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Homer-Watcha Preserve

Photo by Avi Hesterman

Closed to visitors, the Homer-Watcha Preserve provides important habitat for the threatened northern harrier and several threatened plant and insect species.

Location
West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Size
142 acres

What to See: Plants
Plants typical of the sandplain grasslands and coastal heathlands

What to See: Animals
northern harrier

Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
This is an ecologically significant property of sandplain grasslands and heathlands surrounded by oak woodlands that provides important habitat for several threatened species.

What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing
The Nature Conservancy holds a conservation restriction and manages the area.