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Public Invited to Join Discussions on State Forests Future02:43PM / Monday, July 13, 2009
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation invites interested sportsmen and women, foresters, land trust and watershed association members and other conservationists who care about state forests to participate in a Forest Futures Visioning Process at a two-part public forum on Tuesday, July 14, from 3:45 to 8:30 p.m.
The first part of the forum will be a Walk-in-the-Woods at Savoy State Forest.
Bill Hill, Savoy Mountain State Forest DCR state lands manager, will lead the group to several locations at the state forest to discuss and view examples of the forest conditions, management practices, and recreational uses of some of our state lands.
Interested participants will meet at the MassWildlife Moran Wildlife Management Area, which will serve as a staging area for car pooling to the state forest, located 9Z, 10 miles north of the junction of Routes 9 and 8A (Savoy Road) on the left-hand side. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
If possible, car pool to the staging area.
The second part of the forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Sammer Dennis Room at Murdock Hall at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
The program will begin with approximately a half-hour of presentations that will provide an overview of the Forest Futures Visioning Process, basic facts about forests, and key issues.
DCR will collect questions for the subject experts and presenters and answer as many as time allows. Then, working in small groups, there will be an hour of organized discussion.
The groups will report back to the group at large about what is important about Massachusetts forestlands, from their perspective.
To join DCR for the public forum, RSVP to MODR@umb.edu. |
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