Forest Preservation & Land Use

Initiatives

MA Decarbonization Roadmap (official plan of Commonwealth produced by Baker Administration)

Maps

Solar locations in Mass - by town, by county - Clark University

Videos

• Solar Siting Reform for Massachusetts & Rhode Island Training by Citizen Planner Training Collaborative - March 2021. Full presentation and slides can be found at: https://masscptc.org/training/webinar-2021/e-workshop-21.html

  • Lowenstein: Need for Forests

  • Rogan: Solar Development and Use of Forest Land

  • Milner: Why Development in Forests

Articles and Research

• When the cost of solar is forestland and farms- Gazettte 2019

• The Distribution and Potential Ecological Impact of Solar Fields in Massachusetts - Clark University

• The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy (Nature.com)

• Planning for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities