Berkshire Ecoregion Assessment

The Berkshire Ecoregions Assessment represents the second in a series of assessment and guidance documents that will be prepared for the 14 major ecoregions of Massachusetts. The purpose of an ecoregional assessment is to evaluate the conditions, identify the issues, and generate lists of goals and recommendations that will help guide future forest management activities within the ecoregion.

Based on the assessment of ecological and sociological conditions in the Berkshire ecoregions, a number of issues were identified, from which twenty three (23) management goals and recommendations that will help guide the development of future forest and land management plans for specific state-owned properties in the ecoregion.

These management goals and recommendations fall into the following general categories:

• Conservation of Biological Diversity
• The Working Forest
• Fragmentation
• Forest Conditions, Health, and Productivity
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Socio-Economic Factors
• State, Regional and Global Issues

 

FINAL REPORT: BERKSHIRE ECOREGIONS ASSESSMENT

• Cover  (187K)
• Cover Photo Credits  (187K)
• Table of Contents  (25K)
• List of Figures and Tables  (19K)
• Acronyms  (17K)
• Forward  (21K)
• Executive Summary  (42K)
• Introduction  (318K)
• The Setting  file size 2MB (2370K)
• Conservation of Biological Diversity  file size 3MB (3274K)
• Forest Conditions, Health and Productivity  (590K)
• Soil and Water Conservation  file size 1MB (1749K)
• Regional and Global Considerations  (36K)
• Socio-Economic Factors  file size 2MB (2503K)
• Issues, Goals, and Recommendations  (214K)
• A Forest Management Framework for Massachusetts  (67K)
• Glossary  (71K)
• Literature Cited  (38K)
• Appendix 
• • All Appendices with Titles  file size 3MB (3530K)
  • Appendix List
    • Appendix I  (41K)
    • Appendix II  (893K)
    • Appendix III  (920K)
    • Appendix IV  (350K)
    • Appendix V  (74K)
    • Appendix VI  (205K)
    • Appendix VII  (45K)
    • Appendix VIII  (89K)
    • Appendix IX  (23K)
    • Appendix X  (87K)
    • Appendix XI  (79K)
    • Appendix XII  (28K)
    • Appendix XIII  (35K)
    • Appendix XIV  (44K)
    • Appendix XV  (115K)
    • Appendix XVI  (52K)
    • Appendix XVII  (149K)

 

Questions? Contact:

Mike Fleming
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
Phone: (978) 368-0126 x114
Email: mike.fleming@state.ma.us

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This information is provided by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Office of Policy, Land and Forest