{"id":2929,"date":"2024-12-15T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/?page_id=2929"},"modified":"2024-12-15T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:14:14","slug":"whispering-pines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethanylandtrust.org\/Test\/preserves\/bethany-farms-complex\/whispering-pines\/","title":{"rendered":"Whispering Pines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Land Trust received a donation of 47.4 acres of woodlands, streams and historic features that has become Whispering Pines from the late Irene Stahl that had been lovingly tended to by Irene and her late husband, Carlton. Carlton Stahl began acquiring the land in 1944 from Henry and Julia Russell and added parcels over the years.\u00a0 He gave Henry permission to continue grazing his dairy cows in the meadow and for Julia to pick apples from the orchard for her famous apple pies.\u00a0 After his discharge from the military in 1946, Carl planted 500 seedlings, constructed a bridge (replaced with one built by the Land Trust trail crew) and made gentle paths through the forest to easily reach the top of the cliff and pine tree areas. When Carl married Irene in 1959, he was called the tree man and she the flower woman.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Some of the natural features in Whispering Pines include wetlands and forested ridges while the upper portion of Bladen\u2019s River drains most of the property. Whispering Pines provides habitat for a number of species and is part of a larger wildlife corridor in that part of Bethany. As this is in an area of rich history, both colonial and indigenous, it means that any historic features are now protected from development.<\/p>

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Trails in Whispering Pines course through many of the natural features in the Preserve and connect with adjacent open space parcels that include the Land Trust\u2019s Hidden Brook Preserve and Bethany Farms as well as the town of Bethany\u2019s Carrington Preserve.<\/p>