KEENE VALLEY - The Adirondack Land Trust has sold a 340-acre parcel in the towns of Webb and Long Lake to a private buyer for $1.3 million.

As part of the transaction, the property, which borders the 50,000-acre Pigeon Lake Wilderness, is now protected by a conservation easement, a legally binding, permanent land preservation agreement.

The ALT announced the deal June 5.

Known as the “Mays Pond tract” and offered for sale on the open market through real estate broker LandVest, the property includes a rustic cabin. It will continue to be used as a private wilderness retreat, as it has for more than 70 years.

The conservation easement, which limits development and prohibits subdivision, is designed to protect the tract’s forest, wildlife and aquatic habitats, including 3,300 feet of undeveloped shoreline on 30-acre Mays Pond, 40 acres of wetlands and a stretch of Constable Brook, a free-flowing tributary of Big Moose Lake.

“We’re delighted to have found a conservation-minded buyer for Mays Pond,” ALT Executive Director Michael Carr said. “The buyer comes from a family with multi-generational ties to the Inlet area and tells us she ‘feels blessed to be the owner of such a beautiful piece of the Adirondacks.’”

“This is an excellent conservation outcome for a very special property,” Carr added.

The Adirondack Land Trust was established in 1984. It works to protect open space, working farms and forests, undeveloped shoreline, scenic vistas and other lands.

The ALT owns conservation easements on more than 46 privately owned properties throughout the Adirondacks, including more than a dozen working farms.

The Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter and Adirondack Land Trust are separate organizations that operate under one roof. Each has its own volunteer Board of Trustees helping to guide conservation work in the Adirondack region.

In 1988, ALT and the Conservancy solidified their partnership to become a combined local conservation force distinguished by its ability to accomplish a broad range of ecological goals while also preserving people’s livelihoods.