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Park Name: Lowry Woods =£'41 }¢, <br /> Classification: Community Park "' fi. h <br /> Location: South of the Luce Line Trail between the roads of _ ` <br /> Luce Line Ride and Cristofori Circle r "t <br /> 14.1 <br /> Description: Isolated and currently land-locked parcel of land. <br /> =w ". <br /> 'JS <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 /> ,.. . � a- <br /> is also a small evergreen mix of Pine varieties. <br /> Mi - <br /> r., <br /> Facilities: None <br /> Adjacent Land Use: Single-Family Residential ". <br /> riga <br /> Special use Groups/ None <br /> Stakeholders: r <br /> Restrictions or Conveyance from Nature Conservancy requires ' <br /> Conditions: -that the City of Orono maintain the property in a u "` <br /> natural state. No development except trails is <br /> allowed. <br /> Notes: Lowry Woods is a ?';i,> \t«f;ty; ,crol7.lri; of the Old <br /> Maple Basswood forests once found throughout ;, „i ; "�rte:"1_ _ <br /> 5.the area. The forest is available for research by j , ... <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 •: 4.3,3,., <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 Ac 1 uired <br /> 31-118-23 43 0009 14.1 Donated to Nature Conservancy by Mrs. Lowry in 1964; conveyed to Orono in 1994 <br />