“When you look at the Berkshires compared to the rest of the state, we're smaller, we're older, we're sicker, we're poorer. We can't keep doing things the way we've been doing it.”
-- State Rep. William ‘Smitty’ Pignatelli, D-Lenox
“The future health of the lake is hanging in the balance. If we don’t address these issues soon, the lake will decline and die.”
--- Stockbridge Board of Selectmen Annual Report
The Stockbridge Bowl Association has raised more than $2.4 million of the estimated $2.8 million cost to pay for Phase 2 of the Town of Stockbridge’s Lake Management Plan.
Invasive plants and animals that damage native habitats are making inroads in Stockbridge. Local scientists Frank Lowenstein and Jess Toro will talk about the invasives that are already infesting our lands and waters – like barberry, phragmites (the prolific common reed) and Eurasian watermilfoil – and other threats on the horizon.
