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PROJECT TEAMMassachusetts Department of Conservation and RecreationRichard K. Sullivan, Jr, CommissionerJoe Orfant, Director, Bureau of Planning & Resource ProtectionPatrice Kish, Director, Office of Cultural ResourcesWendy Pearl, Director, Historic Landscape Preservation InitiativeJessica Rowcroft, Preservation Planner, Heritage Landscape Inventory ProgramRegional Partners & Project Consultants:Franklin Regional Council of GovernmentsMargaret Sloan, Director of Planning & DevelopmentMelissa Adams, Land Use Program ManagerKimberly Noake MacPhee, Natural Resources Program ManagerPatricia Smith, Land Use PlannerRyan Clary, GIS SpecialistPioneer Valley Planning CommissionBonnie Parsons, Principal Planner and Manager of Historic Preservation ProgramsAnne Capra, Principal PlannerJim Scace, Senior Planner/GIS SpecialistLocal Project CoordinatorMarcia Starkey, Chair, Greenfield Historical CommissionLocal Heritage Landscape ParticipantsFrostine Bean, President, Franklin County Agricultural SocietyPaul DanielloChristine Forgey, MayorDevleeya GhoshAlex HaroNancy HazardKate KerivanRalph Kunkel, Conservation AgentCarolyn McLellanPeter Miller, Greenfield Historic CommissionLarry PetrinPat SerrentinoLinda SmithFred Steiner, Franklin County Agricultural SocietyEric Twarog, Senior Planner/GIS CoordinatorLindley WilsonTony WonseskiCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS · EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRSDepartment of Conservation and Recreation251 Causeway Street, Suite 600Boston MA 02114-2119617-626-1250 617-626-1351 Faxwww.mass.gov/dcrDeval L. PatrickGovernorTimothy P. MurrayLt. GovernorIan A. Bowles, Secretary, ExecutiveOffice of Energy & Environmental AffairsRichard K. Sullivan, Jr., CommissionerDepartment of Conservation & Recreation
INTRODUCTIONHeritage landscapes are special places created by human interaction with the natural environmentthat help define the character of a community and reflect its past. They are dynamic andevolving, reflect the history of a community and provide a sense of place. They show the naturalecology that influenced land use patterns and often have scenic qualities. This wealth oflandscapes is central to each community’s character, yet heritage landscapes are vulnerable andever changing. For this reason it is important to take the first step toward their preservation byidentifying those landscapes that are particularly valued by the community – a favorite localfarm, a distinctive neighborhood or mill village, a unique natural feature or an important rivercorridor.To this end, the Massachusetts Department ofConservation and Recreation (DCR) and itsregional partners, the Franklin Regional Councilof Governments (FRCOG) and the PioneerValley Planning Commission (PVPC), havecollaborated to bring the Heritage LandscapeInventory Program to twelve communities in theConnecticut River Valley region ofMassachusetts. The goals of the program are tohelp communities identify a wide range oflandscape resources, particularly those that aresignificant and unprotected, and to providecommunities with strategies for preservingheritage landscapes.The communities within the Connecticut RiverValley region of Massachusetts are diverse intheir settlement patterns and economic histories.Connecticut River Valley Heritage LandscapeInventory project areaWhat they hold in common is a foundation built on agriculture that was carried out incommunities traversed by a series of major waterways and tributaries, from the ConnecticutRiver to the Deerfield, Sawmill, Green, Millers, Quaboag, Swift, Mill and Ware Rivers. Thisregion contains significant cultural and historic resources and uncommon natural beauty. Forsome of the communities, industry developed alongside agriculture, so that today the heritagelandscapes reflect both agrarian and industrial pasts while providing recreational and educationalopportunities. From scenic town commons and natural areas, to civic buildings and burialgrounds, the heritage landscapes within the region collectively tell the story of their varied andoften complex history.Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Inventory Program 1Greenfield Reconnaissance Report
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