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MassAcorn: A co-operative resource network for the Westfield and Deerfield watersheds of western Massachusetts.

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A cooperative resource network for the Deerfield and Westfield watershed valleys, western MA.
May 2011: Harvesting with Horses in the Highlands

altKip Porter Mike, Jack and Rock are three Belgian horses who spend their days working in the forests of western Massachusetts. The man behind the reins is Kip Porter, a Worthington native. Kip has worked with draft horses on and off for over 20 years. If you are a summer Fair goer you may have seen him at a horse pull. Now it's his wife, Mary Beth, who does the pulls while Kip spends his time in the forest, logging with his horses.

 

 

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