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About Us
(Our Mission/Our Board/Our Staff/Website)
Our Mission
We are a private non-profit land trust located in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for the people of Lowell through the conservation, creation, and preservation of parks, open space, and special places. Our membership supports projects that provide people opportunities to remain connected to the land on which the city was built. We do this in several ways:
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Providing technical assistance to city agencies,
local non-profits, businesses, and neighborhoods to support a healthy,
diverse urban forest,
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Protecting land and offering programs, such as white water rafting trips, on the Concord River,
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Educating people about their current and historic impact on the natural environment, and
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Acquiring and protecting conservation lands where nature is left undisturbed.
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The Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust believes that people can be a positive force toward improving the environment in which they live if they feel a connection and responsibility for the land on which they live. We believe that the greatest opportunities for making environmental improvements are in the city.
We hope that as you visit our web site you will be inspired to help us by participating in one of our programs, volunteering on one of our projects, or becoming a member. Thank you.
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Our Board: |
| Dorothy Bickling
- Ms. Bickling owns a local financial planning business and is active
in several Lowell-based community groups. |
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Brian Chapman – Mr. Chapman is company President of Mill City Environmental Corp., a waste management and remediation firm. |
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Christine Cole – Ms. Cole is the Executive Director of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy at Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government. She is also currently Chair of the board of the Lowell House, a substance abuse prevention center. Ms. Cole formerly served as a community liaison to the Lowell Police Department, as Chief of Staff for the Massachusetts Exececutive Office of Public Safety; and as Director of Business and Technology for the Springfield Police Department. |
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| Stephen Conant
- Mr. Conant holds a Master’s degree from Tufts University
in Urban and Environmental Policy. He has been Chair of the Lowell
Conservation Commission, Principal Planner for the MA Department
of Environmental Management’s Lowell Heritage State Park,
and planning director for the Lowell Department of Planning and
Development. As a native of Lowell, he is currently employed as
a Senior Energy Market Analyst with company is Energy Security Analysis,
Inc., specializing in wholesale energy price forecasting for California
and the western United States. |
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| Matthew C. Donahue (Treasurer)
- Mr. Donahue is a native of Lowell, a former Chairman of the Lowell
Conservation Commission, formerly a City Councilor, and is an attorney
with the Lowell firm of Eno, Boulay, Martin, and Donahue and specializes
in environmental law. |
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| Lauris Donovan -
Ms. Donovan is an active neighborhood member of the Pawtucketville Citizens Council and works for Curriculum Associates, Inc., an educational publisher.
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| Sheila Kirschbaum
(Clerk) - Ms. Kirschbaum is the School Liaison/Professional
Development Coordinator for the Tsongas Industrial History Center
in Lowell and provides a strong interpretive background to the Trust’s
board. |
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| Henri Marchand (President)
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Mr. Marchand
is the producer of Sunrise, a morning news and public affairs program airing weekdays on WUML, UMass Lowell’s public radio station. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, Henri was assistant director of The Lowell Plan, Inc., a private, non-profit economic development agency, where he oversaw a number of programs including a city marketing campaign, a downtown development study and neighborhood improvement initiatives. As a correspondent, he has written profile and feature stories for the Lowell Sun. Henri holds a bachelors degree from Harvard University and serves on the board of directors of the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union and the city’s Pawtucketville Master Plan Citizen Advisory Committee . |
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| William Martin, Esq.
- Mr. Martin, a native of Lowell, is currently a City Councilor,
and is an attorney with the Lowell Law firm, Eno, Boulay, Martin,
and Donahue where he specializes in land use and real estate law. |
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| Dr. Mark Romanowsky
(Vice President) - Dr. Romanowsky practices family medicine
in his hometown of Lowell and chairs our Land Protection Committee. |
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Our Staff: |
| Jane Calvin, Executive Director
- Jane’s prior experience includes teaching science,
forest policy work for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire
Forests, and work as an urban forester for the state of Massachusetts.
Jane holds a Masters in Environmental Management from the Yale School
of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Jane has been with the Trust
since 1995. |
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| Brian Cutler, Project Specialist- Brian joined the staff Summer-2007. He has volunteered and worked on special projects for the trust for several years, including our rafting program, the Concord River Greenway, land stewardship, and at many events. He shares his time as a Teacher-Naturalist at Mass Audubon Society's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. Brian graduated from Global College (Friends World Program) of Long Island University with a B.A. in Environmental Education and Spanish Education. |
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Website Design and Maintenance: |
| Brian Cutler with support
from Douglas Preble and ONDS. |
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