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Final Recommendations with Annexes (3MB)	Executive Summary (358KB)
Final Recommendations without Annexes (990KB)	Annexes (3MB)

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) initiated the Forest Futures Visioning Process in the spring of 2009 to develop a long-term strategy for managing the 308,000 acres of lands in the State and Urban Parks system, taking into account the attributes of these forests and their place in the overall context of the state‘s three million acres of public and private forests. An eleven member Technical Steering Committee developed the recommendations in this report. The recommendations were informed by input from an Advisory Group of Stakeholders (AGS) and by an extensive public comment process that included five public forums that collectively attracted over 500 participants, approximately 450 written submissions, and over 250 responses to an on-line survey.

The visioning process concluded with the submission of these Final recommendations to DCR in April 2010.  These recommendations have been supported by the Patrick Administration, and the core ones are currently in the process of being implemented.  For more information on the status of the implementation, please see: Landscape Designation webpage.