To the editor:

Thank you, George Mason.

Thank you for your dedication over the last 19 years to preserving the agricultural landscape, open space and natural habitat of Little Compton. During your tenure on the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust (Trust), more than 900 acres were protected (from development?) and $1.8 million in matching funds were received.  

Not much in life is meant to last forever; land preservation is the exception.

Thanks to the efforts of the Trust, Sakonnet Preservation Association, The Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, a hundred years from now future generations will be able to appreciate the farmland, open space and rural beauty we enjoy today in Little Compton.

Thank you,

Mike Steers

Little Compton