Gov. Healey Issues Executive Order for Biodiversity Conservation

In September 2023, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued Executive Order 618: Biodiversity Conservation in Massachusetts.

Read the full Executive Order.

Section 1. To support, complement, and advance Massachusetts’s biodiversity conservation efforts, the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game shall:

1. conduct a comprehensive review of the existing efforts of all executive department offices and agencies to support biodiversity conservation in Massachusetts;
2. recommend biodiversity conservation goals for 2030, 2040, and 2050 and strategies to meet those goals, including coastal and marine biodiversity conservation, to halt and reverse the loss of the variety of species and habitats of Massachusetts; and which may include policy and conservation investment targets related to land protection and connectivity, habitat and species status, anticipated shifts in distribution and abundance, and critical restoration activities; and
3. update the Governor and Lieutenant Governor on this review and recommendations within 180 days of this Order.