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Southeast Forest Management Projects

Forest Management Proposals and Silviculture Prescriptions are presented by the year in which they were proposed and then further by the Management Forestry District in which they are located. Proposals remain posted until the project is implemented with a timber sale or Home Fuelwood contract. Silviculture Prescriptions remain posted as long as a project is being actively implemented and at least one year after a project is completed. If you are unsure of when a project was proposed but know it’s location check the Management Forestry District map and it’s forester contact list.

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Freetown Co-Peace, Freetown State Forest

Proposed November 27, 2012
State Forest Freetown
Location Freetown
Acreage 48
Timber Sale Acres  
Forest Type White Pine
Silviculture Overstory Removal with reserves for two age management and Irregular Shelterwood
Date Proposed 11/27/2012
Public Meeting Date 12/4/2012
Public Meeting Location Fall River
Offered  -
Sold  -
Active  - 
Harvesting Completed  -
Contract Closed  - 

Additional Resources

Freetown Co-Peace (PDF 1.75 MB)
fall-2012-all-comments-and-responses (PDF 633.23 KB)
Freetown Co-Peace Prescription (PDF 2.52 MB)
Pre-harvest tour-freetown (PDF 236.98 KB)

Bristol Lot, F. Gilbert Hills State Forest

State Forest F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
Location Foxborough/Wrentham
Acreage 42
Timber Sale Acres 42
Forest Type Red oak, mixed oak
Silviculture Shelterwood
Date Proposed 2/16/2017
Public Meeting Date 2/21/2017
Public Meeting Location Easton
Offered 11/30/2017
Sold Yes
Active  2/20/2018
Harvesting Completed 7/11/2018
Contract Closed 9/25/2018
   

Additional Resources

Bristol Lot Proposal - New (PDF 1.91 MB)
2017-general-forestry-comments-and-responses (PDF 328.69 KB)
Silviculture Prescription Bristol Lot (PDF 1.69 MB)

Shawme Crowell-Barnstable Red Pine, Shawme Crowell and Barnstable State Forests

Proposed February 9, 2018
State Forest Shawme Crowell and Barnstable State Forests
Location Sandwich/Barnstable
Acreage 10
Hazard Tree Removal Acres 10
Forest Type Red pine plantation
Silviculture Hazard tree removal
Date Proposed 2/9/2018
Public Meeting Date 2/22/2018
Public Meeting Location Sandwich
Offered  1/7/2019
Sold 1/29/2019
Active 2/21/2019
Harvesting Completed 3/1/2019
Contract Closed  3/1/2019

Additional Resources

Shawme Crowell Barnstable final proposal (PDF 1.89 MB)
2018 Forest Management Project Public Notice Shawme Crowell Barnstable (DOCX 25.52 KB)

Norway Spruce-Pine Barrens, Myles Standish State Forest

Proposed March 15, 2019
State Forest Myles Standish State Forest
Location Plymouth / Carver
Acreage 62
Timber Sale Acres -
Forest Type Norway spruce plantation
Silviculture Ecosystem Rehabilitation
Date Proposed 3/15/2019
Public Meeting Date 4/9/2019
Public Meeting Location Carver
Offered -
Sold -
Active -
Harvesting Completed -
Contract Closed -

 

Additional Resources

Norway Spruce Pine Barrens Forest Management Proposal 2019 (PDF 1.99 MB)

Myles Standish 10 Year Pine Barrens Restoration – Myles Standish State Forest

Proposed November 2018

DCR and MassWildlife are restoring native Pine Barrens habitat through forest thinning and the use of prescribed fire. This work provides globally rare habitat and also reduces risk to human health and property in the event of a wildfire.

Key Actions

DCR Project Details  Restoration Details 

Additional Resources

Current work area and road closures

Other Forest Management Projects and Information

Pine Barrens Restoration Timber Harvest

The Pine Barrens Restoration Timber Harvest was completed in 2015. Approximately 429 acres of dead and dying red pine was cut. Now that the red pine plantations have been removed, the Pitch pine and scrub oak are uninhibited and free to grow, returning these areas to pine barrens. The next step in our continuing process of managing this disturbance dependent ecosystem is to produce a forest wide fire management plan (FMP). The Myles Standish Planning Area FMP will be released in 2018.  Click here for more information.

Pine Barrens

Additional Resources

Pitch Pine - Scrub Oak Community (PDF 746.4 KB)

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