The Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development Land Use Toolbox
Massachusetts - Water/Sewer
links
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
University
of Massachusetts
Mill
Creek Watershed Project,
http://www.millriverwatershed.org
Description:
The goals of the Mill River Watershed Project are to make science, research,
and planning resources available to watershed officials and residents
and to develop a coordinated, community-based approach to resource protection
across town boundaries.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
University
of Massachusetts
Natural
Resources and Environmental Conservation,
http://www.umass.edu/nrec/
Description:
UMASS Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Program
provides educational programs and materials that enable people to make
informed decisions and take actions to preserve or enhance the quality,
productivity and sustainability of natural resources and natural systems.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
University
of Massachusetts
Resource
Mapping,
http://www.umass.edu/forwild/rmapping/Home%20Page/more.html
Description:
Resource Mapping has been in existence since the 1950's when Forestry
Professor William P. MacConnell set out to map land cover for the entire
state of Massachusetts in order to identify wildlife habitat using aerial
photography. This was eventually expanded to include the mapping of all
land uses for the state and has been modified for use in present day projects.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Other Massachusetts Links
Appalachian
Mountain Club
Appalachian
Mountain Club,
http://www.outdoors.org/
Description:
The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation
programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness,
must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation
(VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement
projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively
integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Association
to Preserve Cape Cod
Association
to Preserve Cape Cod,
http://www.apcc.org/
Description:
The mission of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod is to promote policies
and programs that foster the preservation of the natural resources of
Cape Cod.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Charles
River Watershed Association
Charles
River Watershed Association,
http://www.crwa.org/index.html?wavestop.html&0
Description:
Since its earliest days of advocacy, CRWA has figured prominently in major
clean-up and watershed protection efforts, working with government officials
and citizen groups from 35 Massachusetts watershed towns from Hopkinton
to Boston. Initiatives over the last three decades have dramatically improved
the quality of water in the watershed and approaches to water resource
management.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Clean
Water Action
Clean
Water Action: Massachusetts,
http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ma/index.htm
Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Connecticut
River Watershed Council
Connecticut
River Watershed Council,
http://www.ctriver.org/
Description:
Founded in 1952, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the
only broad-based citizen advocate for the environmental well-being of
the entire Connecticut River. Our primary mission is to promote improvement
of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and
use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River watershed.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Conservation
Law Foundation
Conservation
Law Foundation,
http://www.clf.org/
Description:
The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental
advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England,
where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on
the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region
and its residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
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
Department
of Agricultural Resources
Agricultural
Environment Enhancement Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/programs/aeep/index.htm
Description:
The Agricultural Environmental Enhancement Program (AEEP) provides funding
to farmers to install a variety of water quality protection practices.
Eligible practices include the installation of buffers, animal waste systems,
pesticide storage facilities, fencing, culverts, seed and gutters. All
farmers who actively farm five acres or more of land which could potentially
impact a water resource are eligible.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Agricultural Resources
Groundwater
Protection Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/pesticides/water/index.htm
Description:
The Department's Groundwater Protection Regulations are intended to prevent
contamination of public drinking water supply wells through regulating
the applicaton of pesticide products on the Groundwater Protection List
within primary recharge areas.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Conservation and Recreation
Division
of Water Supply Protection,
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/waterSupply.htm
Description:
The Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Water Supply
Protection manages and protects the drinking water supply watersheds for
nearly 2.2 million residents of Massachusetts, primarily in Greater Boston.
The Quabbin Reservoir, Ware River, and Wachusett Reservoir watersheds
are the sources of drinking water for distribution by the Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority (MWRA).
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Conservation and Recreation
Land
and Water Stewardship,
http://www.mass.gov/dem/stewardship.htm
Description:
DCR funds and supports grant programs for municipalities, nonprofit organizations
and planning agencies. The funding provided supports projects connected
to the environment and its history. Look here for professional services
such as forest health, forest fire detection and well driller licensing.
Public educational programs are offered at state parks and in local communities,
and makes available environmental information such as rainfall measurements
and drought warnings.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Drinking
Water Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/dws/dwspubs.htm
Description:
The Drinking Water Program ensures that the drinking water delivered by
public water systems in Massachusetts is fit and pure according to national
and state standards.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Stormwater
Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/stormwtr/stormhom.htm
Description:
Information about managing stormwater in Massachusetts.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Water
Management,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/wtrm/wtrmhome.htm
Description:
The Water Management Act (M.G.L. c.21G) became effective in March 1986.
The Act authorizes the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) to regulate the quantity of water withdrawn from both surface and
groundwater supplies. The purpose of the regulations (310 CMR 36.00) is
to ensure adequate water supplies for current and future water needs.
The Water Management Act (WMA) consists of a few key components, including
a registration program and a permit program.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Watershed
Management,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/wm/wmhome.htm
Description:
The Watershed Management Division, charged with monitoring and regulatory
activities that affect water quality and quantity within the state's major
river basins, focuses on building local and regional coalitions to bring
about the next major increment of water quality improvement. The Division's
programs oversee drinking water quality, wetlands and waterways regulation,
the regulation of septic systems under Title 5 of the state's environmental
code, and the management of watersheds and their conservation.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Waterways,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/waterway/waterway.htm
Description:
The Commonwealth's primary tool for protection and promotion of public
use of its tidelands and other waterways is Massachusetts General Law
Chapter 91, the waterways licensing program. The Commonwealth formally
established the program in 1866, but the philosophy behind Chapter 91
dates back to the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, most
notably in the Colonial Ordinances of 1641-1647. The oldest program of
its kind in the nation, Chapter 91 regulates activities on both coastal
and inland waterways, including construction, dredging and filling in
tidelands, great ponds and certain rivers and streams.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Environmental Protection
Wetlands
Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/brp/ww/rpwwhome.htm
Description:
The Wetlands Program ensures the protection of Massachusetts' inland and
coastal wetlands, tidelands, great ponds, rivers and floodplains. It regulates
activities in coastal and wetlands areas, and contributes to the protection
of ground and surface water quality, the prevention of flooding and storm
damage and the protection of wildlife and aquatic habitat.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Fish and Game
Riverways
Program,
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/
Description:
The Riverways Programs has developed several programs targeted to meet
the needs of both river advocates and river resources. The programs strive
to provide tools citizens may use to protect and restore water quality
and healthy stream flows, protect open space and river access, improve
fish and wildlife habitats, enhance aesthetics and help reconnect people
to their rivers. Each program is directed by one or two staff members
(some part-time) and share the goal of providing assistance to citizens,
citizen groups and communities.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Environmental
League of Massachusetts
Environmental
League of Massachusetts,
http://www.environmentalleague.org/index.html
Description:
The Environmental League of Massachusetts is dedicated to protecting the
air, water, and land for the people of the commonwealth. We do this by
voicing citizens' concerns, educating the public, advocating for strong
environmental laws, and ensuring that our laws are implemented and enforced.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Environmental
Protection Agency
Charles
River - Swimmable by 2005,
http://www.epa.gov/ne/charles/index.html
Description:
EPA-New England has launched an ambitious effort to restore the Charles
River so that it is fishable and swimmable by Earth Day 2005. The project
relies on the cooperation and commitment of numerous federal, state and
local agencies as well as strong participation from citizens, nonprofit
groups and private institutions.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Environmental
Protection Agency
New
England Drinking Water Program,
http://www.epa.gov/NE/eco/drinkwater/index.html
Description:
Information about New England's Drinking Water including private wells,
EPA's programs to protect, monitor, treat, and transfer drinking water
to residents and businesses, funding opportunities, technical assistance
and more.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Environmental
Protection Agency
New
England Rivers/Watersheds,
http://www.epa.gov/NE/topics/water/watersheds.html
Description:
Information on Watersheds which are defined as those land areas that catch
rain or snow and drain to specific marshes, streams, rivers, lakes, or
to ground water.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Environmental
Protection Agency
New
England Wetlands,
http://www.epa.gov/NE/topics/ecosystems/wetlands.html
Description:
Information on wetlands which in general terms are lands where saturation
with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development
and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on
its surface. Wetlands vary widely because of regional and local differences
in soils, topography, climate, hydrology, water chemistry, vegetation,
and other factors, including human disturbance.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Environmental
Protection Agency
Smart
Growth Strategies in New England,
http://www.epa.gov/region1/ra/sprawl/index.html
Description:
EPA New England launched a Smart Growth Program in 1999 at our Smart Growth
Strategies for New England conference. The conference's success demonstrated
widespread interest in the twin problems of sprawl and urban decay. Smart
growth is an alternative to sprawl and urban decay, and is an innovative
approach to addressing EPA's environmental mandates. Our Smart Growth
Action Plan involves working with diverse partners to shape land use and
growth so that it has minimum impact on environmental, economic, and community
health.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Community
Preservation Initiative,
http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/
Description:
Massachusetts has taken an innovative approach to growth management, creating
a grassroots, municipally-driven smart growth initiative called Community
Preservation. Community Preservation is an organizing principle focused
on preserving and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts community
by community, watershed by watershed. The Initiative provides tools, technical
assistance and outreach to local decision-makers to help them make informed
decisions about future growth.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Preserving
Massachusetts Water Resources,
http://www.state.ma.us/envir/water/default.htm
Description:
EOEA is committed to facilitating partnerships with state and federal
agencies, conservation organizations, businesses, municipal officials,
and individuals to protect and restore Massachusetts' natural resources
and ecosystems for each of our 27 watersheds.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Friends
of Pleasant Bay
Friends
of Pleasant Bay,
http://www.fopb.org/
Description:
Friends of Pleasant Bay is a grass roots environmental group dedicated
to the preservation of Cape Cod's most stunning recreational and ecological
resources. Since its founding in 1985 the group has been successful in
achieving state designation of the bay as an Area of Critical Environmental
Concern, and most recently has been instrumental in development and state
approval of a Resource Management Plan for the Bay. The Plan identifies
the Bay as a regional resource requiring coordinated management of the
surrounding towns. The Friends provide ongoing support for implementation
of the Bay Plan.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Gulf
of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
Gulf
of Maine Council on the Marine Environment,
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/
Description:
The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment is a U.S.-Canadian
partnership of government and non-government organizations working to
maintain and enhance environmental quality in the Gulf of Maine to allow
for sustainable resource use by existing and future generations. We organize
conferences and workshops; offer grants and recognition awards; conduct
environmental monitoring; provide science translation to management; raise
public awareness about the Gulf; and connect people, organizations, and
information.
Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Association of Conservation Commissions
Massachusetts
Association of Conservation Commissions,
http://maccweb.org/
Description:
MACC is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the
Commonwealth. Our mission today continues to be education of and support
for Conservation Commissions. In addition, MACC works for strong, workable,
science-based laws and regulations regarding wetlands, other water resources,
open space, and biological resources.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Environmental Trust
Massachusetts
Environmental Trust,
http://www.agmconnect.org/massenvironmentaltrust/met-home.htm
Description:
The Massachusetts Environmental Trust is a grantmaking organization that
protects and restores water resources and their related ecosystems throughout
the Commonwealth.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Highway Department
Footprint
Roads Pilot Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/footprint/roads.htm
Description:
The Footprint Roads Pilot Program was established to help cities and towns
preserve and enhance historic character, environmental assets and other
unique community characteristics when implementing necessary roadway improvements.
Work under this program should consist primarily of roadway improvements
within the existing "footprints" of the project roadways.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
MIT
Sea Grant,
http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/
Description:
Through a combination of research, education, and outreach, MIT Sea Grant
works to promote a sustainable environment and economy, and a fuller understanding
of coastal resources.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Trial Court Law Libraries
Code
of Massachusetts Regulations,
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/cmr.html
Description:
This area provides access to those sections of the CMR which are available
on the web. Sections not listed are not currently available on the web.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority
Water
Resources Authority,
http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/
Description:
MWRA is a Massachusetts public authority established by an act of the
Legislature in 1984 to provide wholesale water and sewer services to 2.5
million people and more than 5,500 large industrial users in 61 metropolitan
Boston communities.
Topics: Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Watershed Coalition
Massachusetts
Watershed Coalition,
http://www.commonwaters.org/
Description:
The Coalition is a network of local organizations that are committed to
the protection, sound management and enhancement of Massachusetts rivers
and watershed ecosystems.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
MassGIS
Massachusetts
Geographical Information System,
http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/
Description:
MassGIS is the Commonwealth's Office of Geographic and Environmental Information,
within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Through
MassGIS, the Commonwealth has created a comprehensive, statewide database
of spatial information for environmental planning and management. Recent
legislation has established MassGIS as the official state agency assigned
to the collection, storage and dissemination of geographic data. The legislation
gives MassGIS the mandate to set standards for geographic data to ensure
universal compatibility.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: 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
National
Park Service
Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor,
http://www.nps.gov/blac/home2.htm
Description:
In 1986, the Blackstone Valley was recognized as a special place and designated
as a National Heritage Corridor by the U.S. Congress (Public Law 99-647).
A 19-member Federal Commission, appointed by the Governors of each state
and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consists of representatives
from the National Park Service, state and local governments, and valley-wide
interests, and oversees the Corridor's operations.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
Massachusetts
NRCS,
http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
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
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
Northeast-Midwest
Institute,
http://www.nemw.org
Description:
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit,
and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Office
of Coastal Zone Management
Office
of Coastal Zone Management,
http://www.state.ma.us/czm/czm.htm
Description:
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) is a part of
the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Our mission is to balance
the impacts of human activity with the protection of coastal and marine
resources. As a networked program, CZM was specifically established to
work with other state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, academic
institutions, nonprofit groups, and the general public to promote sound
management of the Massachusetts coast.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Quinebaug-Shetucket
Heritage Corridor
Quinebaug-Shetucket
Heritage Corridor,
http://thelastgreenvalley.org/QSHC_Welcome_page.html
Description:
In 1994, because many civic groups, businesses, volunteers and local and
state governments banded together with technical assistance from the National
Park Service, Congress recognized the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley
National Heritage Corridor and designated the region as a unique national
resource. And in 1999, because of the same kind of grassroots efforts,
Congress enlarged the National Heritage Corridor to include towns in the
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts
Save
the Harbor / Save the Bay
Save
the Harbor / Save the Bay,
http://www.savetheharbor.org/entrance.html
Description: Save the Harbor / Save the Bay is a public interest environmental advocacy organization made up of citizens, scientists, civic, corporate, cultural, and community leaders whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay and keep them clean forever, for everyone to enjoy.
Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Sierra
Club
Massachusetts
Chapter Homepage,
http://www.sierraclubmass.org/
Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Smart
Growth Network
Massachusetts
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=MA&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Soil
and Water Conservation Society
Soil
and Water Conservation Society:
Southern New England,
http://users.chronomedia.com/snec-swcs/
Description:
The Soil and Water Conservation Society fosters the science and the art
of soil, water and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability.
We promote and practice an ethic recognizing the interdependence of people
and the environment.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Sudbury
Valley Trustees
Sudbury
Valley Trustees,
http://www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org/
Description: Sudbury Valley Trustees is a voluntary association of individuals, families, and businesses committed to protecting wildlife habitat and the ecological integrity of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers for the benefit of present and future generations.
Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Court
Opinions,
http://massreports.com/welcome.htm
Description:
Welcome to the official website of the office of the Reporter of Decisions
of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court. Since
1804 the Reporter's office has prepared the opinions of the Supreme Judicial
Court, the oldest court in continuous existence in the Western Hemisphere.
The primary purposes of this website are to provide the most timely and
efficient dissemination of the decisions of the two Massachusetts appellate
courts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer