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HomeArchiveVol. IV No. 5 3/1/2023Notes from the Agriculture and Forestry Commission (AFC), February 6, Hybrid meeting
Vol. IV No. 5 3/1/2023

Notes from the Agriculture and Forestry Commission (AFC), February 6, Hybrid meeting

Present:

  • Matt Boudreau, Chair
  • Lisa Bozzuto
  • Shelby Marshall
  • Abigail Fredsall, Erik Rasmussen via Zoom
  • Michael Canales, Town Administrator
  • Sally Underwood-Miller, representing ConCom via Zoom
  1. January 9 minutes approved as written.
  2. Canales posted an ad for a director of the Stockbridge Farmer's Market.
  3. Discussion of trees near and around waterways including Stockbridge Bowl
    1. No removal without ConCom approval
    2. ConCom requests replacement trees and that those replacements be native trees
    3. No chemicals should be used around waterways
    4. Suggest that AFC prepare a list of these simple rules on one sheet of paper to be passed out at TM
  4. Underwood-Miller mentioned an alarming assertion that a high rate of cancer in dogs is occurring and is apparently due to chemicals (PCB and creosote) combining for greater toxicity.
  5. Marshall is coordinating tours of forests adjacent to watershed
  6. Prepare stewardship plans for Ice Glen, Gould Meadows, and Stockbridge Mountain.
  7. Put up signage for Ice Glen
  8. Annual report and budget due (no money needed)

Meeting adjourned.

 

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Photo: Joan Gallos