Forest Land Conservation Committee of the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership Meeting

This will be a Virtual Meeting as allowed by “An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted
During the State of Emergency,” signed into law by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on June 16, 2021 extending until April 1, 2022 remote meeting provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30 sec.20.

Members of the public are welcome. Please RSVP to Lisa Hayden to request a Zoom link to
attend by emailing: [email protected]

Agenda

1. Approval of Minutes for Forest Land Conservation Committee meeting on 11/2/21
2. Public comment
3. Guest: Emily Boss, Director of the Massachusetts Woodlands Institute, will discuss
   possibilities for a local wood directory and a local wood month
4. Forest Conservation license plate update
5. Potential webinars (partnering with Education, Outreach, and Research Committee)
6. Discussion of prioritization mapping for the Partnership Plan in terms of what kind of woodland conservation the MTWP wants to promote or seek grants to accomplish. Do we
   want parcel-level GIS maps in the new Plan – or a recommendation to develop them
   related to Partnership goals? Or do the local land trusts have enough priority projects in
   the pipeline that the MTWP would just support them? Etc.
7. Budget discussion
8. Brief update on Forest Legacy Program letters of support to DCR
9. Any items not known within 48 hours
10. Adjournment

Committee members: Kate Lindroos Conlin (Chair), Larry Flaccus, Sheila Kelliher, Robert
O’Connor, Alain Peteroy (Note-taker), Mark Phelps