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Election Season
We have choices in North Adams this year. There is a Mayoral race between incumbent Jennifer Macksey  and challenger Scott Berglund . And...
Doone
Sep 281 min read
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FALL FOLIAGE PARADE
North Adams’ beloved Fall Foliage Parade will be Sunday, October 5th at 1PM. Our Save Notch Forest group has entered a float. Would you...
Doone
Sep 261 min read
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Thoreau Trail Walk
On July 19th, DCR Park Interpreter Mike Whalen led a hike on the Bellows Pipe Trail. He talked about the connection of this location to...
Doone
Aug 182 min read
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Our July 9th Meeting with the Mayor
Our meeting with the mayor was cordial. We presented an example proposal that could achieve Forever Wild Protection, complete with a budget...
Doone
Aug 182 min read
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Meeting the Mayor: Berkshire Eagle Coverage
Save Notch vigorously and successfully opposed a plan to log around the Notch Reservoir last year, but is now meeting with the city, building a relationship, and trying to get their proposals heard by the powers that be.
Doone
Jul 233 min read
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July 8th Letter to Mayor and City Council
Dear Mayor Macksey and members of the North Adams City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to speak in the public comments section at...
Doone
Jul 203 min read
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July 2025 - We're meeting with the Mayor!
Our Save Notch Forest group has a meeting scheduled with the Mayor of North Adams for July 9th. This is our chance to show her what we...
Doone
Jul 61 min read
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Drought
It's not uncommon to see drastic weather patterns in your weather app, or reported like this recent iBerkshires article, Berkshire County...
devinqraber
Mar 162 min read
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Preservation of Notch Forest North Adams -- A Case Statement
by Walter Cudnohufsky 9.09.24 Proposed for use with land trusts and conservation organizations and city officials to solicit protection...
devinqraber
Dec 11, 20246 min read
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In the Words of a Forester
Opinion piece in the Greenfield Recorder by Bruce Spencer, retired Quabbin head forester. Wed 12/11/2024 MY TURN Are these the ‘King’s...
devinqraber
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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Letter: I Don't Like the Notch Reservoir Forestry Plan
To the editor: We have in our diverse, healthy, Notch Reservoir forest the best possible intact, resilient, tested and fully functional...
devinqraber
Dec 11, 20242 min read
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Letter to the Editor: North Adams Deserves Better
Have you heard about the proposed industrial-logging project at our forested public-drinking-water reservoir in North Adams? In the late...
devinqraber
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Drinking Water
12 .08.24 We have in our diverse, healthy, Notch Reservoir Forest; the best possible intact, resilient, tested, and fully functional...
devinqraber
Dec 8, 20242 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Save the Eagles
I'm writing in regards to the Save Notch Forest signs that I have seen. As a proud Masshole native from North Adams, that has...
devinqraber
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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Massachusetts Forest Watch
History of recent logging in Massachusetts. Photos are worth a thousand words. This is what is at risk. Savoy State Forest, “Shelterwood...
devinqraber
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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We Can't Log Our Way Out of Climate Change
​P lanting trees is a poor substitute for protecting existing forests when it comes to solving the climate crisis. " [W]e all support the...
devinqraber
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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Young Trees Don't Sequester More
By Robert T. Leverett - Cofounder, the Native Tree Society; The Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast Chair; MA...
devinqraber
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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Radio Show
What do you think about some questionable entity taking "an exquisite parcel of public land near Mount Greylock, beloved by residents and...
devinqraber
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Notch Road Beware
I am writing to express deep concern over the proposed logging project near Notch Reservoir and the Bellows Pipe Trailhead. This plan...
devinqraber
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Timberspeak
To the editor: Like every other resident of North Adams, I was until very recently unaware of a sneaky logging plan for a patch of...
devinqraber
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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