Despite their long history of good work supporting biodiversity and habitat and forest protection, Mass Audubon isn’t always a forest’s best friend.

Currently, Mass Audubon is using arguably deceptive “climate-smart” jargon to advocate its plan to cut 77 acres of mixed growth forest surrounding the Notch Forest Reservoir in North Adams. They are also proposing to develop a so-called demonstration forest, including logging every year for 10 years, in the rest of this 1088-acre town forest.

Is Mass Audubon planning to log on an even larger scale in Massachusetts? Audubon recently received a USDA $25 million grant to “…protect 10,000 acres of forests and wetlands in the Connecticut River Watershed….”  Given Mass Audubon's actions in North Adams, we have to ask whether Mass Audubon will use this grant to destroy forests on an even larger scale.

Send a letter here to tell Mass Audubon leadership that you want them to stop the logging and stop the deceptive marketing to local officials, and that you demand transparency about the $25 million taxpayer-funded grant!