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The Massachusetts Keystone Project

In ecology, a keystone species is one whose impacts on its environment are larger and greater than would be expected from one species.

The Keystone Project invests education and reference materials in important, keystone people. These Keystone Cooperators make a significant conservation difference at the local level by transferring information and ideas to landowners and decision-makers.

Find a conservation cooperator in your area by clicking here.    Conservation Cooperator discussion forum -- click here.

This is the web site for the Keystone Project, run by the Forest Conservation Extension Program within UMass Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.  This web site was made possible through the generosity of the following organizations:  Highland Communities Initiative, MA TNC, and the MA Woodlands Institute.

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This is the web site for the Keystone Project, run by the Forest Conservation Extension Program within UMass Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst. This web site was made possible through the generosity of the following organizations: Highland Communities Initiative, MA TNC, and the MA Woodlands Institute.
http://www.masskeystone.net