This gift from the Foote Family Charitable Trust is an important addition to the Land Trust's Sybil Creek Coastal Preserve. The donation consists of two separate parcels of upland, totaling 23.4 acres, that lie east of the closed town landfill. The larger piece (19.6 acres) is the wooded upland abutting the salt meadow east of Waverly Park Road, which was given to the Land Trust by The Foote Trust in 1994. The terrain is gently rolling, with a small brook and a healthy mature hardwood forest. The "Branford Trail" runs the length of the property. The second 3.8 acre parcel is nearby to the east and contains some wetlands and upland forest. The preservation of so much upland adjoining the salt marsh increases the habitat value of both areas.

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