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Irene Flooding

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We’re still digesting the enormity of this weekend’s flooding of the Mill river — and cleaning up our own yards — we’ll scratch some more thoughts together once things settle down a bit. Hoping Northampton fares ok when the Connecticut River crests tomorrow and thankful that no one’s been injured around here. Lots of water to deal with, lets make sure we’re helping out our neighbors along the river and otherwise who are dealing with serious damage.

In the meantime please share your pics and videos of the river during Irene with us in the comments section below.

Here’s a compilation of Burgy village flooding footage from Williamsburg resident Tom Adams of Reelife Productions

Goshen Conservation Commission Seeking new members

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The town of Goshen is desperately seeking some new members for the conservation commission. They are currently down to two members and can’t reach a quorum.

The commission is charged with protecting the town’s wetlands including the headwaters of the west branch of the Mill River. It’s a great opportunity for a passionate river advocate to step into a leadership role and help protect the town’s natural resources.

If you think you would be a good fit for the commission please consider getting involved. If you know of someone else who would be a good fit, please spread the word. More information about the committee can be found here.

Invasive Plant Species Workshop, August 6th

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Smith College’s Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainablity (CEEDS) in collaboration with Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), Mill River Greenway (MRG), and Grow Food Northampton (GFN), will be hosting an invasive species removal workshop on Saturday, August 6th from 12:30 to 4:30PM. The first half of the workshop will take place in the new CEEDS center in Wright Hall on Smith College campus in Northampton MA. This workshop will include identification of invasive plants common to the region, removal techniques, as well as a discussion of resources for those hoping to organize a removal event within their own community. The second half of the workshop will involve hands-on practice of invasive removal on GFN’s property on Meadow St. Participants are responsible for transportation to the GFN site.

This workshop is FREE but registration is required. Space is limited, so please register quickly! We will provide some tools, but if you have hand clippers or gloves, please bring them and plan to wear or bring long sleeves and pants. For more information or to register, contact Brittany Innis at brittany.innis@gmail.com.  Directions and more information on what to bring will be provided to registered participants.

Sat. Oct. 1, River Clean-Up

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SAVE THIS DATE: Saturday Oct. 1 is the day we’ll set aside for a Mill River cleanup that we’ll coordinate with the CT River Watershed Council’s Source-to-Sea cleanup.

Mill River Greenway members should weigh in on the section of our river where we should focus our attention.  Which section of our river is most in need of a clean up?

We’ll formulate a plan early in September.  Meanwhile, please save the date!

Look Park Pond Dredging Meeting

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Folks, there’s a meeting today, June 23 at 3:00 at Look Park to visit the Corps of Engineers dredging site at Willow Park.  Here is the contents of the email from the Corps’s contact, John Sargent:

…we are planning to have a site walk with the park staff and the con com on June 23 at 3 pm at Look Park.    The purpose of the meeting would be to gather additional information to include talk of dredging alternatives, impacts to coldwater fisheries in the river, and other issues that have been raised.  The con com will have a public hearing following the site meeting where the Corps representatives will be present as well.

We will follow up this post as the things unfold.