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Learn MoreWhat We Do
The MassConn Sustainable Forest Partnership is a Regional Conservation Partnership – a collaboration of conservation organizations, municipalities, state and federal agencies working together at the regional scale to increase land protection and sustainable forest management in 39 towns on the Massachusetts and Connecticut border.
MassConn works to connect individuals and organizations with appropriate resources and develops new, collaborative solutions to advance forest conservation at the regional scale.
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Why an RCP?
MassConn is one of over 43 Regional Conservation Partnerships (RCPs) in the Northeast U.S.
RCPs are inspired by the Wildlands and Woodlands vision, and for the most part consist of informal networks of private and public organizations and agencies that work together to implement a shared, long-term conservation vision across town and sometimes state boundaries.
Political boundaries are irrelevant to plant and animal communities, and to ecosystem processes. Ecologists increasingly understand the importance of landscape connectivity — contiguous and connected forested areas that allow species to migrate, interbreed, and shift their ranges in response to changes in the environment — to the health and sustainability of our ecosystems, and ultimately our planet. It is increasingly important that conservation groups work together to conserve land in a way that is meaningful on a larger, regional scale, and to tap into resources that are not available to organizations or individuals working alone.
Steering Committee
MassConn is guided by a volunteer steering committee appointed from key regional conservation organizations based in the MassConn region. Ed Hood, Executive Director of Opacum Land Trust, Inc. (a 501(c)3 charitable conservation organization, based in Brimfield, Massachusetts), serves as the Coordinator for MassConn, and Opacum Land Trust is the financial host for MassConn.
MassConn is funded on a project by project basis through grants and through financial support from the Norcross Wildlife Foundation.
Ed Hood
Opacum Land Trust

Leslie Duthie
Monson Conservation & Opacum Land Trust

James Gage
Northern Connecticut Land Trust

Cynthia Henshaw
East Quabbin Land Trust

Michael Hveem
Joshua's Tract Conservation Trust

Jennifer Ohop
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary & Opacum Land Trust

Paul Pribula
Joshua's Tract Conservation Trust

Lindsay Suhr
Connecticut Forest & Park Association

Get in Touch
Phone:
(508) 347-9144
Address:
P.O. Box 233
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Email:
ehood@norcrosswildlife.org