Town of Stow, MA Stow, MA
Stow Acres Climate Resilience Master Plan
The Stow Acres Climate Resilience Master Plan manages the challenges of a changing climate by restoring hydrological function, ecological diversity, and natural resource management in Stow, MA. In developing the plan, BSC incorporated Nature-based Solutions (NbS) with the following goals in mind:
- Increasing the property’s ecological diversity
- Replacing the driving range on the golf course with a restored wetland
- Improving species habitat
- Increasing flood storage
- Re-vegetating stream buffers
- Planting trees and shrubs, providing accessible walking and bike trails
- Incorporating active and passive recreational activities
- Integrating the property to serve as an ecological resource for the surrounding neighborhood
The Climate Resilience Master Plan will not only help the client implement the vision laid out by BSC over the course of the coming decade, it will also allow the client to do so in three different phases outlined in the plan. The plan also allows the client to balance the active and passive recreational uses proposed with restoring the ecological functions and features throughout the site.
