ERVING — As the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) fine-tunes its draft resource management plans for 11 Franklin County properties, local residents expressed interest in continuing to play a role in land stewardship and advocated for increased accessibility at DCR trails at a Thursday evening forum. The plans, created by the DCR Stewardship Council, are approved and then kept at the State Library of Massachusetts for viewing. Since 2022, DCR has been developing resource management plans for central Massachusetts, including properties in eastern Franklin County. Paul Cavanagh, planner with the DCR Resource Management Planning Program, led the discussion on these properties during Thursday’s public information session. He said the draft plans contain many recommendations for each property, but some are consistent across locations.