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Community Meeting on Hunting in Conservation Areas
Leeds Elementary School CafetoriumPlease come to this important meeting to learn about the City of Northampton's proposal to expand hunting in conservation areas and to express your views about the proposal. When: Tuesday, December 19th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Leeds Elementary School Cafetorium Who: Hosted by the Leeds Civic Association and Ward 7 City Councilor Alisa
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Community Meeting on Hunting in Conservation Areas
Leeds Elementary School CafetoriumPlease come to this important meeting to learn about the City of Northampton's proposal to expand hunting in conservation areas and to express your views about the proposal. When: Tuesday, December 19th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Leeds Elementary School Cafetorium Who: Hosted by the Leeds Civic Association and Ward 7 City Councilor Alisa
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Walk: Spring Is for Birds
Cooke Avenue Entrance to FLCA (former Moose Lodge) 196 Cooke Avenue, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Mike Locher Spring is the ideal time to go out birding, as residents and returning migrants alike busy themselves with the urgent task of finding mates and building nests. Join Hampshire Bird Club’s Mike Locher as we walk through forest and wetland habitats and continue on to the more open spaces of the
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Walk: Spring Is for Birds
Cooke Avenue Entrance to FLCA (former Moose Lodge) 196 Cooke Avenue, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Mike Locher Spring is the ideal time to go out birding, as residents and returning migrants alike busy themselves with the urgent task of finding mates and building nests. Join Hampshire Bird Club’s Mike Locher as we walk through forest and wetland habitats and continue on to the more open spaces of the
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Support BBC on Valley Gives Day
All day on May 1st, please support Broad Brook Coalition for Valley Gives Day. This is your opportunity to make a big impact on the Pioneer Valley community to donate to BBC and other organizations. You can give all day online: https://www.valley-gives.org/organizations/broad-brook-coalition-inc
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Support BBC on Valley Gives Day
All day on May 1st, please support Broad Brook Coalition for Valley Gives Day. This is your opportunity to make a big impact on the Pioneer Valley community to donate to BBC and other organizations. You can give all day online: https://www.valley-gives.org/organizations/broad-brook-coalition-inc
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Walk: Amphibians of Fitzgerald Lake
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Brad Timm Learn about the fascinating species of amphibians at Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area in this morning hike. Join Brad Timm, who has conducted amphibian research in New England for 15+ years, as we walk the trails and learn about the natural history and conservation of the amphibians that dwell in the streams,
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Walk: Amphibians of Fitzgerald Lake
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Brad Timm Learn about the fascinating species of amphibians at Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area in this morning hike. Join Brad Timm, who has conducted amphibian research in New England for 15+ years, as we walk the trails and learn about the natural history and conservation of the amphibians that dwell in the streams,
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Volunteer: Shrubland Habitat and Native Plants
Cooke Avenue Entrance to FLCA (former Moose Lodge) 196 Cooke Avenue, northampton, MA, United StatesBetween 2005 and 2007, we established three 'islands' of native shrubs in Cooke's Pasture to provide food and habitat for shrubland birds and small mammals. Each year we return to prune the shrubs, cut back competing undergrowth, and replace plants that have not survived the winter. For the past two years, however, we have been
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Volunteer: Shrubland Habitat and Native Plants
Cooke Avenue Entrance to FLCA (former Moose Lodge) 196 Cooke Avenue, northampton, MA, United StatesBetween 2005 and 2007, we established three 'islands' of native shrubs in Cooke's Pasture to provide food and habitat for shrubland birds and small mammals. Each year we return to prune the shrubs, cut back competing undergrowth, and replace plants that have not survived the winter. For the past two years, however, we have been
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Walk: Forest for the Birds
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Jeff Ritterson Jeff is a field ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where his focus is on working landscapes and forest management, including the coordination of the Foresters for the Birds program. Originally from Delaware, Jeff attended graduate school at UMass Amherst, and remained in Massachusetts for the vibrant conservation community and magnificent forests. Jeff
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Walk: Forest for the Birds
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesWalk/talk with Jeff Ritterson Jeff is a field ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where his focus is on working landscapes and forest management, including the coordination of the Foresters for the Birds program. Originally from Delaware, Jeff attended graduate school at UMass Amherst, and remained in Massachusetts for the vibrant conservation community and magnificent forests. Jeff
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Volunteer: Annual Cleanup at the North Farms Road Entrance
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesEach year we devote one day in the spring to cleaning up the North Farms Road entrance to the FLCA, including clearing winter debris from the path to the bridge and boardwalk, picking up trash in the parking lot, and removing by hand invasive plants such as garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose in
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Volunteer: Annual Cleanup at the North Farms Road Entrance
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesEach year we devote one day in the spring to cleaning up the North Farms Road entrance to the FLCA, including clearing winter debris from the path to the bridge and boardwalk, picking up trash in the parking lot, and removing by hand invasive plants such as garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose in
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Walk CANCELLED: Ticks and Their Environment
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesCANCELLED Walk/talk with Nolan Fernandez Join Nolan Fernandez, the outreach coordinator for the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass Amherst, for an informative talk about ticks and the diseases they can transmit, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, and a number of newly emerging pathogens. He will describe ticks’ life cycles and preferred habitats as well as
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Walk CANCELLED: Ticks and Their Environment
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesCANCELLED Walk/talk with Nolan Fernandez Join Nolan Fernandez, the outreach coordinator for the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at UMass Amherst, for an informative talk about ticks and the diseases they can transmit, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, and a number of newly emerging pathogens. He will describe ticks’ life cycles and preferred habitats as well as
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Volunteer: Removal of Water Chestnut from Fitzgerald Lake
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesLast year saw the implementation of a new approach for controlling water chestnut in Fitzgerald Lake known as "Pull Early, Pull Often". As we began with a haul of over 400 lbs of this aquatic invasive in June and wound up with less than 10 lbs in September, we were cautiously optimistic about the effectiveness
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Volunteer: Removal of Water Chestnut from Fitzgerald Lake
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northampton, MA, United StatesLast year saw the implementation of a new approach for controlling water chestnut in Fitzgerald Lake known as "Pull Early, Pull Often". As we began with a haul of over 400 lbs of this aquatic invasive in June and wound up with less than 10 lbs in September, we were cautiously optimistic about the effectiveness
- North Farms Rd. entrance is off Bridge Rd., N. off Mountain St. or N. Maple St. in Florence.
- Cooke Avenue entrance is off Hatfield St., which runs behind the WalMart/Big Y shopping center, to the end of Cooke Avenue (former Moose Lodge). Park only on the right side.
- Coles Meadow Road entrance is on the eastern end of FLCA, about 0.7 miles from North King Street (Routes 5/10). Park carefully on the street.