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New England forests are at a turning point. After almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states. The researchers, authors of a report released today--Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape--call for conserving 70 percent of New England as forestland, a target they say is critical to protecting vital natural benefits that would be costly, and in some cases impossible, to replace.
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New England forests are at a turning point. After almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states. The researchers, authors of a report released today--Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape--call for conserving 70 percent of New England as forestland, a target they say is critical to protecting vital natural benefits that would be costly, and in some cases impossible, to replace.
