Sears Street, Ashfield, MA 01330

Map 13 lot 20 is unrestricted one acre at Book 8034 Page 79 Franklin County Registry of Deeds. 101.975 acres of forest land along Cape Street and Sears Road in Ashfield, MA. All but one acre of the property is subject to a permanent Conservation Restriction held by the Mass Division Fisheries and Wildlife. Book 3709 Page 195 Franklin County Registry of Deeds. The property has been managed by a professional forester for many years and supports a forest of red oak, red maple, birch, white pine and hemlock. A 5 acre portion of the property has been managed for old growth for more than 100 yrs.. A recent timber inventory identified a total value of nearly $70,000. There is a one acre unrestricted area on the east edge of the restricted property. Ashfield zoning requires 2 ac for a building lot, but the abutting land with the Conservation Restriction, Section II paragraph 12 does not allow that land to be used to expand abutting lands for development.