Town discusses 4.1-acre transfer error to Forest for Learning; options include deed-back or replacement land
The Town Manager reported an erroneous 4.1-acre transfer to the Forest for Learning lacking a recorded easement; the Forest for Learning may return the land, or the town may need to find land of equivalent value—estimated to take two years—while the town considers a Memorandum of Understanding for trail stewardship.
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Town Manager Karen Astley told the Selectboard that 4.1 acres had been transferred to the Forest for Learning without a previously recorded easement that would have required the land to remain with the Town. Astley said the Forest for Learning board is considering options and that the town could ask the group to steward the trail entrance and deed the land back, or the town could find substitute land of equal value, a process estimated to take two years.
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