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Of the area's over 700,000 acres, over 77% is made up of forest and farms. The 35-town region is home to over 300,000 people. [ 2 ] The Last Green Valley is half the size of Grand Canyon National Park and more than ten times that of Acadia National Park , New England's only national park.
Population density and elevation above sea level in Greater Boston, U.S. (2010) The city of Boston has identified specific projects in East Boston, Charlestown, and South Boston that would raise small parcels of land and use temporary barriers in key locations to prevent flooding during storms, which due to climate change will be higher than present. [4]
When complete, The Pinehills, a mixed-use community, will include 1.3 million square feet of mixed-use space and 3,065 homes on only 30 percent of the land, preserving over 2,200 acres of open space over an area of 3,060 acres (12.4 km 2), an area larger than many Massachusetts towns. [4]
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a new strategy Tuesday that she said will help the state’s 78 coastal communities work together to better cope with the challenges brought on by climate ...
The entire territory of Massachusetts is within the bounds of a municipality, and communities in this category may consist of part of an incorporated municipality, or perhaps a part of two incorporated municipalities. See also Commonwealth of Massachusetts list of Unincorporated Communities in Massachusetts
Massachusetts, with forests covering 3,060,000 acres (12,400 km 2) (59%) of its land area, administers more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) [1] of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
HYANNIS — A plan to classify Cape Cod and other vacation spots as "seasonal communities" will allow those municipalities to unlock new resources to fight the housing crisis, said the state's top ...
The document also called for creating "just and resilient development" through the establishment of affordable green overlay districts and standard community benefits agreements. [2] The document included a plan to use priority planning zones informed by urban heat island maps, in order to expand the urban tree canopy.