Woodlands Exec. Committee Finance and Budget
Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:30 pm until 3:00 pm
Virtual
A meeting of the Woodlands Partnership
WOODLANDS PARTNERSHIP of NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS
A Mission of Natural Resource-Based Economic Development, Forest Conservation, & Municipal Financial Sustainability
JOINT MEETING NOTICE
The Executive Committee and
Finance & Budgeting Committee
of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts
will meet on Friday, December 12, 2025 from 1:30 - 3 p.m.
This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. Members of the Board and public are welcome to attend.
Please email Agent Lisa Hayden to request a Zoom link at any time: lhayden@newenglandforestry.org
Agenda
- Call to order, & Welcome – Board Chair Dicken Crane & Finance Chair Joe Nowak
- Scope, timing and responsibilities of Agent contract:
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- State contract funding – Ex. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
- Overview of 3-year contract proposal accepted by EOEEA – New England Forestry Fd.
- Chart and timeline of active grants
- Questions and discussion re: Board priorities for next contract period
- Scheduling January meetings re: Heritage Area study themes, Indigenous community outreach and interest by new towns
- Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
- Public comment
- Adjourn
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Executive Committee members: Dicken Crane – Windsor (Board Chair); Art Schwenger – Heath (Board Vice Chair); Alain Peteroy – Franklin Land Trust (Clerk); Chris Cozzaglio – Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (Treasurer); Rhonda Anderson – Ohketeau Cultural Center; Russ Richardson – Massachusetts Forest Alliance; Robert O’Connor – MA EOEEA
Finance Committee members: Joe Nowak – Adams, Chair; Dicken Crane – Windsor; Chris Cozzaglio – Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (Treasurer), Robert O’Connor – MA EOEEA; Keith Ross, Society of American Foresters, MA
Posted- Donna Butzke-12/9/2025-9am Filed- Town Clerk-12/9/2025