PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) - The Aquidneck Land Trust has received a $25,000 challenge match from an anonymous donor to help the trust’s effort to conserve 7.5-acres of Glen Farm in Portsmouth.
Every donation will be matched by the donor until $25,000 has been raised, according to The Newport Daily News.
The trust has already raised more than $240,000 of the $472,000 needed to protect the land, including a recent $200,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Management.
The property has prime farmland soils and is surrounded by a mix of protected and unprotected parks, trails, forestland and farmland. A looped walking path around its stone-walled perimeter will be made publicly accessible upon conservation.
“This historic property is part of an iconic Aquidneck Island landscape,” Chuck Allott, the trust’s executive director said in a statement. “We all cherish the open farmland vista from East Main Road to the Sakonnet River, and are thrilled to have the opportunity to conserve this section of the land forever. We are very grateful to our generous donor for offering this challenge match.”
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