Collaborative planning for the future of Lampson Brook Farm
CLIENT | Commonwealth of Massachusetts
LOCATION | Belchertown, MA
DATE | 2021-2024 with continuing assistance in 2025 and 2026 to Lampson Brook Board
Conservation Works has completed the management plan for the 430-acre Lampson Brook Farm in Belchertown, and DCAMM (the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance) has approved the plans and is in the process of giving a go-ahead to the new Lampson Brook Farm Board to issue Requests for Proposals for potential new owners of the various sections of the farm. To fashion the plan, CW conducted extensive on-the-ground studies of the property’s farms and fields and assembled more than 100 pages of text and maps in cooperation with the Lampson Brook Farm Board, New England Small Farm Institute, the Chief Cheryll Holley of the Hassanamisco Band of Nipmuc Indians, architectural advisors, farms, Town officials and others.
Services Provided
Prescribing and recommending appropriate measures for the management of fields, early successional areas, forests, and wetlands.
Identifying, clearing and marking property boundaries.
Expert photographing of landscape features, habitat, wetland resources, scenery, wildlife, birdlife, and flora for electronic or print reproduction.
CW works with private landowners, state agencies, towns, and conservation land trusts to prepare wildlife restoration plans, forest management plans, and conservation management plans for a wide variety of situations. We welcome inquiries about how a land management plan can fit landowner needs.
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Lampson Brook Farm Management Plan
Collaborative planning for the future of Lampson Brook Farm