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SAVE NOTCH FOREST

Protect our Drinking Water

WHAT IS
HAPPENING?

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North Adams is working with logging companies to log 70 acres next to Notch Road Reservoir and the trailhead at Bellow's Pipe in North Adams, MA.​

The approval of this project opens the forest to potentially 10 years of logging projects on a beloved hiking trail with much cultural history.

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Original to this plan was the use of the carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate... 

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NEXT TO OUR ONLY TOWN WATER SUPPLY​

Officials say this has been nixed but the revised work plan has not been made public and they will not verbally commit to never spraying in the future.

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Mass. Audubon intends to use North Adams as an "experiment" in logging around and directly above a public watershed. 

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They falsely claim that young trees store more carbon and that the forest needs intervention. This is not true and is misleading.

Article: Carbon sequestered and stored in young versus old forests

 

Article: Old is Better than Young: The Carbon Sequestration Potential of Letting Forests Mature

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North Adams will have to PAY upwards of $19,000 for this project, not including potential damage to our roads or cleaning of our reservoir if necessary. 

 

Preserving the land as a Forever Forest may profit the city between $60,000 and $500,000.

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Our Case for a Forever Wild Forest

Forest Trees

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With Hope, The Friends of Notch Reservoir and The Bellows Pipe Trailhead

Who We Are

Friends of Notch Forest is a group of concerned North Adams residents and environmentalists dedicated to providing valuable information and resources to raise awareness and garner support for environmental protection initiatives.​

 

Our mission is to protect and preserve the

North Adams Public Water Supply

and Nationally recognized Bellow's Pipe Trail

for future generations by stopping the logging project.

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