Podcast 6 – Jim Caffrey

Jim Caffrey is the superintendent of the Windsor Management Unit of the Trustees of Reservations.  I got to work with him when I did an internship with the Trustees in the summer of 2007.  I always enjoyed talking to him, so he was one of the first people I contacted for this project.

I did this interview as a straight up podcast – no chapters, no YouTube.  You can download it here or listen below:

Skiing at Notchview (from TTOR)

Jim Caffrey (22 minutes):

Jim talked about the Trustees of Reservations mission statement mission statement and history.  It was founded by Charles Elliot, a landscape architect.  He also talked more broadly about the he hilltowns of Western Massachusetts.

He talked about the Trustees’ ground breaking partnership with the Eagle Eye Institute and YouthBuild.  He also talked about their forestry work as a member of the Mass Woodlands Coop.

Finally, he talked a lot about their different  properties.  They are all spectacular and well worth a visit.  Links to them are below:

• Notchview is where Jim’s office is.  It’s a large preserve with cross country skiing in the winter.  If you visit the website, there is a picture of one of the ski shelters he talks about.  If you’re planning a visit, you can check ski conditions here.
• Petticoat Hill was the Trustees’ first acquisition in the area, in 1909.
  
• Bryant Homestead is the boyhood home of William Cullen Bryant.  Read his poetry here.
  
• Chesterfield Gorge – where hilltown families have the Gorge Apres Gorge the day after Thanksgiving.
• Glendale Falls
• Bear Swamp
• Chapel Brook

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  Chesterfield Gorge (from TTOR)

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