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Dorchester Presbyterian Church is privileged to be home to a 42 acre wildlife sanctuary with 3/4 mile of walking trails. The land was purchased at the very low sum of $12,000 from Westvaco Corporation in 1990 with the understanding that the land would remain perpetually undeveloped as a nature preserve. The wildlife sanctuary adjoins the Dorchester State Park thus maintaining a natural travel lane for wild animals.
The wildlife sanctuary is home to white tailed deer, raccoon, opossum, cottontail and marsh rabbits, gray fox and an occasional bobcat. The preserve has the only remaining original creek bed for the Saw Branch Creek which the Army Corp of engineers turned into a canal in the late 1960's.
As development continues in the area with more and more woodlands giving way to shopping malls and subdivisions, Dorchester will be the keeper of 42 acres of natural wetlands and hardwoods.
Come and take a walk on the trails.
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