National Organizations:
The Land Trust Alliance
http://www.lta.org/
Open Space Institute
http://www.osiny.org/site/PageServer
American Farmland Trust –
Massachusetts’s Site
http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ma/default.asp
Forest Guild
http://www.foreststewardsguild.org/
Pinchot Institute for
Conservation
http://www.pinchot.org/
United States Fish & Wildlife
Service
http://www.fws.gov/
United States Department of
Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
State and Regional
Resources:
Massachusetts EOEEA – Division
of Conservation Services
http://www.mass.gov/envir/dcs/default.htm
Massachusetts Department of
Conservation & Recreation
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/
MassWildlife – Natural Heritage
and Endangered Species Program
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/nhesp.htm
Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resource
http://www.mass.gov/agr/
UMass Cooperative Extension
http://www.umassextension.org/
MassWoods
http://www.masswoods.net/
Massachusetts Woodland
Cooperative, LLC.
http://www.masswoodlands.coop/
New England Society of American
Foresters
http://www.nesaf.org/
Teaming with Wildlife in
Massachusetts
http://www.teaming.com/states/massachusetts.html
Massachusetts Forestry
Association
http://www.massforests.org/
Harvard Forest
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/
Farmland Information Center –
Massachusetts’s Site
http://www.farmlandinfo.org//massachusetts/
New England Small Farm
Institute
http://www.smallfarm.org/homepage.htm
State and Regional
Conservation Organizations:
Massachusetts Land Trust
Coalition
http://www.massland.org/
The Trustees of Reservations
http://www.thetrustees.org/
Mt. Grace Land Conservation
Trust
http://www.mountgrace.org/
Highland Communities Initiative
http://www.highlandcommunities.org/
Conservation & Landowner
Incentive Resources:
Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources – APR Program
http://www.mass.gov/agr/landuse/index.htm
MassWildlife Habitat Grant
Programs
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/grants/habitat_grants.htm
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service – Massachusetts’s Sitehttp://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/
Massachusetts DCR – Current Use
Forest Tax Program (Chapter 61)http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/service/fortax.htm
Massachusetts Community
Preservation Act
http://www.communitypreservation.org/index.cfm
Massachusetts Self Help Grant
Program
http://www.mass.gov/envir/dcs/selfhelp/default.htm
Area Links
CISA
http://www.buylocalfood.com
Town Board
http://www.townboard.org
Shelburne Falls Area Business
Association
http://www.sfaba.org
Franklin County Chamber of
Commerce
http://www.co.franklin.ma.us/
Deerfield River Watershed
http://www.deerfieldriver.org
Greenfield Garden
Club
http://www.greenfieldgardenclub.org
Mohawk Trail Association
http://www.mohawktrail.com/
Mohawk Hills Bed &
Breakfast Association
http://www.mohawkhillsbandb.com/
WAMC
Northeast Public Radio
http://www.wamc.org/
Online Publications:
A
guide to the Tax Benefits of Donating a Conservation
Easement
By: C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.
The Economics of Land
Conservation
By: The Trust for Public Land
Western Massachusetts:
Assessing the Conservation Opportunity
By: The Open Space Institute
Connecting People and Partners
– A Town’s Guide to Land Conservation
By: UMass Extenion and The Highland Communities
Initiative
Your
Land, Your Choices: A Landowners Guide to Critical
Decisions in
Land Management and Protection.
By: The Trustees of Reservations
Land Conservation Options – A
Guide for Massachusetts Landowners
By: Essex County Greenbelt Association and The
Trustees of Reservations
A
Guide to Financial Resources For Land Conservation
in the Highlands
Region By: Wendy Sweetser
and Charlie Wyman
Conservation and Land Use
Planning Under Massachusetts’ Chapter 61 LawA Primer for Cities,
Towns & Conservation Organizations
Second Revised Edition, November 2007
By:
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
UMass Extension – Land Use
On-Line Documents
http://www.umass.edu/nrec/land_use/landuse_online_docs.html
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