(This letter first appeared in the Berkshire Eagle on 4/20/2026) To the editor: We can stand in a grocery checkout next to apparently ordinary people who have contributed heroically to human knowledge. For example: William Moomaw, Tufts University emeritus professor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, prompts us to think more deeply about "proforestation." We can all, likewise, walk down our Bellows Pipe trail and not grasp the outsized role of the Notch Forest in making our Ber

Right now, the city of North Adams has the best opportunity to permanently protect the Notch Reservoir and the Williams Reservoir forested areas for this and future generations.

In December 2024, Save Notch Forest, along with thousands of others, helped persuade

We have choices in North Adams this year. There is a Mayoral race between incumbent Jennifer Macksey and challenger Scott Berglund . And...

North Adams’ beloved Fall Foliage Parade will be Sunday, October 5th at 1PM. Our Save Notch Forest group has entered a float. Would you...

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...

Our meeting with the mayor was cordial. We presented an example proposal that could achieve Forever Wild Protection, complete with a budget...

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.

Dear Mayor Macksey and members of the North Adams City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to speak in the public comments section at...

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...

It's not uncommon to see drastic weather patterns in your weather app, or reported like this recent iBerkshires article, Berkshire County...

by Walter Cudnohufsky 9.09.24 Proposed for use with land trusts and conservation organizations and city officials to solicit protection...

Opinion piece in the Greenfield Recorder by Bruce Spencer, retired Quabbin head forester. Wed 12/11/2024 MY TURN Are these the ‘King’s...

To the editor: We have in our diverse, healthy, Notch Reservoir forest the best possible intact, resilient, tested and fully functional...

Have you heard about the proposed industrial-logging project at our forested public-drinking-water reservoir in North Adams? In the late...

12 .08.24 We have in our diverse, healthy, Notch Reservoir Forest; the best possible intact, resilient, tested, and fully functional...

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...

History of recent logging in Massachusetts. Photos are worth a thousand words. This is what is at risk. Savoy State Forest, “Shelterwood...

​P lanting trees is a poor substitute for protecting existing forests when it comes to solving the climate crisis. " [W]e all support the...

By Robert T. Leverett - Cofounder, the Native Tree Society; The Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast Chair; MA...