Open Space and Recreation Plans
An Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) helps a community to act strategically to protect and enhance the natural, cultural, and recreational resources they value most, makes them eligible to…
Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan for Franklin County
The Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan for Franklin County utilizes a screening level approach for assessing potential stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) for three common types of transportation construction projects: Downtown Revitalization, Complete Streets, and Rural…
Regional and Local Pollinator Plans
Eight Franklin County communities are working together to proactively identify, create and support pollinator habitat in and around areas of development to respond to declining populations of native pollinator species.…
River Corridor Management Toolkit
The Toolkit can be used by state agency staff, communities and landowners in the Deerfield River Watershed and across the Commonwealth who are interested in river restoration and protection, climate…
A Framework for Resilience: Responding to Climate Change in the Deerfield River Watershed
A Framework for Resilience is the first watershed-based climate change resiliency plan in the Commonwealth. The Deerfield River Watershed includes all or a portion of fourteen Franklin County towns: Ashfield, Buckland,…
High Risk Stream Crossings in the Deerfield River Watershed
These reports provide a summary of the road-stream crossings (culverts and bridges) in the towns linked below that are considered to be at high risk of failure from heavy precipitation…
Housing Plans & Studies
Housing plans identify the housing needs of a community and outline the strategies a town can take toward meeting those needs. In recent years the FRCOG has assisted the Towns…
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plans
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) define Hazard Mitigation as “any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and…
Deerfield River Watershed-Based Resiliency Plan
This plan integrates the nine elements of a 319 Watershed-Based Plan, the tenets of EPA’s Healthy Watersheds Initiative, and focuses on strategies and projects to protect and restore the watershed’s…
Tri-Town Community Food Assessment Infographics
The Tri-Town Community Food Assessment for the Heath Agricultural Commission with the Towns of Charlemont and Colrain. Tri Town Community Food Assessment Infographics 2017
North and South River Fish Habitat Reports (2013)
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments conducted a comprehensive assessment of the South River, North River, and the Massachusetts portion of the East Branch of the North River to provide…
Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment of the North and South River Watersheds (2015)
A fluvial geomorphology assessment was conducted on the North and South Rivers in Franklin County, Massachusetts to determine the causes of channel instability and identify restoration options to better manage…
