Leadmine Wildlife Management Area
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Leadmine Wildlife Management Area is a 640 acres (259 ha) wildlife conservation area located in Holland
and Sturbridge, Massachusetts
. The conservaton area abuts the Tantiusques
reservation and the its satellite Crowd Site, owned by The Trustees of Reservations
. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. Hunting (in season), hiking, and other outdoor recreational pursuits are enjoyed on the property.
The conservation area is named after the nearby colonial-era graphite
mining industry at Tantiusques.
Holland, Massachusetts
-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Holland is bounded on the east by Sturbridge; on the south by Union, Connecticut; on the west by Wales; and on the north by Brimfield. Holland is equidistant...
and Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Sturbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to Old Sturbridge Village living history museum and other sites of historical interest such as Tantiusques.The population was 9,268 at the 2010 census...
. The conservaton area abuts the Tantiusques
Tantiusques
Tantiusques is a open space reservation and historic site registered with the National Register of Historic Places. The reservation is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts and is owned and managed by The Trustees of Reservations; it is notable for its historic, defunct graphite mines...
reservation and the its satellite Crowd Site, owned by The Trustees of Reservations
The Trustees of Reservations
The Trustees of Reservations is a non-profit land conservation and historic preservation organization dedicated to preserving natural and historical places in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the oldest regional land trust in the world and has 100,000 dues-paying members...
. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. Hunting (in season), hiking, and other outdoor recreational pursuits are enjoyed on the property.
The conservation area is named after the nearby colonial-era graphite
Graphite
The mineral graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Ancient Greek γράφω , "to draw/write", for its use in pencils, where it is commonly called lead . Unlike diamond , graphite is an electrical conductor, a semimetal...
mining industry at Tantiusques.