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Report of the Massachusetts Commission on Financing Forest Conservation, July 2011. Recommendations Summary. July 2011. vii Ibid. viii Ibid. ix Ibid. x Nudel, Martha. “Better Conservation through Partnership.” Exchange: The Journal of the Land Trust Alliance, Spring 2003. Vol. 22., No.2. xi Commissioned by US Forest Service (USFS) xii The New England Governor's 2009 Blue Ribbon Commission on Land Conservation "Keeping Forests as Forests" xiii Jay Rasku, Q2W Forest Legacy application xiv “Farm Conservation: Leyden Neighbors to Conserve 800 Acres.” xv Wells, Sarah. Leyden Initiative Memo. xvi “Morgan Memorial Fresh Air Camp (Athol).” Mount Grace web publication. xvii “Ernie Gould Woodlot Conservation Acquisition Project.” Harvard Forest publication. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/publications/pdfs/Gould_lot.pdf xviii Interview, Robert Clark, February 2013. xix “Students’ high-level conservation research aids public reporting.” Clark University, News Hub. 18 November 2011. http://news.clarku.edu/news/2011/11/18/students-high-level-conservation-research-aids-public-reporting/ xx Interview, Robert Clark, February 2013. xxi Interview with Lt. Tony Wolski during OHV Advisory Committee meeting, February 2013, Sutton MA. xxii North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership, “Due Diligence Small Grant Program,” Project Summary, June 2011. xxiii Levitt, James, and Leigh Youngblood, eds. Report on the Massachusetts Commission on Financing Forest Conservation, 2011. xxiv The opponents felt that a mitigation bank would justify the filling in of too many important wetlands because developers could just pay their way out and wetlands would be created somewhere else. However, it would not have been that drastic; the “avoid, reduce, and then mitigate” rules would take superiority.xxiv xxv Conservation Finance Program, http://www.conservationfinanceforum.org/EnMit_FinForConsrvAp2.pdf xxvi Ibid. xxviii RGGI Model Rule, February 7, 2013. http://www.rggi.org/docs/ProgramReview/_FinalProgramReviewMaterials/Model_Rule_FINAL.pdf xxix “CO2 Offsets.” http://www.rggi.org/market/offsets ](SFBUFS2VBCCJO$POTFSWBUJPO*OWFTUNFOU;POF"TTFTTNFOU xxx Beane, Julie. “Selling Forest Carbon: A practical guide to developing forest carbon offsets for Northeast forest owners. Manoment Center for Conservation Sciences, September 2012. (http://www.manomet.org/sites/manomet.org/files/Selling%20Forest%20Carbon_Final.pdf xxxi Ibid. xxxii http://www.ctriver.org/programs/advocacy/hydro_power/index.html xxxiii Upper Connecticut River Mitigation and Enhancement Fund. “Grant Application Guidelines.” New Hampshire Charitable Foundation & Vermont Community Foundation. http://www.ctriver.org/documents/MEF_application_guidelines_rev_07-07.pdf xxxiv Ibid. xxxv Marks, Christian O.,et al. Ecologically important floodplain forests in the Connecticut River watershed. The Nature Conservancy. October 14, 2011. xxxvi DeNormandie, James. “Losing Ground: Beyond the Footprint.” Fourth Edition. Mass Audubon, May 2009. xxxvii DeNormandie, James. “Losing Ground: Beyond the Footprint.” Fourth Edition. Mass Audubon, May 2009. xxxviii Ibid., p. 8 xxxix Heidi Ricci (Mass Audubon) April 25, 2013. Presentation given at Open Space Design Workshop sponsored by MA Audubon, at Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. xl “What is Natural Resource Protection Zoning?” Jeff Lacy, AICP. 2013. xli Archambault, Mark, AICP. Open Space Residential Design: Comparison of bylaws prepared in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.” April 25, 2013. Presentation given at Open Space Design Workshop sponsored by MA Audubon, at Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. xlii Interview with Steve Wallace, Town of Westminster Planner, February 2013. xliii Town of Westminster, Zoning Regulations Chapter 205 § 205-38.” Exception for cluster developments.” Amended in 2005. xliv Archambault, Mark, AICP. Open Space Residential Design: Comparison of bylaws prepared in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.” April 25, 2013. Presentation given at Open Space Design Workshop sponsored by MA Audubon, at Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. xlv Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. 2010. Massachusetts Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study: Report to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. Walker, T. (Ed.). Contributors: Cardellichio, P., Colnes, A., Gunn, J., Kittler, B., Perschel, R., Recchia, C., Saah, D., and Walker, T. Natural Capital Initiative Report NCI-2010-03. Brunswick, Maine. xlvi “Woody Biomass Energy: Local Renewable Fuel for Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial Facilities. Massachusetts Sustainable Bioenergy Initiative. Revised June 2008. xlvii “A Local Success Story of Biomass Energy: Quabbin Administration Building, Belchertown.” DCR, DOER, July 2008. http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/utilmark/Quabbin%20Success%20Story.pdf xlviii Constance T.F. de Brun, ed. The Economic Benefits of Land Conservation. The Trust for Public Land, 2007. “The evidence clearly indicates that preserving open space can be a less expensive alternative to development.” xlix Boyce, Gordon. Marketing and Utilization Forest, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Interview, February 2, 2013. l Markowski-Lindsay, Marla, et. al. “Forest-based biomass supply in Massachusetts: How much is there and how much is available.” Journal of Environmental Management 106 (2012) 1-7. li “Wood Pellet Boiler Program Offers Discounts for High-Efficiency Boilers.” Massachusetts EOEEA. Press Release, March 1, 2013. http://www.mass.gov/eea/pr-2013/discounts-for-high-efficiency-wood-pellet-boilers.html lii Ibid. liii Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (SFBUFS2VBCCJO$POTFSWBUJPO*OWFTUNFOU;POF"TTFTTNFOU] liv Webber, Suzanne. Strategies to Increase Markets for Low-Grace Wood and Raise Public Awareness about the Benefits of Good Forest Management in Southern New England.” 28. Sept 2009. lv Conversation with Tom Chalmers, architect; Chris Riddle (Kuhn Riddle Architects) during Forest Forum XIII May 5, 2010. lvi Webber, Suzanne. Strategies to Increase Markets for Low-Grace Wood and Raise Public Awareness about the Benefits of Good Forest Management in Southern New England.” 28. Sept 2009. lvii Ibid. lviii Ibid. lix See the Northern Forest Center’s success with biomass: http://www.northernforest.org/default/renewable_energy_biomass.html lx Northern Forest Center: Model Neighborhood Project (website). http://www.northernforest.org/model_neighborhood_project.html lxi Vermont Fuels for Schools. “About.” An initiative of the Biomass Energy Resource Center. http://www.biomasscenter.org/images/issues/pdfs/VFFSfactsheet.pdf lxii http://www.communitybiomassenergy.com/AboutCBE.html lxiii Louv, Richard. The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books. 2011. lxiv Ibid, p. 277 lxv http://sholanfarms.com/documents/2013_Winter_Sholan_Farms_Newsletter.pdf lxvi http://www.activebynature.com/index_home.html lxvii Conversation with Congressman John Olver lxviii http://www.massachusettsroute2.com/ lxix One potential problem is that there really aren’t any strong Community Development Entities in the Quabbin. 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