Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership - Education, Outreach & Research Committee - Meeting July 20th, 2022

This will be a Virtual Meeting as allowed by Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2022, signed into law by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Feb. 15, 2022, extending until July 15, 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 from the January 24, 2022 Education, Outreach, and Research Committee meeting
2. Public comment
3. Establishing a regular meeting time for EOR Committee?
4. New Partnership website: discussion of next steps
5. Plans for upcoming events:
   
   1. Partnership Plan public listening sessions on Wednesday, August 24, 4pm and Wednesday, September 14, 7pm.
   2. Organizing a public webinar lecture in the fall with Bill Keeton (Professor of Forest Ecology and Forestry at the University of Vermont)
6. Ideas for local residents to interview for inclusion as sidebars in the Partnership Plan
7. Ideas for organizations to research in relation to a possible Partnership Forest Center—how would a Partnership Center fit into the mosaic of organizations that already exist in the area and beyond?
8. Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
9. Adjournment

Committee members: Kate Lindroos Conlin (Massachusetts Forestry Alliance; chair), Joe Nowak (Adams), Hannah Poplawski (Rowe; notetaker), Rick Peltier (UMass); Paul Catanzaro (UMass), Keith Nislow (U.S. Forest Service)