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National Organizations: The Land Trust Alliance Open Space Institute American Farmland Trust –
Massachusetts’s Site Forest Guild
Pinchot Institute for
Conservation United States Fish & Wildlife
Service United States Department of
Agriculture State and Regional Resources: Massachusetts EOEEA – Division
of Conservation Services Massachusetts Department of
Conservation & Recreation
MassWildlife – Natural Heritage
and Endangered Species Program Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resource
UMass Cooperative Extension UMass Keystone Project
MassWoods Massachusetts Woodland
Cooperative, LLC. New England Society of American
Foresters Teaming with Wildlife in
Massachusetts Massachusetts Forestry
Association Harvard Forest Farmland Information Center –
Massachusetts’s Site New England Small Farm
Institute State and Regional Conservation Organizations: Massachusetts Land Trust
Coalition The Trustees of Reservations Mt. Grace Land Conservation
Trust Highland Communities Initiative Conservation & Landowner Incentive Resources: Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources – APR Program
MassWildlife Habitat Grant
Programs 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 Massachusetts Self Help Grant
Program Area Links
CISA
Town Board
Shelburne Falls Area Business
Association
Franklin County Chamber of
Commerce
Deerfield River Watershed Greenfield Garden
Club Mohawk Trail Association
Mohawk Hills Bed &
Breakfast Association WAMC
Northeast Public Radio Online Publications:
A
guide to the Tax Benefits of Donating a Conservation
Easement
The Economics of Land
Conservation
Western Massachusetts:
Assessing the Conservation Opportunity
Connecting People and Partners
– A Town’s Guide to Land Conservation
Your
Land, Your Choices: A Landowners Guide to Critical
Decisions in
Land Conservation Options – A
Guide for Massachusetts Landowners
A
Guide to Financial Resources For Land Conservation
in the Highlands
Conservation and Land Use
Planning Under Massachusetts’ Chapter 61 Law
UMass Extension – Land Use On-Line Documents http://www.umass.edu/nrec/land_use/landuse_online_docs.html ICE STORM 2008 MassWoods Forest Conservation Program - information for forest owners Find a local state service forester working in your area UNH Extension - assessing and cleaning up storm damaged trees http://massacorn.net/ -- Another UMass Extension site that has an online forum which could be a good place for landowners and professionals alike to ask questions and find out what’s going on at the local level.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/ice/durham/index.shtm
-- This is a forest service site
related to the 1998 ice storm in the northern New
England area but much of it is
relevant to this storm. There are some good
technical publications that foresters
might find helpful in assessing woodlot damage.
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/ http://www.certifiedtreeandlawn.org/ - List of certified arborists and information http://www.isa-arbor.com/home.aspx - International Society of Arborculture | ||
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