A two-year study, released by Harvard University, says current development trends threaten forests in Massachusetts.
In a first of its kind study for an entire state researchers used sophisticated computer models to look acre by acre how four different scenarios of development, land conservation and timber-harvesting would play out over the next 50 years. David Foster, director of Harvard Forest- the university’s outdoor research lab-said the study comes at a critical time.
"We are losing the very natural infrastructure that supports human life and supports all of nature."
To save forests the study urges more conservation and future development clustered around existing cities and towns.
