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20 Acres Added to Lord Cove Preserve

Lyme, CT—31 December 2004—Jane I. Davison of Lyme on December 31 donated a 20-acre conservation easement to The Nature Conservancy, bringing the total land protected by the Davison family at Lord Cove to more than 270 acres.

“Lord Cove is a good example of the tidal marshes that make the lower Connecticut River a wetlands site of international importance,” said Connecticut River Program Director Nathan Frohling.  “We are very grateful to the Davisons for helping to protect so much of the wetlands and adjacent uplands.” 

Altogether, the Davison family has protected more than 270 acres at the site, all through donations.
This wooded upland parcel provides a buffer to the cove, as well as helping protect its water quality.

Lord Cove is an excellent example of brackish tidal marsh land, and many bird species roost and perch within the marsh and surrounding uplands, including the king rail and the least bittern, (threatened in Connecticut), the northern harrier and sedge wren, (endangered in Connecticut), the federally threatened bald eagle, and the Savannah sparrow (a species of special concern in Connecticut).  Lord Cove also includes the habitat of ten plant species listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern in Connecticut, many found at multiple locations throughout the marsh.

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