HELPFUL RESOURCES

• New Conservation Commissioner Packet
• Conservation Commission Survey Results
• Volunteer Land Stewardship Program Documents
• MACC Model Job Description
  
  
• New Information on Beavers
  Beavers and the Law
  Living with the Beaver
  
  Mass Willdlife Citizens Guide to Resolving Beaver Conflicts and more
  
  
• Municipal Finance/Use of Filing Fees
  DOR Guidance 98-101
  DOR Letter on Use of Wetland Fee Money
  
  
• Conservation Restriction Stewardship Manual
  Massachusetts Audubon
• Complete Manual (8 MB)
• Partitions of Complete Manual
  • Cover Page (2.5 MB)
  • Chapters 1-2 (687 KB)
  • Chapters 3-4 (1.5 MB)
  • Chapter 5 (3 MB)
  • Chapter 6 (255 KB)
  • Appendix A (574 KB)
  • Appendix B-1 (1.5 MB)
  • Appendix B-2 (1.9 MB)
  • Appendix B-3 (2.9 MB)
  • Appendix C-D (117 KB)
    
• Vegetation Management at Airports:
  A Guidance Document to Conservation Commissioners (2.5mb)
  
• Audubon/MACC Guidance on ROW Herbicide Regulatons (1.6mb)
  
• Pesticide Regulations-333 CMR 11.00 (1.0mb)
  

Links

Our links include Federal Government resources and those from our Commonwealth of Massachusetts, various Educational Institutions, Local Conservation Commissions, Nonprofit Organizations and Other Resources. Please submit your link by e-mail our staff.

LOCAL CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of Energy
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Fish and Wildlife Service

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Department of Environmental Management
  (Department of Conservation and Recreation)
• Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Riparian Functions and Values
• MEPA Environmental Monitor
• Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management
• Massachusetts Environmental Trust
• Massachusetts General Laws
• Massachusetts GIS

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• UMASS Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
• MassAcorn

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

• Appalachian Mountain Club
• Association of Massachusetts Wetlands Scientists
• Charles River Conservancy
• Charles River Watershed Association
• Conservation Fund
• Conservation Law Foundation
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Federation of New England
• Environmental Law Institute
• Environmental League of Massachusetts
• Environment Massachusetts
• Historic Massachusetts
• Land Trust Alliance
• League of Conservation Voters (ECONet)
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Massachusetts Audubon Society
• Massachusetts Environmental Collaborative
• Massachusetts Environmental Trust
• Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
• Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters
• Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA)
• Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
• National Wildlife Federation
• Nature Conservancy
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Rails to Trails Conservancy
• Sierra Club
• Society of Wetland Scientists
• Soil and Water Conservation Society
• Trustees of Reservations
• Trust for Public Land

OTHER WEB LINKS

• eCOLOGY --Hundreds of Environmental Links
• New England Soil -- Soil Data, Hydrology
• Conservation Mapper -- Southeastern MA Maps