Brewer Brook Forest is one of the largest areas of unbroken forest in the Pioneer Valley. This area connects an enormous block of protected lands, from Gilbert Bliss State Forest, Hiram Fox Wildlife Management Area, and Knightville Dam and Recreation Area to smaller protected areas like Dead Branch State Forest, Brewer Brook Wildlife Management Area, Ram Hill Conservation Area, and the Marble Brook and Mineral Hills Conservation areas in Northampton.
The Brewer Brook landscape provides critical habitat for wildlife, has high climate-change resilience, and is an important corridor for wildlife stretching from eastern New York to southern Vermont. In fact, you could walk through the Brewer Brook Forest for 9 miles and only cross one road! The development of this scenic forest would have a devastating impact on wildlife and on our community. It is where locals have hiked, hunted, fished, and experienced the solitude of this beautiful place for generations.