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SUMMARY:Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area - Forest Walk
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a walk and talk to learn more about the cultural history of the Montague Plains area and the Pine Barrens restoration project at Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area ( WMA) . The MWA covers 1\,500 acres and is managed by the MA Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. \nDate: Saturday\, October 26th\, 2024  11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. \nTopic: Cultural History of the Montague Plains area and the Pine Barrens restoration project at Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area.\n \nLocation: Montague Plains. Old Northfield Road. Parking area at the power lines 0.3 miles from the Lake Pleasant Road\nHere is a map of the location. \nSpeakers: \nJoe Graveline\, former Nolumbeka Project president. He is descended from Cherokee and Abenaki and specializes in presenting the unrepresented Indian side of American history.  \nMichael Kellett\, Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods\nDr. Bill Stubblefield\, biologist\, forest advocate and Wendell resident \nDiscussion – The history of the area\nWhat is a pine barrens restoration?\nExtensive tree cutting and mowing\nPrescribed burns\nHerbicide application\nWhat are the costs? Are there benefits?\nWhy we need wildlands\nWhy is the pre-colonial history interesting and important \nReferences:       \n“Native People did not use fire to shape New England’s Landscape” https://theconversation.com/native-people-did-not-use-fire-to-shape-new-englands-landscape-129429 \n“Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits\, significant costs” https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1073677/full \n“Wildlands in New England: Past\, Present\, and Future” https://wildlandsandwoodlands.org/resources/wildlands-in-new-england/ \nFor more information\, contact: Janet Sinclair – jasinclair@verizon.net
URL:https://can.ciderhouse.dev/event/montague-plains-wildlife-management-area-forest-walk/
CATEGORIES:forest protection,Natural Solutions
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SUMMARY:Protecting wildlands in our communities:  A new collaborative campaign
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Susan Masino and Dr. Bill Stubblefield will provide the vision\, the science and the nuts and bolts of the Protecting Wildlands campaign. \nRegister here \nTheir presentation will be followed by Q and A \nClimate Action Now will offer next steps beginning with an invitation to bring groups and communities together to connect and strategize. \nWe warmly invite you to come\, learn more and be a part of this campaign to protect our endangered ecosystem in the communities in which we live. \nSee the report entitled Wildlands in New England: Past\, Present\, and Future to learn more about Wildlands in New England. \nCheck out Dr. Masino’s talk at the April Climate Action Now Gathering on the urgency of protecting wildlands HERE. \n 
URL:https://can.ciderhouse.dev/event/protecting-wildlands-in-our-communities-a-new-collaborative-campaign/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Building the Movement,forest protection,gathering
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