Volume 6 • Number 2 • Spring 2008

Mapping the Commonwealth

UMass Extension’s Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (NREC) program is receiving a $196,000 federal earmark to begin a statewide application of its groundbreaking land use mapping program. Over the past several years, the Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System (CAPS) has set a new standard, though in a limited area, for looking at land use through the lens of increasingly sophisticated variables, and thereby predicting the impact of development on all facets of the ecosystem.

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