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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced a "nation-leading" initiative to protect the state's biodiversity.

The plan addresses the decline of biodiversity, focusing on land protection, ecological restoration, and climate change adaptation.

CUMMAQUID, BARNSTABLE — Standing at the edge of a saltmarsh in Barnstable, Gov. Maura Healey unveiled what her administration is calling a "nation-leading" push to protect Massachusetts' wildlife and natural landscapes.

The announcement, made Aug. 21 at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary , builds on an executive order Healey signed in 2023 , directing the Department of Fish and Game to lead a comprehensive review of the state's biodiversity conservation efforts and to recommend long-term goals for 2030, 20

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