2026 MA DCR Town Forest Conference Stewardship: The Preservation, Health, and Growth of New England Town Forests

Join community leaders, forest conservationists, foresters, & ecologists from around the state to learn, connect, and bring home ideas about town forests. Learn more here!

Keynote

• Tending Your Town Forest Through Ecological Forestry
  Paul Catanzaro (UMass)

Concurrent Sessions

• Tackling Invasives: You got this!
  Amy Janovsky (AVIS)
• Forests, Forestry, & Community Resilience
  Abby Hardy-Moss (Greenbelt) & Tom Lautzenheiser (Mass Audubon)
• Managing Local Open Space: Lessons from the Field
  Rob Moore (Haverill) Mike Murray (Andover)

Afternoon Field tours

• Tour A: Deer Jump Reservation
• Tour B: Wood Hill/Bald Hill Reservation
• Tour C: Retelle Reservation

DATE: Saturday, October 17
TIME: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: West Elementary School, Andover, MA

REGISTER HERE

Sponsored by MA DCR’s Forests Work