Committee Reports
August/September 2023
See what our committees have been up to during the waning days of the summer.
A.T. Management
Scheduled upcoming wildlife transects
✧ Corridor monitoring continues
✧ Summer project schedule (trail work, maintenance, and monitoring activities) is winding down
✧ Have three new B-level sawyers
✧ Volunteer monitors (natural heritage and corridor) and a shelter coordinator are needed
Bicycling
West Connecticut River Valley Ride (19-Aug-2023)
✧ Berkshires- Great Barrington to Mill River Ride (20-Aut-2023)
✧ Turners Falls to Northfield (26-Aug-2023)
✧ September's bike rides are listed in the AMC's activities database and on the Western MA
bicycling webpage
Communications
August was a great month for the Communications Team! We saw big increases in some of the data that we are tracking, such as Facebook and Instagram interactions and website views
✧ Posted 17 items on Facebook
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Posted 12 items on Instagram
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Sent 1,408 newsletters
✧ Pushed two new initiatives live (
Pit Privy Replacements and
Invasive Species Removal)
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Pushed the new
Families Outdoors page live
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Created and deployed the Western MA Exchange
online newsletter ✧
Created a
photo album for the Conservation Committee
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Updated activities and
volunteer bios ✧ Performed general maintenance on the website
Family Programs
We redesigned the StoryWalk
® path at Noble View to create a walking loop
✧ The September StoryWalk
® (until 09-Sep-2023) is "The Camping Trip", installed in collaboration with the Hilltown Family Center
✧ A natural woods playground for families is under construction on the Dry Trail at Noble View, overseen by H. Wyman in collaboration with local Boy Scouts
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Attended two FallFest planning meetings
✧ Planning for new events and collaborations is currently ongoing
Hiking
Trips this past month: Mount Tom (01-Aug-2023)
✧ North and South Sugarloaf (15-Aug-2023)
✧ CT NET (22-Aug-2023)
✧ Currently working with committees on Fallfest activities and Women's Weekend
✧ Compilation of volunteer bios for the website continues
Paddling
D. Piers-Gamble completed her second co-lead and is now a qualified paddling leader
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Trips this past month: Whitewater Class II trip on the Deerfield River, Fife Brook section lead by M.T. Durr (17-Aug-2023)
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Womens+ Affinity Flatwater Paddle on Littleville Reservoir, lead by D. Weisenstein and D. Piers-Gamble (08-Sep-2023)
Training and Education
Ongoing planning continues for new training classes
