Woodlands Partnership

Monday, October 21, 2024, 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm
Via Remote Participation
A meeting of the Woodlands Partnership

MEETING NOTICE

The Executive Committee

of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts

(established as Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership)*

will meet on October 21, 2024 at 4:00-5:30 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

Call to order and welcome
Approval of September 24, 2024 minutes & April 16, 2024 Chair Summit minutes
Review of Catalyst Fund job description for a Development Strategist
Review of reallocation of USFS Space Needs Study fund proposal
Review of Request for Proposals for Heritage Area feasibility study data through COMMBUYS
Agenda and speaker(s) for Full Board Meeting in November
Outreach strategy regarding forest management
Agent update: EOR Chair vacancy, NRBED Chair vacancy, treasurer appointment, newsletter, Collins Center public safety services study, Markey staff follow-up
Scheduling next Committee meeting(s)
Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
Public comment

Adjourn

Executive Committee members: Dicken Crane – Windsor (Board Chair); Art Schwenger – Heath (Board Vice Chair); Alain Peteroy – Franklin Land Trust (Clerk); vacant (Treasurer); Rhonda Anderson – Ohketeau Cultural Center; Russ Richardson – Massachusetts Forest Alliance; Robert O’Connor – MA EOEEA; Constance Carpenter (USFS ex-officio)

*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. The Forest Service has since recognized the name change.