by Jodie Furey | Jan 21, 2025 | Environment, General
The Town of Newbury, along with Peabody, Gosnold, and Leyden, became one of the newest additions to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources’ (DOER) Green Communities Division in 2024, making them eligible for grant funding throughout the state. The Green...
by Jodie Furey | Jan 13, 2025 | Environment, General
During the fall of 2024, the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission’s (MVPC) Coastal Resource Coordinator, Hanna Mogensen, and Environmental Planner, Macklen Wier, completed a stream crossing barriers assessment training through the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity...
by Jodie Furey | Dec 18, 2024 | Environment, General, GIS
In May of this year, we announced that we acquired a drone – more professionally known as a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) – with ambitious plans to trailblaze new remote sensing projects in the Merrimack Valley. Since then, our DJI Matrice 350 RTK, affectionally named...
by Jodie Furey | Dec 16, 2024 | Environment, General
MVPC is thrilled to welcome our new Environmental Program Manager Adrienne Lennon. As the Environmental Program Manager at Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Adrienne leads a team of talented specialists in the technical service areas of environment, land use,...
by Jodie Furey | Dec 11, 2024 | Environment, General
Hazard Mitigation Plans (HMP) are comprehensive plans that identify risk occurring from natural hazards and outline strategies to minimize that risk to prevent loss of life and property. The first regional HMP for the Merrimack Valley was written in 2008 and updated...
