A tree-cutting moratorium? Loggers, activists, wildlife biologists await Healey's state forest plan
Unlike other years, the state isn’t asking loggers for bids.
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Unlike other years, the state isn’t asking loggers for bids.
Climate activists, loggers and wildlife biologists want to know whether Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will fulfill her campaign pledge to pause logging on public land while the state develops a climate-focused forest plan. Although there is no official moratorium yet on commercial cutting in Massachusetts state forests, loggers say no new state contracts for timber harvesting have gone out to bid this year.
A reprieve from Boston as SNAP benefits have been reinstated for the next three months.
A reprieve from Boston as SNAP benefits have been reinstated for the next three months.
A reprieve from Boston as SNAP benefits have been reinstated for the next three months.