Abstract
The Wildlands and Woodlands vision calls for an unparalleled, long-term conservation effort to retain at least 70 percent of [New England] in forestland, permanently free of development. This three-fold increase in conserved land -- spanning tree-lined communities to rural farm woodlots and vast forestlands -- would be achieved through easements from willing private land owners paired with strategic conservation acquisitions and enhanced economic incentives to retain forestland.