The Ecological Tax Exemption provides communities with a mechanism to create strong incentives to enhance the quality of life, using the same framework as the Residential Tax Exemption. It is often argued that residents take better care of their homes and are more engaged in the community, and that, therefore, the Residential Tax Exemption should…
For Cod and Country Save Our Ocean Wear and make known your love of cod and country with this eye-catching, not fish-catching, Ocean River Institute t-shirt with a Labrador duck and paddle on the flip side. Celebrate the mighty cod while going the distance for a bluer and greener planet Earth. This premium unisex…
News Flash The Blue Reporters, the Attleboro High School media team, have produced a video explaining why a pocket forest is important and promoting an event at the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum. Attleboro is taking steps to mitigate flooding, reduce stormwater damage, and increase drought resilience by creating a pocket forest with deepening soils…
The North Atlantic right whale is critically endangered. In the 1970s, with the first whale watches, there were estimated to be 350 right whales, and the population was growing. Then, in 2017, right whales took a turn for the worse. By 2020, the population had fallen to 338 right whales, with only 50-70 breeding females.…
The Carbon Offset Fund, a public matching initiative, will pay the value of timber cuts on state properties. The Fund will also pay landowners with ten-year forestry management plans the expected timbering revenue not to cut down trees. Letting forests grow old captures more carbon than planting trees and benefits our quality of life. With…
“We’ve been so focused on fossil fuels and the short-term methane from burping cows that we’ve missed the significant amount of carbon (and water) being lost from under our feet to the air and to the seas.” Nicole Masters, For the Love of Soil We can fight climate change, save money, restore small water…
Massachusetts Right Whale Day is April 24th Success for right whales came January 4, when outgoing governor Charlie Baker signed a bill to establish every April 24 as Right Whale Day in Massachusetts. Rob Moir, left, and Matt Delaney, right, presented state Rep. Josh Cutler, D-Plymouth, with more than 500 comments and signatures on the…
Federal officials overseeing the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont are scheduled to double the amount of logging in the next five years over the previous five years. Under that plan, as much as 62 million board feet of lumber would be cut from the national forest. Mature and old-growth forests are the best places…
