Wildlands and Woodlands: Figures and Photos
Below are web and high quality of the figures and photographs presented in the Woodlands and Wildlands 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. Wildlands and Woodlands: a Vision for the Forests of Massachusetts. Harvard Forest Paper # 26. 2005.
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Figures
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Figure 1. Historical changes in forest cover and
human population. Page 3. Web Quality - 27 kb High Quality - 2,122 kb |
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Figure 2. Change in forest volume in Massachusetts during the past half-century. Page 3. Web Quality - 15 kb High Quality - 947 kb |
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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”. Page 4. Web Quality - 21 kb High Quality - 1740 kb |
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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. Page 4. Web Quality - 16 kb High Quality - 1279 kb |
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Figure 5. The distribution of old-growth forests in Massachusetts. Page 8. Web Quality - 9 kb High Quality - 1090 kb |
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Figure 6.Large, continuous blocks of forestland
that have been identified as priorities for conservation. Page 9. Web Quality - 27 kb High Quality - 1381 kb |
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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. Page 10. Web Quality - 27 kb High Quality - 1964 kb |
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Figure 8.Forest harvesting in Massachusetts conducted
from 1984 to 2003 shown with 1999 forest cover. Page 15. Web Quality - 18 kb High Quality - 1824 kb |
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Figure 9.Statewide Land Conservation Plan map. Source: Land Conservation Plan Task Force (2003) and MassGIS. Page 16. Web Quality - 18 kb High Quality - 1423 kb |
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Figure 10. Formation of a system of forest conservation lands over time in the North Quabbin Region of central Massachusetts. Page 16. Web Quality - 37 kb High Quality - 1964 kb |
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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. Page 21. Web Quality - 12 kb High Quality - 1213 kb |
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Figure 12. The availability of state-owned land for harvesting after proposed protection. Page 21. Web Quality - 15 kb High Quality - 1213 kb |
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Photographs
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Front Cover - Big Oak Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 103 kb High Quality - 2575 kb |
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Page 1 - Slab City Forest Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 112 kb High Quality - 3379 kb |
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Page 1 - Quabbin Harvest Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 80 kb High Quality - 1882 kb |
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Page 1,13 - Forest Path Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 83 kb High Quality - 2575 kb |
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Page 1, Back Cover - Levi Pond with Canoe Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 31 kb High Quality - 2231 kb |
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Page 2 - Forest Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 109 kb High Quality - 2043 kb |
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Page 6 - Beaver Lodge, Harvard Pond Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 85 kb High Quality - 2391 kb |
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Page 8 - Bog mat, Harvard Pond Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 74 kb High Quality - 2575 kb |
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Page 11 - Beaver cut tree, Gould's Bog Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 98 kb High Quality - 2076 kb |
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Page 12 - Stone Wall Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 109 kb High Quality - 2387 kb |
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Page 14 - Beaver Lodge with Canoe Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 32 kb High Quality - 1687 kb |
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Page 14, Back cover - Quabbin Forest Management Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 111 kb High Quality - 3152 kb |
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Page 15 - Timber Pile, Winchester, NH Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 47 kb High Quality - 2182 kb |
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Page 15 - Winter Felling Photographer - David Kittredge Web Quality - 40 kb High Quality - 153 kb |
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Page 16 - Pisgah Wetland in Autumn Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 41 kb High Quality - 1955 kb |
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Page 17 - Felled Tree Photographer - David Kittredge Web Quality - 103 kb High Quality - 193 kb |
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Page 17 - Forwarder Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 43 kb High Quality - 2963 kb |
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Page 18 - Woodlands Council Photographer - David Kittredge Web Quality - 36 kb High Quality - 153 kb |
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Page 19 - Holyoke Range Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 43 kb High Quality - 2292 kb |
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Page 20 - Connecticut River Valley Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 88 kb High Quality - 3090 kb |
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Page 21 - Dead Pines, Pisgah Forest Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 94 kb High Quality - 1384 kb |
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Page 22 - Winter Bridge Photographer - David Kittredge Web Quality - 50 kb High Quality - 173 kb |
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Page 22 - Log Pile Photographer - David Foster Web Quality - 35 kb High Quality - 2295 kb |
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