The Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development Land Use Toolbox
Massachusetts - You and Your Community:
What You Can Do links
University
of Massachusetts
Citizen
Planner Training Collaborative,
http://www.umass.edu/masscptc/
Description:
The Citizen Planner Training Collaborative provides local planning and
zoning officials with tools to make effective decisions regarding their
community's current and future land use.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
University
of Massachusetts
Drought
Information,
http://www.umassdroughtinfo.org/
Description:
UMass Extension has rallied all its program resources to address the issues
surrounding the topic of drought. We have also rallied resources and experts
throughout the University, and those available through federal, state,
and local governments. In addition, we have gathered much of what is being
said and written about the drought in the regional news media, and on
the web.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Other Massachusetts Links
Blackstone
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Leadership
Blackstone Valley,
http://www.blackstonevalley.org/leadership/
Description:
Leadership Blackstone Valley is an intensive, hands-on program to cultivate
emerging community leaders in the Blackstone River Valley towns of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.
Topics: What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Deerfield
River Watershed Association
Deerfield
River Watershed Association,
http://www.umass.edu/tei/mwwp/drwa/index.html#work
Description:
The Deerfield River Watershed Association is a non-profit organization
with the mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources
of the Deerfield River watershed in south-eastern Vermont and north-western
Massachusetts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Vermont
Division
of Conservation Services
Division
of Conservation Services,
http://www.state.ma.us/envir/dcs/default.htm
Description:
Since 1964, the Division of Conservation Services has been providing technical
and financial assistance to farmers as well as public and private land
owners in matters dealing with farm plans or sediment and erosion control.
DCS awards grants to municipalities for conservation and park land acquisition
and construction. DCS also provides assistance with the development of
open space and recreation plans, and to municipalities, land trusts, and
private land owners regarding approval of conservation restrictions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Protection,
http://www.state.ma.us/envir/biodiversity/default.htm
Description:
The three objectives of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Protection Initiative
are: build a constituency for biodiversity, through education and outreach
to the public including all ages and sectors of society (teachers, students,
corporate leaders and employees, municipal officials, and citizens); protect
and restore ecosystems, through land protection and ecological restoration
projects; and promote incorporation of biodiversity and ecosystem health
considerations in decision making regarding our use and management of
natural systems, including decisions made by private citizens in their
daily lives, corporate leaders in establishing and growing their businesses,
and developers and land use decision makers in land use decisions.
Topics: Land Preservation, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Green
Valley Institute
Green
Valley Institute,
http://thelastgreenvalley.org/gvi/
Description:
The Green Valley Institute exists to help Heritage Corridor communities
and citizens sustain their environment and quality of life while growing
their economies. We are a non-regulatory organization dedicated to: improving
the knowledge base from which land use and natural resource decisions
are made and building local capacity to protect and manage natural resources
as our region grows.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts
MyWatershed.com
MyWatershed.com,
http://www.mywatershed.com/index.html
Description:
The mission of MyWatershed.com is that through active involvement, mailings
& websites, educate residents about watersheds and nonpoint source
pollution, offering new ways for residents to view and improve their surroundings,
thereby improving water quality within watersheds.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
National
Park Service
Blackstone
River Coalition,
http://www.nps.gov/blac/zap/home/home.html
Description:The
Blackstone River Coalition is made up of various organizations that are
concerned with the regeneration of the Blackstone River and the health
of the Blackstone River Watershed. These organizations include state and
federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and businesses.
Everyone is working in different ways, from business people recognizing
the value of the river in regards to successful business ventures to government
agencies working with watershed groups to improve water quality.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
New
England Regional Water Quality Program
New
England Regional Water Quality Program,
http://www.usawaterquality.org/newengland/
Description:
The CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program works to improve
water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming
that emerges from a research base. The program builds on the strengths
of the Extension Water Quality Programs at the Land Grant Universities
throughout New England.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
NERCRD ©2004
The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
For questions, suggestions or to report broken links, please contact NERCRD: nercrd@psu.edu.