Open Space Committee

January 2000 Mission Statement written by Town Administrator David Ames for the Open Space Committee

“The mission of the Open Space Committee is to use the Open Space Plan as a guide to work with residents, other town committees, land trusts, conservation groups, state offices, local officials and state officials in preserving vital land in Shutesbury through education, conservation awareness, conservation restrictions, development restrictions and/or purchase; to work with the above mentioned organizations to seek out funding sources; to revise the open space plan as needed through an open process and to help the town find land that is on the market that would be of interest to the Plan; to work with the Town in helping to develop and review a Town wide Master Plan.”

Present Activity

A new DRAFT Open Space & Recreation Plan has been completed and is available for public review.

Draft Open Space & Recreation Plan - February, 2012 (1.4 megabytes)

Map 1 - Regional Context (5.4 mbytes)
Map 3 - Zoning (1 mbyte)
Map 4A - Bedrock Geology (1.5 mbytes)
Map 4B - Surficial Geology (1.4 mbytes)
Map 5 - Unique Features (4.3 mbytes)
Map 6 - Water Resources (2 mbytes)
Map 7 - Inventory of Lands of Conservation & Recreation Interest (2.3 mbytes)
Map 8 - Action Plan (2 mbytes)

Additional Maps

Map A1 - Historic 1830 Map
Map A2 - 1830 Forest and Mills Map
Map C - 2005 Land Use
Map D - Existing Infrastructure
Map F1 - Vegetation Map (1 mbyte)
Map F2 - Fish & Wildlife
Map F3 - BioMap2
Map F4 - Habitat of Potential Regional or Statewide Importance (1 mbyte)

Maps with no size specified are smaller than 1 megabyte.

Present Members

Janice Stone, Chairperson
Sue Essig, Vice-chairperson
Veronica Richter
Susan Steenstrup

Contact

Email: open.space -at- shutesbury.org

Meetings

Usually the third Thursday each month, at 7:00 PM in the Town Hall.

Documents

2006 Open Space Survey & Results
Last Open Space Plan (expired 2005)

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