Several are in western Massachusetts. The grants were awarded ... within 470+ acres of protected Town Forest land that supports a network of walking trails. $1,051,380 Town of Ashland Ashland ...

land trusts, universities, and private landowners, are working to preserve and create habitats for the cottontail. Habitat projects have been established with 30 landowners in Massachusetts ...

Well, Amesbury, Massachusetts, is sick of being known as Newburyport's adopted cousin. It is time to put some respect on Amesbury, MA, as one of the essential Massachusetts towns to visit. Without a ...

Massachusetts is teeming with small towns steeped in hundreds of years of history. Of course, you don’t have to be a scholar or have a penchant for the past to appreciate the enchanting ...

SANDWICH, Mass., July 20 -- A forest fire which now extends over a territory of at least twenty-five square miles and which threatens with destruction nearly a score of towns about this portion of ...

Even municipalities with similar PILOT acreage and land holdings can receive vastly different reimbursements. In Massachusetts ... similar state forest acreage, the coastal town of Plymouth ...

And you mentioned the reserves there. The plan lays out a goal of establishing reserves on 10% of all forest land in Massachusetts, about 300,000 acres. And we've been discussing this 40% target ...

Massachusetts needs to double its pace of forest protection. Robb Johnson, director of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, said the state should make better use of the tax credit program which ...