Conserving beautiful and vulnerable landscapes.
Westport Land Conservation Trust
P.O. Box 3975
1100D Main Road
Westport, Massachusetts 02790
info@westportlandtrust.org
Phone: (508) 636-9228
Fax: (508) 636-0587
Place to Walk in Westport, MA
Dunham’s Brook Conservation Area
Originally two parcels, the Dunhams Brook Conservation Area is made up of a 60-acre piece, known as King Hill generously donated to the Westport Land Trust by the Julia Krapf Family in 2006.
The Land Trust was able to purchase adjoining land from the Brian and Karen Giblin Family in 2008 through the cooperative efforts of the Westport Land Conservation Trust (WLCT), the Town of Westport’s Community Preservation Fund (CPA) and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EOEEA). Protection was achieved with the support of the Trustees of Reservations. These two pieces of land together created one of the largest Conservation areas open to the public in Westport and now, thanks to a generous donation from the Susan Bush family, we have added 5 acres that expands the Dunhams Brook Conservation Area to include 93 acres of trails, cultivated fields and important wetlands.
The ecologically significant Dunhams Brook originates to the north, flows through these properties, and then flows through 200 acres of preserved land before emptying into the West Branch of the Westport River. It provides an important source of high-quality fresh water for the Westport River Estuary.
