Urban Forester to Present on Urban Rewilding at MCLA

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Urban Forester Sarah Greenleaf of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Greening the Gateway Cities Program will present on tree planting challenges in cities and sustainable urban forest management on Feb. 5 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar Series. 
 
Presentations occur every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation (FCSI) Room 121.   
 
During Greenleaf's talk she will examine the unique challenges to tree planting in cities and how sustainable urban forest management is consequently impacted, as well as the varying perspectives of using native and non-native tree species in the urban landscape.  
 
Greenleaf received a graduate degree in Urban Forestry at Oregon State University and later returned home to Massachusetts where she was thrilled to join the Greening the Gateway Cities Program, an initiative that promotes Urban Forest Equity and Environmental Justice through tree planting. 
 
Each presentation is free and open to the public. Podcasts will be posted online following each presentation.   
 
All lectures will be recorded and can be replayed on the MCLA ENVI Youtube Channel and broadcast on Northern Berkshire Community Television Channel (NBCTC) 1302 at the following times:   
  • Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.  
  • Fridays at 4 p.m.  
  • Saturdays at 3:30 p.m.  
  • Sundays at 11:30 p.m.  
  • Mondays at 5:30 p.m.   
Community members can find up-to-date information about the schedule at mcla.edu/greenliving
 

 


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Candidates Sought for Vacant North Adams School Committee Seat

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on the committee. 
 
Letters of interest should be submitted to Bobbi Tassone, administrative assistant to the superintendent, at btassone@napsk12.org by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6. 
 
The School Committee and City Council will hear from candidates and vote for the new committee member at the council's regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
 
The schedule presented by Mayor Jennifer Macksey was approved at the School Committee's meeting on Tuesday. 
 
The successful candidate will fill the four-year seat won by Chelsey Lyn Ciolkowski in the Nov. 4 election. Ciolkowski withdrew from consideration but not before her name was printed on the ballot, and she earned enough votes for third place in the four-way race for three seats. 
 
School Committee member Richard Alcombright questioned the timing of the process as there is not a vacancy until Jan. 1, and that, technically, Ciolkowski has not resigned.
 
Alcombright is not returning to the committee; his colleagues Emily Daunis and David Sookey both won re-election.
 
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