Members and friends are cordially invited to attend the Broad Brook Coalition’s annual meeting on Sunday, November 12. Please join us to
celebrate BBC’s 35th anniversary! This year’s meeting will be presented in hybrid format: you may attend in-person at the Florence Civic Center or at home via Zoom. Information about how to attend virtually will be sent by email ahead of time. Light refreshments will be served at the Civic Center starting at 2:00 p.m., with the program to follow at 2:30.

This year’s speaker is Bob Leverett, who will present the keynote address titled Northampton Woodlands’ Importance to Climate Mitigation. The woodlands of Northampton and the surrounding area offer an abundance of maturing and mature tree cover that helps in climate mitigation. Forest managers often differ in their interpretation of the roles of younger versus mature woodlands in terms of their respective rates of carbon sequestration. The Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area is a prime property to use in investigating their arguments as well as other areas, including Look Park and Smith College’s Lyman Estate. This presentation will look at individual trees and wooded areas, primarily in Northampton, and evaluate them in terms of their climate mitigation impacts.