Critical Linkages: Resolving the Conflict Between Roads and Wildlife
At his office, Scott Jackson pulls up an aerial photo of the area we visited that morning. “When you take a bird’s-eye view of the landscape, you can see so many opportunities to improve connections, but you can’t fix everything,” he says. “The Critical Linkages model lets us experiment with different connections so that we can see what changes will have the biggest impact.”
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MassWoods
The adoption of the internet as a prime source of information provides a great opportunity to reach landowners who have not been attracted to more traditional approaches. MassWoods.net features information directed at people that have not planned their management, but need to make a decisions about selling timber or land conservation. The web site features a map to provide contact information for local professionals including: service forester, private foresters, land trusts, estate planning attorneys, appraisers, Keystone cooperators, and conservation organizations.
Boot Camp for the Citizen Planner
Experience counts for a lot in town government here in Massachusetts, contends Southborough Zoning Board of Appeals chairman Sam Stivers, in part because so many key municipal decisions are made by volunteers with widely varying backgrounds.
At the same time, he adds, it takes more than experience to function effectively in the rapidly changing landscape of municipal planning and zoning in a town like Southborough, which hugs the busy Route 9 corridor just west of Framingham.
