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Northampton County staff seek approval to buy 6.9-acre Skateen parcel along Monocacy Creek
Summary
County parks staff presented a plan to acquire the 6.9-acre Skateen Conservation Area in Lower Nazareth Township for $485,000 to protect riparian buffer, allow fishing access and expand a county greenway; the committee heard the recommendation but did not take a recorded vote.
Northampton County parks staff on Sept. 18 asked the county Energy, Environment and Land Use Committee to approve moving forward with the purchase of the 6.9-acre Skateen Conservation Area, a parcel along Monocacy Creek in Lower Nazareth Township, with a signed agreement of sale at the appraised price of $485,000.
Sherry Acevedo, conservation and open space coordinator for Northampton County Parks and Recreation, told the committee the acquisition would extend an existing greenway network that links Archibald Johnston Conservation Area, Gertrude Fox Conservation Area and Monocacy Meadow and would permanently protect streamside woodlands and…
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