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Despite local concerns, MassWildlife has no plans to close Green River in Colrain to swimmers > >Some of the swimming holes on South Green River Road in Colrain that are on private property have been closed due to overuse and abuse. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >Some of the swimming holes on South Green River Road in Colrain that are on private property have been closed due to overuse and abuse. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >Handmade signs posted by the Friends of the Pukcommeagon/Green River encourage public swimming hole visitors to pick up their trash and keep the area clean. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/MARTY DRIGGS
We defend our habitat work on the Montague Plains
Published: 7/24/2016 11:46:51 PM
Regarding a June 27, 2016, letter from Peter and Cecilia Tusinski of Leyden “Plains Devastation” the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) respectfully submits this response. The Tusinkis say that MassWildlife’s objective at the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is to “restore a high canopy forest.” On the contrary, MassWildlife s objective for this site is to restore a globally-rare pitch pine and scrub oak community. We are doing that through a combination of forest canopy reduction, shrub mowing, and controlled burns, in order to reinvigorate fire-adapted species and communities on the site. This is simultaneously reducing fuel loads to help protect the Village of Lake Pleasant from wildfire.