will also protect waterways in the Westfield River watershed as part of Springfield’s water supply.

Officials added that potential culverts under the Pike would also help wildlife pass through the area safely to limit animals collisions.