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Millers River Watershed Council


Site updated: June 10, 2009

Friends of Tully Lake is a group of concerned North Quabbin residents
who came together in 2003 in response to a proposal for a huge and damaging subdivision overlooking Tully Lake in Athol, Massachusetts. We have reached and energized thousands of concerned people who care about the future of Tully Lake and the North Quabbin region. Sprawl is a universal issue that affects everyone's community.
The aims of Friends of Tully Lake are to:
1) ensure that development around Tully Lake is sited and sized appropriately so as to minimize all environmental damage;
2) demonstrate that towns have legal rights and responsibilities to disapprove inappropriate development;
3) inform and empower local people to participate in land-use planning.
Friends of Tully Lake celebrates the efforts of all who have come out, and the conscientious decisions of the Athol Town Boards. But we urgently need your help to pay our excellent attorney and engineers. The fight is not over.
 Urge your friends and neighbors to get involved and to donate!
Stay tuned to this website for updates and information.

Massachusetts Stormwater Regulations are stronger.
Click here to learn more.

Adopted Athol Zoning Bylaw articles.
Click here to read them.  

Many thanks to
the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund
who have awarded Friends of Tully Lake $2000
to expand our outreach and education about Tully Lake.  
Donations are needed! 

Thanks to your concern and generosity, Friends of
Tully Lake has already raised a substantial amount of money that will enable us to pursue a resolution to this issue.  The attorney and engineers needed to evaluate the current plan and to devise alternatives are expensive, however.
Please send a donation; it is tax-deductible.

Make a check out to: "Millers River Watershed Council"
with Friends of Tully Lake clearly indicated in the lower left of your check

Mail your check to Joyce O'Hara, Treasurer,
2381 Old Keene Road, Athol, MA 01331
sunset_over-proposed_development.jpg (61083 bytes)
View of area above Tully Lake to be developed.
Imagine this hillside full of houses, roads, and two water detention basins, each the size of a football field.
Other images of Tully Lake
Meeting minutes and reports

All concerned citizens can make a difference!
  Many residents have changed the course of development in their towns for the better.
  What can you do?

Write a letter to the Editor of the Athol Daily News
 (Athol Daily News, PO BOX 1000, 225 Exchange Street, Athol, MA 01331)
to express your opinion on the proposed development or other issues of concern to you.

Attend Town Board meetings in Athol, at Town Hall.
  It is essential for Athol residents to let their hard-working town representatives know that they care about the future of the town. 
The Board of Selectmen meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7pm. 
The Conservation Commission meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7pm. 
The Planning Board meets the first Monday of each month. 
Call 978-249-9641 for more information. 
 NEW Athol subdivision regulations for 2006!
Find out about changes in subdivision regulations for the town
 Army Corps Programmatic General Permit
Find out what Wetlands alterations require Federal (army Corps) Review
Athol Master Plan

Contents of this site are the sole responsibility of
 The Millers River Watershed Council
and
The Friends of Tully Lake