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AMHERST — An emerging disease that is known to weaken and contribute to the decline of beech trees has been confirmed in some trees in Amherst and other communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties.The malady, beech leaf disease, causes damage to a...
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry plans to execute a prescribed burn over a 200 acre section of the Manuel Correllus State Forest on Saturday, April 30. The area to be burned is adjacent to Dodgers Hole in Edgartown. Edgartown Fire Chief Alex Schaeffer said the state is […]
VASSALBORO - George H. Bourassa, of South Central Vassalboro died peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, Nov. 15, at the ...
Wildfire in Berkshires burns nearly 950 acres in 5 days, now 90% controlled Updated May 18, 2021; Firefighters have contained about 90% of the state’s largest wildfire in two decades and are now switching to “mop up” operations to ensure it does not spread farther. The fire has burned about 947 acres of remote woods stretching across Williamstown, Clarksburg and North Adams, making it the largest in the state since 1999 when about 1,100 acres of land was scorched on Takoa Mountain in Russell, said Jennifer Mieth, spokeswoman for the State Fire Marshal’s office. More than 120 firefigh...
Wicked Local The Concord Land Conservation Trust reported on Feb. 18 it found the emerald ash borer (EAB) on a dozen trees in the Upper Spencer Brook Valley. The sightings were confirmed by the state Department of Agriculture (MDAR) to be the emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer is a destructive pest from Asia that targets and feeds on native ash tree species. The species has been confirmed in 169 Massachusetts communities. The beetle arrived in the U.S. from Asia in the early 1990s and was first detected domestically in Michigan in 2002. "The entire state of Massachusetts is part of a...