Woodlands Partnership-

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm
Via Remote Participation
A meeting of the Woodlands Partnership

MEETING NOTICE

The Education, Outreach, & Research Committee

of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts

(established as Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership)*

will meet on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 5:00-6:00 p.m.

This is a virtual meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Please RSVP to Kate Conlin to request a Zoom link at any time: kconlin@newenglandforestry.org.

Agenda

  1. Call to order and welcome
  2. Approval of April 2, 2024 minutes
  3. Upcoming October 11, 2024, 7:00-8:30 p.m. book reading, Ethan Tapper’s How to Love a Forest at Raven Used Books in Shelburne Falls, promotion and logistics

  1. Spreadsheet/calendar of annual plan for events and town newsletters, other advertising

  1. Content and video creation (like the video of Dicken Crane that was shared) of Board members, town grant projects, partner efforts, etc.

  1. Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition - YouTube - how can the website share or promote informative videos like these and partner events?

  1. DCR communication about helping share their summer park events in the region

  1. Agent update: woodlandspartnership.org; IRA USFS underserved landowner grant application; Board vacancies

  1. Scheduling next Committee meeting(s)

  1. Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
  2. Public comment

  1. Adjourn

Education, Outreach, & Research Committee members: Marybeth Chichester — Franklin Regional Council of Governments (chair); Hannah Poplawski — Rowe (notetaker); Hank Art — Williamstown; Greg Cox — Hawley; Alice Houghtaling — Monroe; Rick Peltier — UMass Amherst, Public Health & Health Sciences Faculty; Rhonda Anderson — Ohketeau Cultural Center

*On Oct. 11, 2022, the Board of the public body created in 2018 voted unanimously to change its name from the “Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership” in its bylaws to Doing Business As the “Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts” and requested the state legislature and USDA Forest Service to officially establish and recognize the new name.

Posted- Donna Butzke-7/10/2024-9am

Filed- Town Clerk-7/10/2024