The 30-acre parcel in the Mineral Hills and a 20-acre piece in the adjacent Saw Mill Hills bring Northampton two steps closer to the dream of an unbroken corridor of open space that will make both hikers and wildlife feel they are in the wilderness. Except for a crossing at Sylvester Road, the two conservation areas will eventually form one big stretch of rolling hills, bogs and forest that leads into an even bigger stretch of untamed land to the west.

“These two large areas are getting closer and closer to meeting each other,” said Northampton Planning Director Wayne M. Feiden.

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