Our Strategy

The coming decade will be a critical time for land conservation in Massachusetts. The current rate of development is an unprecedented threat to native species and is rapidly closing the window of opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the Commonwealth’s conserved landscape.

In recognition of the closing window for land protection, we have recently updated Mass Audubon’s Land Protection Strategy*.

Our strategy identifies more than 33,000 acres of priority habitat surrounding our existing sanctuaries. It is our goal to permanently protect these critical surrounding lands thus ensuring the ecological integrity of our sanctuaries—enhancing them as program sites, protecting intact natural systems, and establishing connections to other protected land. We also highlight the need to work in new focus areas, where we will establish new sanctuaries and collaborate with our conservation partners to protect lands of statewide ecological significance.

How You Can Help

• Donate land or conservation restrictions on ecologically significant lands to Mass Audubon
• Contribute financially – through cash, stock or similar gifts to the Land Rescue Fund and to provide support for staffing or land stewardship
• Donate real estate through our House to Habitat Program
• Consider directing funds to Mass Audubon’s land protection efforts through a bequest
• If you are not already a Mass Audubon member please join today—membership dues provide vital support for our land protection efforts
• Get involved with your local land trust, community open space efforts, or as a Mass Audubon volunteer

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