sentences:  In his conservation work, he advocated protection of undeveloped open spaces near where people lived.He was instrumental in getting the town to purchase and develop Spicebush Swamp in West Hartford as a nature preserve, and also played a key role in helping the Hartford Audubon Society obtaining the Lewis Farm in Suffield, CT as a bird sanctuary that is owned and managed by that group.His role in preserving the latter property is recognized by a plaque on a boulder at the edge of the parking area.