LYNN WOODS is now permanently protected from development

Greenbelt | Essex Country’s Land Trust and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) have partnered to protect more than 2,000 acres of Lynn Woods, as part of a decades-long effort with the City of Lynn to permanently preserve the park and ensure it remains an important recreational resource for the region, and a supplier of clean water for Lynn's residents. DCR and Greenbelt were gifted a conservation restriction on Lynn Woods Reservation by the City of Lynn and the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission, who own and manage the land. 

Lynn Woods was one of the first municipal parks in the country. In 1889, Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect behind Boston’s Emerald Necklace, advised the City of Lynn that the site should be left undeveloped and preserved in its natural state for local residents to enjoy. In 1890, Lynn voters approved the creation of what was then the 998-acre Lynn Woods. The park, which stretches through Lynn, Saugus and Lynnfield, has since grown to the more than 2,100 acres it is today and includes more than 30 miles of trails for hiking, running, skiing, biking, and walking, as well as three water reservoirs. 

See the official press release here.