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Mass. Fish and Game frames biodiversity goals as statewide priority; seeks environmental-justice input
Summary
Commissioner Tom O'Shea told the Environmental Justice Council the Department of Fish and Game is drafting recommendations under a statewide biodiversity executive order to guide 2030, 2040 and 2050 goals and called for input on equity, tribal partnerships and neighborhood access to nature.
Commissioner Tom O'Shea of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game told the Environmental Justice Council that the agency is drafting statewide biodiversity goals under an executive order and wants council input on how those goals intersect with environmental justice. "This is a biodiversity movement," O'Shea said, adding that biodiversity is "a crisis just like the climate crisis."
O'Shea said the department's strategic plan emphasizes environmental justice, language access and tribal partnerships and that the biodiversity effort will set targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050. He described four guiding…
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