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State Forest Cutting Work Goes Out to Bid

Ethan Genter | Thursday, January 15 2026 - 12:35pm

The planned cutting of about 52 acres of pine trees in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest could begin next month.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, which owns the forest located in the middle of the Island, put the controversial project out to bid on Monday and expects to award a contract in early February.

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Island Group Favors State Forest Cutting Plan

Ethan Genter

The state’s pending plan to clear 175 acres of white pine and other trees in the Manuel F. Correllus forest has earned the endorsement of a coalition of Island ecologists, fire chiefs and other conservation groups.

Local Experts Decry Proposed White Pine Clearing

Addison Antonoff

A proposal by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to remove an area of white pine trees from the state forest is facing pushback from local forestry experts.

Island Gets Aid in Pine Beetle Battle

Thomas Humphrey

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation this week received a $75,000 grant from the state to help combat an invasive beetle infestation in the Phillips Preserve forest in Tisbury.

Pine Beetle Infestation Invades Island Forests

Thomas Humphrey

Rapidly, at a pace of 10 feet per day, an infection of southern pine beetle is spreading in the pitch pine forest at Sheriff’s Meadow’s Phillips Preserve near Lake Tashmoo.