A divided Chilmark conservation commission voted last week to approve a project to install a new culvert in Mill Brook headwaters off North Road. Proposed by the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the project has kicked up a cloud of controversy.
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation
2023
August 15, 2023
Rapidly, at a pace of 10 feet per day, an infection of southern pine beetle is spreading in the pitch pine forest at Sheriff’s Meadow’s Phillips Preserve near Lake Tashmoo.
July 20, 2023
Beech leaf disease has made its way to the Island and its devastation to the Vineyard's abundant beech tree population is starting to show.
July 12, 2023
After nearly 40 years at the Wakeman Conservation Center, the nonprofit is initiating plans to relocate to a Campbell Road property in West Tisbury.
April 26, 2023
The 336-acre Aquinnah property composed of land from the former Red Gate Farm will not open to the public as planned this summer, after a longer-than-expected period of state review.
March 8, 2023
A new effort to understand how land management across the Vineyard can help fight climate change is hoped to serve as a model for other communities looking for ways to battle global warming.
January 21, 2023
A proposed affordable housing complex in Oak Bluffs has drawn strong opposition from nearby residents and a number of objections from members of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
