No Assault & Batteries and the Wendell State Forest Alliance joined local naturalists Adam Kohl and Bill Stubblefield for a very enjoyable Walk in the Wendell Woods on March 22nd.
Forty plus people celebrated the beginnings of spring by meeting some of our ‘non-voting residents’ and learning how they deal with winter conditions as they prepare to burst forth in spring. Walk sponsors included No Assault & Batteries and the Wendell State Forest Alliance.
The great response will make this a seasonal event!
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Background:
The extensive woodlands and wetlands of Wendell, Massachusetts are part of a “Green Lung” spreading from northern Connecticut north. The state of the Massachusetts and energy industry corporations say they want to transition our state to a clean energy future. So do we. But an industrial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the heart of valuable forest isn’t appropriate, for the climate, people and the region as a whole. There are alternatives.
Does the important and vast biodiversity of Wendell’s forest ecosystem need this?
Who We Are
Concerned residents of Massachusetts are trying to preserve the finite resources of the town of Wendell. No Assault & Batteries is a citizen effort founded in October 2023 to protect the town of Wendell and surrounding region, population and natural environment by preventing construction of a 105MW lithium battery energy storage system planned by New Leaf Energy Inc.
Natural Resources
Wildlife
What we Want
To prevent the spikes in power demand that BESS is supposed to solve, NAB would prefer to see more aggressive conservation measures taken first. Preservation of forest land is also an important environmental policy priority for the Commonwealth, and battery technology implementation should be compatible with using “forests as forests.”