We write to you with important and exciting news. After years of labor, a group of local residents and Nipmuc leaders have written and filed Bill HD.3659, which returns the Lampson Brook Farm outright to the Nipmuc, allows NESFI farmers to continue their leases, and helps Belchertown meet its stated goals for sustainability and climate resilience. You can read the legislation at the link above, and details are available on this fact sheet.

We need your support at this crucial moment in our campaign! Any state representative or senator can co-sponsor this bill. The more lawmakers that sign on, the higher likelihood that the bill will pass. Please contact your legislators to let them know that you support HD.3659, and that you’d like them to co-sponsor it. A short, simple message is effective. Please provide your name and address, the number of the bill, and some information about why this bill is important to you. You can find your legislators here.

This bill will not move forward without public pressure. Please take a moment to email and call your reps. If you’d like to get more involved please register for our Campaign Information Session on Tuesday Feb 11th at 7pm: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/dd-ZCZYvTP-l0bT-tHQ4SA