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| BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL | ||
| VOLUME 12 | FALL 2002 | NO. 1 |
Land Protection
Taconic ridgeline protectedIn June, the Resources Council made its single-largest conservation investment, purchasing a 632-acre tract of Taconic Range forestland in Alford for $1.1 million from Reed Rubin of New York City. 
Helen Perry saves her landNo one has ever appeared more thrilled to execute a conservation restriction than Helen Perry was last December. Richmond boulder train protected Up in the hills near Perry's Peak in Richmond, strung out over the Taconics into New York, lies a famous assembly of rock Sisters give Tyringham woodlot At the close of 2001, the Howard family of Tyringham gifted 340 acres of conservation woodland to the Resources Council.The gift was made in memory of Walter Howard by his sisters Sidney Howard Urquhart and Margaret D. Howard. 
Culleton helps Lee greenwayA strategic tract along the Housatonic River in South Lee was protected in May by Dale Culleton of Great Barrington. 
Clam River tops Thieriot landsSome of the finest lands left to the Council by Bob Thieriot lie along the west bank of the Clam River in Sandisfield. He left four separate parcels to the Council here, ranging in size from 3 acres to 250 acres. |
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Programming The
greater glories of George S. WislockiGeorge S. Wislocki, the Resources Council's founder and president, retired last December 31 after a 34-year tenure devoted to the "greater glories of the Berkshires." To our members and friends: A note from the director... Janis Anderson departs After six years, Janis Anderson left the Council upon George Wislocki's retirement. Walter Cliff elected chairman Walter C. Cliff of South Egremont was elected chairman last December by the board of directors. Council provides new footbridge for Cascades in North Adams How many cities can boast of a lovely cascading brook that falls through a beautiful section of forest 3/4 all within a mile of downtown? 
Behind the scenes of the South Taconic mapWe were showing off our new South Taconics map to a friend recently when he asked something no one's ever asked us before: "How'd you do this? Where did you start?" Stewardship poses opportunity and challenge When the late Bob Thieriot's estate conveyed 18 parcels totalling 2,365 acres to the Council last year, the effect was something like having a three-pound steak set down before you at dinner, an embarrassment of riches that might prove challenging to digest. Helene Lund's plaque finds its way home We are fairly proud of the fact that at the Resources Council, despite occasional dishevelment in our personal appearances, our filing system is so good that nothing ever gets lost. So how did we manage to misplace a 15-pound bronze memorial plaque for 14 years? |
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