University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Massachusetts Keystone Project

 

Resources

The Keystone Project makes a significant investment in community leaders. One of those investments is in the form of take home resources, given out at the annual Keystone training. The resources are meant to be used by the Cooperator as well as shared with friends, local conservation organizations, and municipal boards. The exact resources change from year to year. Below is a list of materials commonly given to each Keystone Cooperator:

Keystone Annual Training Take Home Resources

A Field Guide to the animals of Vernal Pools
A Guide to Invasive Plants in Massachusetts
A Guide to Logging Aesthetics
Applied Ecosystem Management on non-industrial forest land
A Sand County Almanac
Ch. 132 Forest Cutting Practices Act
Conserving Grassland Birds (large grasslands, small grasslands, and agricultural lands)
Cost of Community Services
Careful Timber Harvest (video)
Enhancement of Wildlife Habitat on Private Lands
Foresters and the Care of Your Land
Guide to Wildlife Tree Management in northeast northern hardwoods
High-Grade Harvesting: Understand the impacts, know your options
Land Conservation Options
Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Habitat
Landscaping for Wildlife
Mammal Tracks and Scat: Life Size Tracking Guide
Native and Naturalized Trees of Massachusetts
New England Forests Through Time: Insights from the Harvard Forest Dioramas
New England Wildlife: Habitat, Natural History, and Distribution
Profiles from Working Woodlands
Preserving Family Lands: Book I Essential Tax Strategies for the Landowner
Preserving Family Lands: Book II More Planning Strategies for the Future
Reading the Forested Landscape
Restoring Old-Growth Characteristics
Silvicultural Options for Managing Hemlock Forests Threatened by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Working with Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide
Your Land, Your Choices

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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