[ESSP] Fwd: Call to action! Mt Holyoke Trees being CUT!

[Vanessa Paulman]

>Please forward this widely and apologies for cross-postings.
>
>The Mt. Holyoke Range State Park is currently being cut by the
>state of Massachusetts and a private, Connecticut
>corporation--Moosewood.  The sixty acres of Bachelor Brook in
>Granby, on the south side of Norwottuk, is the area of current
>deforestation.  It also happens to be the third most popular
>hiked area of the park, known for its beaver habitats and its
>mountain biking paths, which were only carved out a few years
>ago.
>
>Through Moosewood, the State claims the cuts are solely for
>forest management, terming it a "shelterwood cut," which
>usually leaves 30% of the trees.  However, when this particular
>process is completed, only 14% of the trees will remain.  The
>State claims that this cut would eventually help to regenerate
>white pines in the area, yet the Mt Holyoke Range is home to
>hemlocks, white pines, white oaks, and birch trees.  The State
>has no written or stated public goals or forest management plan
>and seem to have little knowledge of forest regeneration.
>
>Govenor Mitt Romney's office is pressuring state parks to
>generate some revenue, but this project will only make between
>$6,000-8,000 for the state.  (There are no estimates for
>Moosewood profits.)
>
>Please come to a public meeting at the Notch Visitor Center, on
>Rt 166 between Hampshire and Mt Holyoke Colleges, on December
>9, 2004, at 7pm.
>
>For mor information, contact Erin at 302.279.2120 or
>erin_mariel at riseup.net
>
>
>To view more information about the parks and see maps refer to:
>http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hksp.htm
>Please forward this widely and apologies for cross-postings.
>
>The Mt. Holyoke Range State Park is currently being cut by the
>state of Massachusetts and a private, Connecticut
>corporation--Moosewood.  The sixty acres of Bachelor Brook in
>Granby, on the south side of Norwottuk, is the area of current
>deforestation.  It also happens to be the third most popular
>hiked area of the park, known for its beaver habitats and its
>mountain biking paths, which were only carved out a few years
>ago.
>
>Through Moosewood, the State claims the cuts are solely for
>forest management, terming it a "shelterwood cut," which
>usually leaves 30% of the trees.  However, when this particular
>process is completed, only 14% of the trees will remain.  The
>State claims that this cut would eventually help to regenerate
>white pines in the area, yet the Mt Holyoke Range is home to
>hemlocks, white pines, white oaks, and birch trees.  The State
>has no written or stated public goals or forest management plan
>and seem to have little knowledge of forest regeneration.
>
>Govenor Mitt Romney's office is pressuring state parks to
>generate some revenue, but this project will only make between
>$6,000-8,000 for the state.  (There are no estimates for
>Moosewood profits.)
>
>Please come to a public meeting at the Notch Visitor Center, on
>Rt 166 between Hampshire and Mt Holyoke Colleges, on December
>9, 2004, at 7pm.
>
>For mor information, contact Erin at 302.279.2120 or
>erin_mariel at riseup.net
>
>
>To view more information about the parks and see maps refer to:
>http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hksp.htm


-- 
Vanessa

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Vanessa Paulman       
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

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