Protected Open Space Tops Developed Land After Recent Conservation
Massachusetts now has 1.25 million acres of protected parks and wildlife habitats. West Roxbury has its fair share, too, especially for an urban neighborhood.
Gov. Deval Patrick announced this week that for the first time, the amount of protected open space in Massachusetts exceeds the amount of developed land. With the Department of Fish and Game's recent $2.5 million acquistion in Plymouth of 94 acres of wildlife habitat, the state can count 100,000 acres of open space conserved since 2007, for a total of 1.25 million acres overall. According to the attached PDF map provided by the City of Boston, West Roxbury looks pretty good for an urban neighborhood when it comes to open space - and protected open space. The Stony Brook Reservation, which the attached Bellevue Hill Reservation is also a part of, in the southeast part of West Roxbury, are protected; As are Millennium Park and Brook Farm, …
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