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The Bureau of State Parks and Recreation division of Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) (DCR) is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 sq km) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Bureau of ...
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, situated in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. It is best known for its parks and parkways. The DCR's mission is "To protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and ...
Robinson State Park in 1974 Robinson State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located mostly in the town of Agawam with a small section in Westfield , Massachusetts . The narrow, 1,025-acre (415 ha) state park follows the course of the meandering Westfield River which forms the park's northern border.
Lands are managed by Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of State Parks and Recreation (285,000 acres (1,150 km 2)), Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) (140,000 acres (570 km 2)), [2] and the Division of Water Supply Protection's Office of Watershed Management [3] (104,000 acres (420 km 2)). [4]
The state acquired 100 acres (40 ha) of the ACEC to create the state park in 1991. [4] In its earlier days, the harbor was a busy loading spot for ships taking timber to Boston and for local fishing. [5] The park's reproduction colonial farmstead/tavern property is part of the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Historic Curatorship ...
Joseph Allen Skinner State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located in the towns of Hadley and South Hadley in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts. The state park surrounds Mount Holyoke, the westernmost peak of the Mount Holyoke Range. At the summit is the historic Prospect House, an old hotel first opened in ...
Western Gateway Heritage State Park is a history-focused Massachusetts state park in the city of North Adams managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. [2] Exhibits at the park, which is located in a former railyard, tell the story of the creation of the Hoosac Tunnel.
Greycourt State Park is a public recreation area covering 24 acres (9.7 ha) atop the partially restored ruins of the Charles H. Tenney estate in Methuen, Massachusetts. The state park is a satellite of Lawrence Heritage State Park managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the City of Methuen. [1]