List of Massachusetts state forests
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Massachusetts, with forests covering {{convert|3060000|acres|km2}} (59%) of its land area, administers more than {{convert|500000|acres|km2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/docs/2008%20Annual%20Stakeholder%20Report.pdf |title=Promoting Stewardship of Our Forests for a Safe and Healthy Environment, Economy, and Society |year= 2009 |work=2008 Annual Stakeholder Report |page=2 |publisher= Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry|access-date=2009-11-03}} of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Lands are managed by Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of State Parks and Recreation ({{convert|285000|acres|km2}}), Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) ({{convert|140000|acres|km2}}),[http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/management/bdi/forest_mgt/forest_mgt_home.htm MassWildlife: Forest Management] and the Division of Water Supply Protection's Office of Watershed Management[http://www.mass.gov/dcr/watersupply/watershed/water.htm Office of Watershed Management] ({{convert|104000|acres|km2}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/dcr/watersupply/watershed/documents/2007QuabbinLMPCh5_5.and5_6.pdf |quote=Certified lands in Massachusetts are managed by different agencies of the EOEEA, including the Division of State Parks and Recreation (285,000 acres), the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (110,000 acres), and the Division of Water Supply Protection (104,000 acres). |title=Quabbin Reservoir Watershed System. Section 5: Management Plan Objectives and Methods Land Management Plan 2007-2017 |publisher=Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=2009-11-03}}
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Current state forests
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="text-align:left" | Name
! style="text-align:left" | Location ! style="text-align:left" | Town(s) ! style="text-align:left" data-sort-type=number | Size ! style="text-align:center" class="unsortable" | Image |
|---|
| Ashburnham State Forest
| Ashburnham |
| 71.9108|format=dms|name=Ashburnham State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2844|acre|ha}} | |
| Arthur Wharton Swann State Forest
| | Great Barrington and Monterey |
| 73.2388|format=dms|name=Arthur Wharton Swann State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|850|acre|ha}} | |
| Barnstable State Forest
| Barnstable |
| 70.3431|format=dms|name=Barnstable State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|54|acre|ha}} |
| Beartown State Forest
| Monterey | Monterey, Great Barrington, Lee, Otis, Stockbridge and Tyringham |
| 73.2889|format=dms|name=Beartown State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|11204|acre|ha}} |
| Becket State Forest
| Becket | Becket |
| 73.0292|format=dms|name=Becket State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1311|acre|ha}} | |
| Berkley State Forest
| Berkley | Berkley |
| 71.0728|format=dms|name=Berkley State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|5.9|acre|ha}} |
| Billerica State Forest
| Billerica |
| 71.2981|format=dms|name=Billerica State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|370|acre|ha}} | |
| Boxford State Forest
| Boxford | Boxford, Middleton, and North Andover |
| 71.0172|format=dms|name=Boxford State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1045|acre|ha}} | |
| Bridgewater State Forest
| Bridgewater |
| 70.9505|format=dms|name=Bridgewater State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|58.5|acre|ha}} | |
| Brimfield State Forest |
| 72.2340|format=dms|name=Brimfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|4941|acre|ha}} | Image:Dean Pond Recreation Area, Brimfield State Forest, Brimfield MA.jpg |
| Bryant Mountain State Forest
| Cummington |
| 72.9729|format=dms|name=Bryant Mountain State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|636|acre|ha}} |
| Buckland State Forest
| Buckland | Buckland |
| 72.7547|format=dms|name=Buckland State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|93|acre|ha}} |
| Cadwell Memorial State Forest
| Pelham | Pelham and Belchertown |
| 72.4394|format=dms|name=Cadwell Memorial State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1203|acre|ha}} | |
| Carlisle State Forest
| Carlisle | Carlisle |
| 71.3818|format=dms|name=Carlisle State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|23|acre|ha}} | |
| Catamount State Forest
| Colrain | Colrain and Charlemont |
| 72.7557|format=dms|name=Catamount State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1474|acre|ha}} | |
| Chester-Blandford State Forest
| Chester | Chester and Blandford |
| 72.9494|format=dms|name=Chester-Blandford State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2490|acre|ha}} | |
| Chesterfield Gorge State Forest
| Chesterfield |
| 72.8818|format=dms|name=Chesterfield Gorge State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|31.4|acre|ha}} | |
| Clarksburg State Forest
| Clarksburg and North Adams |
| 73.1496|format=dms|name=Clarksburg State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3668|acre|ha}} | |
| Conway State Forest
| Conway | Conway and Williamsburg |
| 72.7095|format=dms|name=Conway State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1874|acre|ha}} | |
| Cookson State Forest
| | New Marlborough and Sandisfield |
| 73.1934|format=dms|name=Cookson State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2798|acre|ha}} | |
| D.A.R. State Forest
| Goshen | Goshen, Ashfield and Williamsburg |
| 72.7860|format=dms|name=D.A.R. State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2095|acre|ha}} | |
| Dead Branch State Forest
| Chesterfield and Westhampton |
| 72.8211|format=dms|name=Dead Branch State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|482|acre|ha}} | |
| Douglas State Forest
| Douglas |
| 71.7743|format=dms|name=Douglas State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|5754|acre|ha}} | |
| East Branch State Forest
| Chesterfield |
| 72.8693|format=dms|name=East Branch State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1232|acre|ha}} | |
| East Mountain State Forest
| Great Barrington, New Marlborough and Sheffield |
| 73.3295|format=dms|name=East Mountain State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1867|acre|ha}} | |
| Erving State Forest
| Erving | Erving and Orange |
| 72.3802|format=dms|name=Erving State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2261|acre|ha}} |
| F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
| Foxboro | Foxboro and Wrentham |
| 71.2662|format=dms|name=F. Gilbert Hills State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1040|acre|ha}} | |
| Federated Women's Club State Forest
| Petersham |
| 72.2546|format=dms|name=Federated Women's Club State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|469|acre|ha}} | |
| Florida State Forest
| Florida | Florida and Clarksburg |
| 73.0571|format=dms|name=Florida State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2135|acre|ha}} | |
| Franklin State Forest
| Franklin | Franklin and Wrentham |
| 71.4369|format=dms|name=Franklin State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|914|acre|ha}} | |
| Freetown-Fall River State Forest
| Freetown | Freetown, Fall River and Lakeville |
| 71.0454|format=dms|name=Freetown-Fall River State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6052|acre|ha}} | Image:Statue of The C.C.C. Worker Freetown Fall River State Forest MA.jpg |
| Georgetown-Rowley State Forest |
| 70.9730|format=dms|name=Georgetown-Rowley State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|993|acre|ha}} | |
| Gilbert A. Bliss State Forest
| Chesterfield and Cummington |
| 72.8668|format=dms|name=Gilbert A. Bliss State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2341|acre|ha}} | |
| Granville State Forest
| Granville and Tolland |
| 72.9668|format=dms|name=Granville State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2378|acre|ha}} | |
| H.O. Cook State Forest
| Heath | Heath and Colrain |
| 72.7892|format=dms|name=H.O. Cook State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|4465|acre|ha}} | |
| Harold Parker State Forest
| North Andover. Andover, Middleton and North Reading |
| 71.0765|format=dms|name=Harold Parker State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3148|acre|ha}} | |
| Hubbardston State Forest
| Hubbardston and Phillipston |
| 72.0449|format=dms|name=Hubbardston State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1369|acre|ha}} | |
| Huntington State Forest
| Huntington, Montgomery and Westhampton |
| 72.8383|format=dms|name=Huntington State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|885|acre|ha}} | |
| J. Harry Rich State Forest
| Groton | Groton and Pepperell |
| 71.5876|format=dms|name=J. Harry Rich State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|566.5|acre|ha}} | |
| Kingston State Forest
| Kingston | Kingston |
| 70.7482|format=dms|name=Kingston State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|161|acre|ha}} | |
| Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest
| Hawley | Hawley, Buckland, Plainfield and Windsor |
| 72.9117|format=dms|name=Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|7535|acre|ha}} | |
| Krug Sugarbush State Forest
| Chesterfield |
| 72.8270|format=dms|name=Krug Sugarbush State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|92|acre|ha}} | |
| Lancaster State Forest
| Lancaster |
| 71.6861|format=dms|name=Lancaster State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|91|acre|ha}} | |
| Lawton State Forest
| Athol | Athol |
| 72.2137|format=dms|name=Lawton State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|439|acre|ha}} | |
| Leominster State Forest
| Leominster, Fitchburg, Princeton, Sterling and Westminster |
| 71.8573|format=dms|name=Leominster State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3253|acre|ha}} | |
| Leyden State Forest
| Leyden | Leyden |
| 72.6384|format=dms|name=Leyden State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|60|acre|ha}} | |
| Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
| Lowell | Lowell, Dracut and Tyngsborough |
| 71.3606|format=dms|name=Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|984|acre|ha}} | |
| Ludlow State Forest
| Ludlow | Ludlow |
| 72.4330|format=dms|name=Ludlow State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|50|acre|ha}} | |
| Manuel F. Correllus State Forest
| Edgartown |
| 70.6038|format=dms|name=Manuel F. Correllus State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|900|acre|ha}} | |
| Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest
| | Marlborough, Hudson, Stow and Sudbury |
| 71.4894|format=dms|name=Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|695|acre|ha}} | |
| Martha's Vineyard State Forest
| | Edgartown and West Tisbury |
| 70.6429|format=dms|name=Martha's Vineyard State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3321|acre|ha}} | |
| Middlefield State Forest
| Middlefield and Peru |
| 73.0423|format=dms|name=Middlefield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2902|acre|ha}} | |
| Mohawk Trail State Forest
| Charlemont, Florida, Hawley and Savoy |
| 72.9456|format=dms|name=Mohawk Trail State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6887|acre|ha}} | |
| Monroe State Forest
| Monroe |
| 72.9918|format=dms|name=Monroe State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3959|acre|ha}} | |
| Montague State Forest
| Montague | Montague and Wendell |
| 72.4890|format=dms|name=Montague State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1346|acre|ha}} | |
| Mount Grace State Forest
| Warwick | Warwick |
| 72.3414|format=dms|name=Mount Grace State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|352|acre|ha}} | |
| Mount Toby State Forest |
| 72.5264|format=dms|name=Mount Toby State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1553|acre|ha}} | |
| Mount Washington State Forest
| Mount Washington |
| 73.4650|format=dms|name=Mount Washington State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6348|acre|ha}} | |
| Myles Standish State Forest
| Carver | Carver, Duxbury, Plymouth and Wareham |
| 70.6796|format=dms|name=Myles Standish State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|12819|acre|ha}} | |
| Nantucket State Forest
| Nantucket |
| 70.0795|format=dms|name=Nantucket State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|116|acre|ha}} | |
| Natural Bridge State Forest
| North Adams and Clarksburg |
| 73.0880|format=dms|name=Natural Bridge State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|33.5|acre|ha}} | |
| New Salem State Forest
| New Salem |
| 72.3505|format=dms|name=New Salem State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|170|acre|ha}} | |
| North Brookfield State Forest
| North Brookfield |
| 72.0382|format=dms|name=North Brookfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|77|acre|ha}} | |
| Northfield State Forest
| Northfield and Erving |
| 72.3981|format=dms|name=Northfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3879|acre|ha}} | |
| Oakham State Forest
| Oakham | Oakham and Rutland |
| 72.0154|format=dms|name=Oakham State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|830|acre|ha}} | |
| October Mountain State Forest
| Lee | Lee, Becket, Lenox, Pittsfield and Washington |
| 73.1899|format=dms|name=October Mountain State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|15925|acre|ha}} | |
| Orange State Forest
| Orange | Orange |
| 72.3461|format=dms|name=Orange State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|453|acre|ha}} | |
| Otis State Forest
| Otis | Otis, Becket and Sandisfield |
| 73.1193|format=dms|name=Otis State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6600|acre|ha}} | |
| Otter River State Forest
| Templeton |
| 72.0791|format=dms|name=Otter River State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|485|acre|ha}} | |
| Peru State Forest
| Peru | Peru, Middlefield and Worthington |
| 73.0173|format=dms|name=Peru State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2760|acre|ha}} | |
| Petersham State Forest
| Petersham and Athol |
| 72.2088|format=dms|name=Petersham State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|636|acre|ha}} | |
| Pittsfield State Forest
| Pittsfield, Hancock and Lanesborough |
| 73.3275|format=dms|name=Pittsfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|10021|acre|ha}} | |
| Prospect Hill State Forest
| Rowley | Rowley |
| 70.8912|format=dms|name=Prospect Hill State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|98|acre|ha}} | |
| Raynham State Forest
| Raynham | Raynham |
| 71.0139|format=dms|name=Raynham State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|17.3|acre|ha}} | |
| Rehoboth State Forest
| Rehoboth | Rehoboth |
| 71.2098|format=dms|name=Rehoboth State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|138|acre|ha}} |
| Richmond State Forest
| Richmond | Richmond | {{convert|79|acre|ha}} | |
| Rowe State Forest
| Rowe | Rowe | {{convert|134|acre|ha}} | |
| Royalston State Forest
| Royalston |
| 72.2290|format=dms|name=Royalston State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1362|acre|ha}} | |
| Sandisfield State Forest
| Sandisfield and New Marlborough |
| 73.1778|format=dms|name=Sandisfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6616|acre|ha}} | |
| Savoy Mountain State Forest
| Savoy | Savoy, Adams, Florida and North Adams |
| 73.0524|format=dms|name=Savoy Mountain State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|10435|acre|ha}} | |
| Shawme-Crowell State Forest
| Sandwich | Sandwich and Bourne |
| 70.5238|format=dms|name=Shawme-Crowell State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|579|acre|ha}} | |
| Shelburne State Forest
| Shelburne |
| 72.7226|format=dms|name=Shelburne State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|52|acre|ha}} | |
| Shutesbury State Forest
| Shutesbury and New Salem |
| 72.3792|format=dms|name=Shutesbury State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|270|acre|ha}} | |
| South River State Forest
| Conway | Conway |
| 72.6862|format=dms|name=South River State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|591|acre|ha}} | |
| Spencer State Forest
| Spencer | Spencer |
| 72.0012|format=dms|name=Spencer State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1122|acre|ha}} | |
| Sutton State Forest
| Sutton | Sutton |
| 71.7218|format=dms|name=Sutton State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|1085|acre|ha}} | |
| Taconic Trail State Forest
| Williamstown and Hancock |
| 73.2562|format=dms|name=Taconic Trail State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2197|acre|ha}} | |
| Templeton State Forest
| Templeton |
| 72.0889|format=dms|name=Templeton State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|291|acre|ha}} | |
| Tolland State Forest
| Tolland |
| 73.0457|format=dms|name=Tolland State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|6878|acre|ha}} | |
| Townsend State Forest
| Townsend | Townsend |
| 71.6976|format=dms|name=Townsend State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|3903|acre|ha}} | |
| Upton State Forest
| Upton | Upton, Hopedale and Northbridge |
| 71.6093|format=dms|name=Upton State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2962|acre|ha}} | |
| Warren H. Manning State Forest
| Billerica |
| 71.3031|format=dms|name=Warren H. Manning State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|195|acre|ha}} | |
| Warwick State Forest
| Warwick | Warwick, Northfield, Orange and Royalston |
| 72.3690|format=dms|name=Warwick State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|11635|acre|ha}} | |
| Wendell State Forest
| Wendell | Wendell |
| 72.4300|format=dms|name=Wendell State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|7297|acre|ha}} | |
| West Bridgewater State Forest
| West Bridgewater | {{convert|217|acre|ha}} | |
| West Brookfield State Forest
| West Brookfield |
| 72.1418|format=dms|name=West Brookfield State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|140|acre|ha}} | |
| Westminster State Forest
| Westminster, Gardner and Hubbardston |
| 71.9439|format=dms|name=Westminster State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|372|acre|ha}} | |
| Willard Brook State Forest
| Ashby | Ashby, Fitchburg, Lunenburg and Townsend |
| 71.7767|format=dms|name=Willard Brook State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2475|acre|ha}} | |
| Willowdale State Forest
| Ipswich | Ipswich, Boxford, Rowley and Topsfield |
| 70.8992|format=dms|name=Willowdale State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|2325|acre|ha}} | |
| Winchendon State Forest
| Winchendon |
| 72.0283|format=dms|name=Winchendon State Forest}}}}
| {{convert|712|acre|ha}} | |
| Windsor State Forest
| Windsor | Windsor and Savoy | {{convert|1845|acre|ha}} | |
| Worthington State Forest
| Worthington | {{convert|219|acre|ha}} | |
| Wrentham State Forest
| Wrentham | Wrentham and Plainville | {{convert|927|acre|ha}} | |
See also
{{commons category|State forests of Massachusetts}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeahomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea State Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs]
- [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/listing.htm Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Massachusetts State Parks]
- [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/index.htm DCR Forestry home page]
- [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/manage/planning.htm DCR - Forest Management Planning]
- [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/manage/districts.htm Eight districts of Forest Management]
{{Protected Areas of Massachusetts}}