of a friend of mines property who passed away. He never had any kids so he and his wife decided to leave their land in what is called here Joshua's Trust. They get some tax breaks, and get to live on it until the both pass on. They can decide on the use of it and thats how it will remain forever. I had not been back there since he passed away. I can get to his place from off the back of our property on horse trails. I've been waiting to see what the state of Ct was going to do with it. Over the last 3 years, they put in a new engineered dam, removed the house but left up the garages. It it now just for nature walks. He liked the smell of the white pines and planted them all over his place. That's the only thing you can smell there now as they are all huge and the understory is covered in the needles. Great to walk in and the smell is really great. I went there to see what they did to it and to also look for a place to put a Geocache. None there now so I wanted to be the one to get one in there. Just over a 100 acres there which backs up to another neighbor of ours who has mentioned doing the same thing. At some point it could all become one... Here is what the state puts out about it...
Allanach-Wolf Woodlands
11/25/2009
Windham Center still has the charm of an old New England village, surrounded by sizable, unbroken tracts of land, many of which were formerly farms. One of these large properties, 102.6 acres of largely forested land, was donated to Joshua�s Trust by Ada Wolf in 2007. Located on Back Road, the property is in an area identified as having the highest natural resource priority in the Town of Windham�s Plan of Conservation. Streams which course through the woods feed into a 22-acre shallow pond, known as Lake Marie.
Since 2007, extensive repairs were made to the earthen dam that supports Lake Marie, and environmental restoration has brought the land closer to the natural state in which Ada Wolf wished to see it preserved. Plans are now being made for public access to the property, and a formal dedication of the property is planned for spring 2010.
In addition to the property, Ada Wolf left an endowment for its management and for possible additions of adjacent land, a far-sighted gift which opens a potential greenway. In accordance with Ada Wolf�s wishes, the property is named the Allanach-Wolf Woodlands.
Here are a few shots I grabbed today while down there....Very quiet and peaceful there, just as he liked it.
Rest in peace Walter and Ada.
#1 is the stone the state put up as you enter via the road....
#2 The main road in to where the house was...
#3 Part of the new dam the state put in....
#4 Just a different section of the pond. Good bass fishing in this pond, but the state no longer allows it...I see a no fishing sign up.
#5 This is up where the house was...Not sure why they removed the house.....
#6 This was just out in back of where the house was on a little feeder stream he had dammed up so he could hear the water. I see
the beaver have added in their addition to it....He would of liked that.....
Allanach-Wolf Woodlands
11/25/2009
Windham Center still has the charm of an old New England village, surrounded by sizable, unbroken tracts of land, many of which were formerly farms. One of these large properties, 102.6 acres of largely forested land, was donated to Joshua�s Trust by Ada Wolf in 2007. Located on Back Road, the property is in an area identified as having the highest natural resource priority in the Town of Windham�s Plan of Conservation. Streams which course through the woods feed into a 22-acre shallow pond, known as Lake Marie.
Since 2007, extensive repairs were made to the earthen dam that supports Lake Marie, and environmental restoration has brought the land closer to the natural state in which Ada Wolf wished to see it preserved. Plans are now being made for public access to the property, and a formal dedication of the property is planned for spring 2010.
In addition to the property, Ada Wolf left an endowment for its management and for possible additions of adjacent land, a far-sighted gift which opens a potential greenway. In accordance with Ada Wolf�s wishes, the property is named the Allanach-Wolf Woodlands.
Here are a few shots I grabbed today while down there....Very quiet and peaceful there, just as he liked it.
Rest in peace Walter and Ada.
#1 is the stone the state put up as you enter via the road....
#2 The main road in to where the house was...
#3 Part of the new dam the state put in....
#4 Just a different section of the pond. Good bass fishing in this pond, but the state no longer allows it...I see a no fishing sign up.
#5 This is up where the house was...Not sure why they removed the house.....
#6 This was just out in back of where the house was on a little feeder stream he had dammed up so he could hear the water. I see
the beaver have added in their addition to it....He would of liked that.....
