Department of Conservation and Recreation

Save the Date!! Saturday, April 26, 2014 Anyone interested in organizing or participating in a Park Serve Day Event should contact the supervisor at the host park of interest. If you need help finding contact information for the supervisor at your local park, call or email us at 617-626-1250 or mass.parks@state.ma.us. http://www.mass.gov/…/dcr/get-involved/volunteer-ops/

Garnet Hill Adventure Hike Saturday, Apr 12 10:00 am

Mass Audubon’s Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary Easthampton, MA Come out to the hidden hills of the Berkshire Plateau for a fascinating “off the beaten path” cultural and natural history hike at Garnet Peak in Peru Perched quietly atop the rim of several small “peaks”, 2,000-ft high Garnet Hill was named for the reddish mineral discovered here …

Environmentally Damaging Forestry Provisions of H.R. 2, The 2018 Farm Bill

ANALYSIS BY JOHN MUIR PROJECT OF EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE Our public forest lands are not a crops or “fuels”, they are ecosystems which provide, among other things, clean water, clean air, and habitat for native species. These forests are also one of nature’s best carbon storage and sequestration systems on the planet. When intact, they …