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Greenfield Recorder - South County Notebook: April 9, 2024

9 Massachusetts hiking trails to tackle this fall

Rural communities say state-land PILOT is steering them in the wrong direction

Driving through the small town of Warwick, it’s not the quaint architecture that catches one’s eye it’s the vast sea of trees. They rise from the road’s edge, sprouting behind stone walls and encircling everything, visible even among the cluster of.

State Auditor Bump Calls for Change in PILOT Program

Funds for forests: Campaign ramps up to improve state's rural lands payments

The commonwealth of Massachusetts owns a lot of land in Berkshire County, including this tract in the Florida State Forest. A push is underway to reform how the state compensates cities and towns for land it owns that is exempt from property taxes. The current system deprives small communities in western Massachusetts from their fair share of state financial support.  LARRY PARNASS — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE Communities with large tracts of state land are being stiffed financially. That’s what a top Massachusetts official thinks â€” and she’s coming out Friday to say it again. Quote “The formula is not fair to the small, rural towns. It’s totally unfair, what’s happening.