The Nature Conservancy Acquires 105 Acres Of West Greenwich Forest

WEST GREENWICH, RI — The Nature Conservancy acquired a 105-acre open space property near the West Greenwich-Exeter town line for forest protection and public recreation, including hunting.

The Nature Conservancy combined the newly protected property with previously conserved land to form the Bernard and Donald Harrington Preserve, according to a media release.

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The preserve — the conservancy's 26th in Rhode Island — is open to the public and offers more than 3 miles of hiking trails across 319 acres of field and forest, the release said.

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The conservancy purchased the land for $720,000 from David Harrington and his cousins Colleen Derjue and Bernard Harrington Jr., who all have lifelong ties to the property and wanted to see it protected, according to the release.

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“We grew up on this land and walked it endlessly," David Harrington said in the release.

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“We are so happy to preserve it, in hopes that others will be able to enjoy it as much as we have," he said.

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