The maple syrup season has begun with sap being collected using a traditional method within the Heritage Park from sugar maples. Shown here are two of the Wolf Trees at the west end of the Park.

Board member Susan Mareneck during a site visit with preservation consultant Chris Cole.

FONLS board members and volunteers planted the Heritage Park’s native plant habitat garden, which had been sited and prepared near the origin of the trail system in August.

FONLS board members discuss the sawmill project with grants consultant Eugenie Sills.

Volunteers Tomas Black and Bill Paulin situate benches in the Heritage Park after FONLS board members Sid Poritz and Don Robinson picked them up in Vermont.

John Wathne of Structures North Consulting Engineers visited the sawmill to document its existing conditions.

Native plant expert Jocelyn Demuth of Checkerspot Farm siting a habitat garden for native shade plants. Once created, the garden will attract insects that pollinate plants and provide food for baby birds.

Professional industrial archeologist Matt Kierstead (in yellow jacket) visited the Graves Ironworks in the Heritage Park.

FONLS board members Sam Black and Cyndie Baldwin trimmed brush and put up trail markers in the Heritage Park.

Certified wildlife tracker Neill Bovaird of Wolf Tree Programs surveyed the Heritage Park for diversity of wildlife species. He examined tracks, food waste and habitats as well as directly observing animals throughout the day starting from before dawn.

Signage illustrating 21 tree species was installed in the Heritage Park

Eva Gibavic and a FONLS board member visited the historic mill sites along the Sawmill River and Rattlesnake Gutter.

Community members met at Town Hall to discuss potential uses for the restored sawmill.

Foresight Land Services and L&F Construction conducted initial perc tests for the planned septic system.

Don Robinson was preparing for the surveying of the mill, for engineering visits, and for an open house we had for people interested in the mill’s rehabilitation.

Sara glazed the old windows to protect from the weather

Students from Four Rivers Public Charter School in Greenfield, MA, visited the sawmill on a ‘learning expedition’.

Bob Leet, engineer visits dam again and completes design for the spillway in response to Conservation Commission request. Donald Robinson oversees and checks the spillway and sluice gate.

Moving day of old potbelly stove to original location at the Mill from the Moore’s Corner Schoolhouse.

Jeff helps to temporarily enclose the mill to satisfy insurers while we fundraise for rehabilitating the building and turning it into a museum

Clean-up day at the mill

FONLS founders group met with community members to discuss the project and garner input on future plans.

Workers took debris from around the mill pond

Denis Picard helped us archive the remaining objects

Denis Picard joined us in archiving materials at the mill

Bob Leet, structural engineer, examined the spillway and did a report for Con Com

MASS Design Group visited Leverett to survey the Slarrow Sawmill property and meet with members of various town committees.