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12 <br />Park Name: <br /> <br />Lowry Woods <br /> <br />Classification: <br /> <br />Community Park <br />Location: <br /> <br />South of the Luce Line Trail between the roads of <br />Luce Line Ridge and Cristofori Circle <br />Size (in acres): 14.1 <br />Description: <br /> <br />Isolated and currently land-locked parcel of land. <br />It is heavily forested along with rolling to steep <br />terrain. The property is densely vegetated with <br />deciduous trees and contains a segment of old <br />growth Oak, Maple and Basswood forest. There <br />is also a small evergreen mix of Pine varieties. <br />Facilities: <br /> <br />None <br />Adjacent Land Use: <br /> <br />Single-Family Residential <br />Special use Groups/ <br />Stakeholders: <br />None <br />Restrictions or <br />Conditions: <br />Conveyance from Nature Conservancy requires <br />that the City of Orono maintain the property in a <br />natural state. No development except trails is <br />allowed. <br />Notes: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lowry Woods is a Big Woods remnant of the Old <br />Maple Basswood forests once found throughout <br />the area. The forest is available for research by <br />scientists or for nature walks and study. Mr. and <br />Mrs. Lowry donated the 14 acres of land to the <br />Nature Conservancy in 1965 for use as a natural <br />area with the idea that if it became inappropriate <br />to be held as a natural area it could be sold. The <br />proceeds must be used to purchase another natural <br />area. <br />PIDs Acres How and When Acquired <br />31-118-23 43 0009 14.1 Donated to Nature Conservancy by Mrs. Lowry in 1964; conveyed to Orono in 1994 <br />