The future of the Highlands is in your hands! There are many things that you can do to protect the region’s rural character and quality of life.
In Your Community
Neighbor Conservation Network
What do you do when “Land for Sale” signs start appearing near your favorite view or hike? Who do you call when a friend asks for advice about saving their family’s farmland for the next generation? If you care about the future of your town’s rural, undeveloped lands, HCI's Neighbor Conservation Network, an easy, no commitment way for you to get involved. Volunteers receive free training and support, and serve as a source for conservation information in the community, helping to identify potential land conservation projects and protecting the rural character and quality of life in their towns. For more information, call 413.628.4485 or email us at highlands@ttor.org.
On Your Land
WISP: A Neighborhood Watch…For Invasive Plants
They are stealthy. They don’t respect property lines. And they spread surprisingly quickly for something rooted in the ground! When aggressive, invasive plants threaten the health of our local rivers, fields, and woodlands, its time for neighbors to band together. The Westfield Invasive Species Partnership (WISP) is a new partnership of local and statewide land trusts and government agencies formed to fight the spread of invasive species in the Westfield river watershed. The goal of the partnership is to work with residents and landowners in the watershed by providing and collecting information on invasive species, and join together to eradicate existing infestations of invasive plants and to prevent new ones.
Volunteers are needed to get involved, and help share their knowledge invasive plant infestations on their land and in their towns, as well as to head out in the field to collect new data. Interested volunteers can email wrwisp@gmail.com or call us at 413.532.1631 ext. 12 for more information or to get involved.
Itching to get started?
A Landowners Guide to Invasive Plant Managemet
will show you what plants to watch for and what
you can do when you find them.
With HCI and The Trustees of Reservations
