Meduxnekeag River Association, Woodstock, NB

The Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve was established in 1998 when the Meduxnekeag River Association purchased a 57 hectare forested tract with two kilometres of shoreline along the Meduxnekeag below Red Bridge. Much of the property consisted of mature forest, both softwood and hardwood, including the prominent wooded hill called Wilson Mountain. This began to be called Phase One of the Preserve when we added, in 2003, an adjacent three hectares which we called Leonard Woods and referred to as Phase Two. At the end of 2003, we purchased a 52 hectare forest six kilometres further upstream, which became Bell Forest, Phase Three of the Preserve.