I was struck by the irony of two headlines in the Recorder’s Jan. 13 edition: one entitled “Upward Bound program folding,” and the other “ServiceNet health work gets huge boost.” So, on the one hand, a program that has been proven to help.
We defend our habitat work on the Montague Plains
Published: 7/24/2016 11:46:51 PM
Regarding a June 27, 2016, letter from Peter and Cecilia Tusinski of Leyden “Plains Devastation” the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) respectfully submits this response. The Tusinkis say that MassWildlife’s objective at the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is to “restore a high canopy forest.” On the contrary, MassWildlife s objective for this site is to restore a globally-rare pitch pine and scrub oak community. We are doing that through a combination of forest canopy reduction, shrub mowing, and controlled burns, in order to reinvigorate fire-adapted species and communities on the site. This is simultaneously reducing fuel loads to help protect the Village of Lake Pleasant from wildfire.