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Wildlands and Woodlands: Figures and Photos

Below are web and high quality copies of the figures and photographs presented in the Wildlands and Woodlands Vision Report. If you download and use these in presentations, please cite
Foster, D.R., D.B. Kittredge, B. Donahue, G. Motzkin, D. Orwig, A. Ellison, B. Hall, B. Colburn, and A. D'Amato. 2005. Wildlands and Woodlands: a Vision for the Forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper # 26.

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Figures

Figure 1. Historical changes in forest cover and human population.
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Figure 2. Change in forest volume in Massachusetts during the past half-century.
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Figure 3. Loss of forest cover in Massachusetts, 1971-1999, and areas of high-potential development based on building permits issued between 2000 and 2002, known as the "sprawl frontier".
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Figure 4. Large (> 2500 acres) continuous forest areas that are protected from development on state-owned and private lands. Most of the larger areas and 69% of the total area shown are owned by the state of Massachusetts.
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Figure 5. The distribution of old-growth forests in Massachusetts.
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Figure 6.Large, continuous blocks of forestland that have been identified as priorities for conservation.
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Figure 7.Examples of potential Wildland reserves: a) Northwestern corner of Massachusetts, b) Southeastern Bioreserve, c) southern Taconics, and d) the Quabbin Reservoir Reservation.
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Figure 8.Forest harvesting in Massachusetts conducted from 1984 to 2003 shown with 1999 forest cover.
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Figure 9.Statewide Land Conservation Plan map. Source: Land Conservation Plan Task Force (2003) and MassGIS.
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Figure 10. Formation of a system of forest conservation lands over time in the North Quabbin Region of central Massachusetts.
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Figure 11. Trends in land cover from 1951 to 2005 and a projection of the implementation of the Wildlands and Woodlands vision in 2050.
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Figure 12. The availability of state-owned land for harvesting after proposed protection.
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Photographs

Front Cover - Big Oak
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 1 - Slab City Forest
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 1 - Quabbin Harvest
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 1,13 - Forest Path
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 1, Back Cover - Levi Pond with Canoe
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 2 - Hemlock Forest
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 6 - Beaver Lodge, Harvard Pond
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 8 - Bog mat, Harvard Pond
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 11 - Beaver cut tree, Gould's Bog
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 12 - Stone Wall
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 14 - Beaver Lodge with Canoe
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 14, Back cover - Quabbin Forest Management
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 15 - Timber Pile, Winchester, NH
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 15 - Winter Felling
Photographer - David Kittredge
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Page 16 - Pisgah Wetland in Autumn
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 17 - Felled Tree
Photographer - David Kittredge
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Page 17 - Forwarder
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 18 - Woodlands Council
Photographer - David Kittredge
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Page 19 - Holyoke Range
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 20 - Connecticut River Valley
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 21 - Dead Pines, Pisgah Forest
Photographer - David Foster
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Page 22 - Winter Bridge
Photographer - David Kittredge
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Page 22 - Log Pile
Photographer - David Foster
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