On June 10th under a hot sun and overlooking a pasture of grazing horses, forty five members of the Carlisle Conservation Foundation attended its Annual Meeting at Black Brook Farm. There was much to celebrate. Hosts Tom and Tamara Erickson had recently agreed to a bargain sale of 8.5 acres of land to Great Brook Farm State Park. The land is highly visible from Lowell Street and from the park’s southern cornfield. The Carlisle Conservation Found­ation, anonymous donors, Old North Bridge Hounds, Littleton Horseowners Association, and the New England Mountain Bikers Association contributed $88,100 to the commonwealth’s limited open land purchase funds to enable the state to buy the land for $300,000, less than half its current market value. Working with state officials to make this purchase possible, CCF members provided strong leadership and hours
of volunteer time.