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VOL. V NO. 12 06/15/2024

Notes from Agriculture and Forestry, June 3, 2024, Hybrid

Stockbridge has been selected by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) as the site for a special Forestry Event in 2024. Colin Mettey and Michael Downey of the Public Lands Forestry program, DCR explained that this has been an annual celebration for 11 years,established by the Town Forest Act of 2013. 

Stockbridge was selected based on the tree work in Ice Glen initiated by Select Board member White. The work in Ice Glen earned Stockbridge the Massachusetts Municipal Association Innovation Award. In addition, the Fenn Farm property was purchased by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans — over 300 acres of land in conservation. White was involved in each of the foregoing initiatives and will serve on the event committee.

Proposed sites for this special forestry event are Lake Averic, Gould Meadows, Ice Glen; proposed speakers include Bob Leverett, founder, Native Tree society, Sherry White, Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Liaison, Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans.

In addition, Stockbridge is home to Kampoosa Bog, a calcareous fen and Area of Critical Economic Concern (ACEC), and the first village improvement society: the Laurel Hill Association. 

Photo: Lionel Delevingne

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