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Chateaugay Woodlands
United States of America
The 85500 acre Chateaugay Woodlands property is located in the northern part of New York Adirondack State Park. Chateaugay WoodlandsIt was purchased in 2004 as part of a larger conservation transaction in which The Nature Conservancy acquired the adjacent 20000 acres in fee and the right to purchase an assignable conservation easement on the lands acquired by Lyme. Lyme obtained Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its timber operations and sold a working forest conservation easement on the property to the State of New York. Lyme sold the property to a private timberland investment group in 2009.
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Clarion Timber Company
The Clarion Timber Company lands are located in northwestern Pennsylvania, south of the Allegheny National Forest. Clarion Timber CompanyThis is an unusually productive hardwood region of the US, particularly renowned for the quality of its black cherry. The Clarion lands were purchased in 2004 and have been managed with an emphasis on value accretion. Lyme has sold the property in phases, the last of which occurred in April, 2013. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy was a conservation partner for Lyme in this deal.
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GLS Woodlands
The GLS Woodlands property, purchased in 2008, consists of 22,150 acres of land on the east side of West Grand Lake in southeastern Maine. Grand Lake Stream MaineThe ownership includes 17 miles of undeveloped shoreline on West Grand Lake, Lower Oxbrook Lake, and Big Lake. The property has been a major conservation priority due to the extent of its undeveloped shoreline, the lakes’ unique cold water inland fisheries and its location within a 400,000 acre area of conserved land.
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Great Dismal Swamp
Great Dismal Swamp, a 1,037 acre in-holding in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife RefugeRestored wetlands in Great Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia was purchased in 2007 with Ecosystems Investment Partners. The property has been approved as a wetland and endangered species mitigation bank and the initial round of credits has been sold. Restoration work consisted of removing an old airfield, plugging and filling the ditches that had drained the wetland for agriculture, re-contouring the property and replanting nearly 300,000 native trees and shrubs. The land is protected by a conservation easement held by the Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
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Lyme Adirondack Forest Company (LAFCo)
United States of America
Lyme acquired approximately 278,000 acres of land in New York’s Adirondack State Park from International Paper in 2006. The Lyme Adirondack Forest Company property comprises the largest private forestland ownership in the state of New York and include some of the region’s highest quality sugar maple stands as well as a diversity of other hardwood and softwood species. The lands also include frontage on a number of scenic rivers and access to undeveloped ponds and lakes in the Adirondacks.
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Lyme St. Croix Forest Company
United States of America
The Lyme Forest Fund III acquired 72500 acres of timberlandwausau red pine from the Wausau Paper Company in December 2011. The property located in northwestern Wisconsin is principally forested with red pine plantations and has unique geologic features and natural areas. Conservation partners include The Conservation Fund The Nature Conservancy and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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Nanticoke Headwaters
United States of America
Nanticoke Headwaters was purchased by Lyme in December 2007 with partners Ecosystem Investment Partners and another investor.Swamp in Nanticoke Headwaters It consists of 1206 acres of land in southern Delaware and will be established as a wetland and endangered species mitigation bank with credits available for sale on the open market. The property lies within the Cypress Swamp Forest Legacy Area a conservation priority for the State of Delaware and contains habitat for the federally listed Delmarva fox squirrel. Over the past two hundred years the properties have been extensively ditched and drained resulting in significant alteration of the natural wooded wetlands. Restoration work will return the lands to a natural functioning wetland. Lyme expects to sell a working forest conservation easement on the property. Important conservation partners include The Conservation Fund and the Delaware Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Schoodic Woods
United States of America
The Lyme Forest Fund III acquired approximately aerial view of schoodic3200 acres of forestland on Maine's Schoodic Peninsula adjacent to Acadia National Park. The property is completely undeveloped and contains more than a mile of shore frontage including the 15 acre Sargent's Island. It has been a high priority for the conservation community for a number of years. Conservation partners include Maine Coast Heritage Trust the National Park Service and Friends of Acadia.
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Talisheek Pine Savanna
United States of America
Talisheek Pine Savanna acquired in 2008 consists of 2510 acres of land adjacent to an important Nature Conservancy preserve in eastern St. Tammany Parish Louisiana. Long leaf Pine stand Talisheek Pine SavannahThe property contains wetlands working forests and endangered species (namely the gopher tortoise). Lyme and its joint venture partner Ecosystem Investment Partners have established this property as an approved wetland and endangered species mitigation bank. An initial batch of mitigation credits were released and sold.
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Waccamaw
United States of America
The Lyme Timber Company LP is a private timberland investment management organization (TIMO) that focuses on the acquisition and sustainable management of lands with unique conservation values. Since its founding in 1976 the Company has followed a disciplined and value oriented approach to investing in forestland and rural real estate. The Company s current portfolio includes 650000 acres located in New York California Florida Tennessee Wisconsin Colorado Maine South Carolina Virginia Louisiana Alabama Delaware and West Virginia.
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