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In addition there are maps of wildlife management locations and information on wildlife viewing. The agency also publishes the quarterly magazine Massachusetts Wildlife which has excellent photos and articles on state flora and fauna. MassWildlife also publishes the following: Booklets Field Guide to Animals in Vernal Pools; Wildlife Sanctuaries
According to Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, "[t]he flat lowland between the Nashua River and the Still River is called Bolton Flats and is the result of the receded glacial Lake Nashua. The area is protected by the Commonwealth as the Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area, which is in Harvard, Bolton and Lancaster.
Massachusetts, with forests covering 3,060,000 acres (12,400 km 2) (59%) of its land area, administers more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) [1] of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Windsor State Forest is a state forest in the town of Windsor in northwest Massachusetts.Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the forest is noted for the Windsor Jambs waterfall, which cascades through a 25-foot-wide (7.6 m) gorge between 80-foot-high (24 m) granite walls. [3]
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife plans many programs annually to promote hunting and fishing best practices, from preserving state parks to restocking fish for its fishing ...
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 ...
This list of National Park Service areas in Massachusetts describes the regions and properties of the state of Massachusetts in which the United States National Park Service (NPS) has an interest. Some of the sites are owned an operated by the NPS, while others, especially those covering significant geographic areas or involving multiple ...
Herpetologist Mike Jones prepares a northern red-bellied cooter for a microchip at MassWildlife headquarters in Westborough, May 15, 2024. The state agency was celebrating the 40th anniversary of ...