DCR Foresters will be leading tours of prepared timber sale areas, discussing forest management techniques, providing a view of the trees designated for harvest, and explaining how harvest operations will take place. A detailed silviculture prescription for each harvesting operation will be provided to attendees. These tours culminate a public process that included public meetings and a written comment period on each project. (more…)
Latest news from the Massachusetts Forest Alliance
MFA Realeases Position Statement on Quabbin Report
On March 15, 2013, the Massachusetts Forest Alliance submitted the following comments to the MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation in regards to the recent DCR response document prepared following the December 2012 Science and Technical Advisory Committee report on watershed management practices.
Click here to download a PDF file of MFA’s comments. (more…)
State Officials Announce Quarantine to Slow Spread of Invasive Emerald Ash Borer
DALTON, MA – Thursday, February 21, 2013 – “Officials from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced today that a quarantine will be established in Berkshire County, in order to slow the spread of the invasive insect species Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). This decision comes after extensive survey in the affected area and public hearings. (more…)
MFA Releases Position Statement on Proposed DCR Harvest Projects
The following comments were submitted to the MA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) in response to six proposed forest management projects on state designated Woodlands. Click here to download position statement as a pdf file.
December 4, 2012 – Fall River, MA. The Massachusetts Forest Alliance (MFA) represents forest landowners and forest industry professionals throughout Massachusetts and advocates for a strong, sustainable forest economy in the Commonwealth. Our diverse membership avidly supports the concept of local, sustainable production of natural resources through responsible forest management practices on both private and public forestlands. In that light, MFA strongly supports the MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in their efforts to develop long-term management objectives on designated Woodlands as directed by the 2010 Final Report of the Massachusetts Forest Futures Visioning Process. (more…)
DCR to Host Public Meetings to Review Forest Management Projects
November 27, 2012 – Boston, MA. Beginning in 2013, officials from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will resume forest management with commercial timber harvesting in DCR forests that have been designated as woodlands through the recently completed Forest Futures Visioning and Landscape Designation processes. DCR will host three public meetings to begin the review process for six forest management project proposals. Each of these proposals are for properties designated by DCR as woodlands. (more…)