Photo Gallery: North Falmouth Woodlands Tour
This week, 300 Committee Land Trust staff toured the 48 acres slated for conservation in North Falmouth, as well as the residential property off Benjamin Nyes Land that Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod will redevelop into 14 affordable, for-purchase homes.
Conservation Land
The 300 Committee will buy 48 acres of woodland for $4.95 million.
The forest consists mainly of pine and oak trees, and is mapped by the state as critical habitat for Eastern Box turtles, a threatened species.
300 Committee Executive Director Jessica Whritenour shows preliminary plans for a network of public walking trails.
The native spotted pipsissewa is among the property's ground cover plants.
Habitat For Humanity Build Site
Habitat For Humanity of Cape Cod will buy a 7.5 acres off Benjamin Nyes Land for $1 million.
An aging house on the property will be torn down and 14 affordable, single-family homes will be built.
Habitat for Humanity's plan includes rooftop solar panels, native plantings and a best-in-class innovative/alternative wastewater system.
Following requests from neighbors, discussions are underway for how to minimize changes to the driveway entrance and the stone structures flaking the drive. Habitat is not proposing any road changes, such as sidewalks or widening.