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Cleanup Day at Haley Farm State Park

Become an Advocate | Become a Volunteer | Become a Member   Become an Advocate                   Contact us                               ^ top Attend public land use hearings, including public site walks. Identify open space lands worthy of protection: monitor Planning Office agendas, legal notices, surveyor's markings. Communicate with us (GOSA) and your local Conservation Commission, Planning commission, Inland Wetland Agency. Promote protection of wildlife habitat through private and governmental acquisition and through conservation easements. Donate land to a local land trust, or place a conservation easement on your property. Prepare testimony, research development proposals and evaluate environmental impacts Get the word out: help prepare and distribute flyers, announcements. Talk to your neighbors. Share our concerns with the local media. Write letters to the editor. Contact your congressman, your town councilman.   Become a Volunteer                  Contact us                                 ^ top Join us for the annual Haley Farm Clean Up Day, held each April on a Saturday close to Earth Day. Volunteer your time and skills to help GOSA become a more effective organization: Attend our monthly board meetings. Use your computer skills to help maintain our website, mailing list and newsletter. Use your writing and speaking skills: Prepare testimony for land use hearings, contribute to our newsletter, assist with correspondence, flyers, invitations, fund raising efforts Biology, Ecology, Legal Do you have expertise in biology, ecology, water use and protection, planning and zoning, soil science, shellfish protection, civil engineering, wildlife protection, legal issues? We want to hear from you! Photography We often use photographs for educational and advocacy purposes. We believe it is important to document valuable wildlife sites, and the presence of wildlife itself. We document areas prone to flooding, erosion, failed drainage plans, easement violations, dumping violations. Be sure to label any photos with the date, location and name of the photographer. Secure permission from landowners and any individuals identifiable in the photograph. Water Monitoring Join us in performing streamside assessments and monitoring of saltwater wetlands and water bodies impacted by upland development. Educational Projects Help us to organize lectures, workshops, site walks for education of the general public and our land use officials. Suggest topics, speakers, venues, target audiences. Help with publicity, mailings, equipment and hall set-up. Research School groups, College students, Graduate Students, Nature Organizations. We need you! We need information documenting local wildlife habitat and species: birds, amphibians, mammals, fish., reptiles, shellfish. We need data to document important habitats, including vernal pools, wetlands, mature uplands, nesting sites. We need data to document pollution and runoff impacts.