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LINKS & RESOURCES
- Member Organizations |
- Partner Organizations
- | Land Trusts
- | Forest Management |
- State Regulations |
- Federal Regulations |
- State Agencies |
- Federal Agencies |
- Miscellaneous |
- Publications
Member Organizations:
- Town of Becket: www.townofbecket.org/
- Town of Chester: www.townofchester.net/chestermass/
- Town of Chesterfield: www.townofchesterfieldma.com/
- Town of Cummington: www.cummington-ma.gov/
- Town of Huntington:www.huntingtonma.us/
- Town of Middlefield: www.middlefieldma.net/
- Town of Savoy: www.townofsavoy.org/
- Town of Washington: www.washington-ma.com/
- Town of Windsor: www.mass.gov/cc/windsor.html
- Town of Worthington: www.worthington-ma.us/
- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission: www.pvpc.org
- Berkshire Regional Planning Commission: www.berkshireplanning.org
- The Trustees of Reservations: www.thetrustees.org
- Westfield River Watershed Association: www.westfieldriver.org
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts: www.state.ma.us/envir
- National Park Service: www.nps.gov
Partner Organizations:
- National Wild & Scenic Rivers: www.rivers.gov/
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Ecological Restoration (formerly known as the Riverways Program): www.mass.gov/dfwele/der/
- The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org/
- Friends of the Keystone Arches: keystonearches.com/
- Chester Railway Station: www.chesterrailwaystation.net/
- Jacob’s Ladder Scenic Byway: www.jacobsladderscenicbyway.org/
- Westfield River Wildwater Races: www.westfieldriverraces.com/
- Westfield River Environmental Center: envcenter.westfield.ma.edu/
- Berkshire Environmental Action Team: www.thebeatnews.org
- Berkshire Keeping Track Monitoring Program: www.thebeatnews.org/kt/kt.html
- Wild & Scenic Rivers Act: www.rivers.gov/publications.html#
Land Trusts
- Becket Land Trust: www.becketlandtrust.org/
- Hilltown Land Trust: www.hilltown-land-trust.org/
- Valley Land Fund: www.valleylandfund.org
- Berkshire Natural Resources Council: www.bnrc.net/
- The Trustees of Reservations: www.thetrustees.org
- The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org/wherewework/
Forest Management
- Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative: www.masswoodlandsinstitute.org/
- Department of Conservation and Recreation Forest Stewardship: www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/
- MassACORN: www.massacorn.net/
- MassWoods: www.masswoods.net/
- Keystone Training: masskeystone.net/
State Regulations:
- Wetlands Protection Act: www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/wetlands.htm
- Rivers Protection Act: www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/riverqa.htm
www.mass.gov/dep/water/laws/rpa01.htm - Forest Cutting Practices Act: www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/service/cutprac.htm
- Water Management Act: www.mass.gov/dep/water/laws/regulati.htm#wmgt
- Water Quality Certification: www.mass.gov/dep/water/laws/regulati.htm#wqual
- Endangered Species Act: www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/regulatory_review/mesa/
- Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act: www.mass.gov/envir/mepa/
Federal Regulations:
- Army Corp of Engineers, New England District, Regulatory & Permitting information: www.nae.usace.army.mil/Regulatory/SGP/ma.htm
- Environmental Protection Agency, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits: www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/index.html
- National Wild & Scenic Rivers Act (WSRA): www.rivers.gov/rivers/wsr-act.php
State Agencies:
- Department of Environmental Protection: www.mass.gov/dep/
- Department of Fish & Game: www.mass.gov/dfwele/
- Department of Agricultural Resources: www.mass.gov/agr/
- Department of Conservation and Recreation: www.mass.gov/dcr/
Federal Agencies:
- Army Corp of Engineers, New England District: www.nae.usace.army.mil/
- Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1: www.epa.gov/region01/
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov
- USGS Real-time Stream Flow Data: http://waterdata.usgs.gov
Miscellaneous:
- American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org
- Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions: www.maccweb.org
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England: www.ipane.org
- Massachusetts Dragonflies and Damselflies: www.dragonhunter.net
Publications:
Annual reports
Landowner Resources
- Resources for Landowners Along Westfield River (PDF - 121kb)
- Westfield River Landowner Assistance Guide (PDF - 317kb)
Water Quality
- Freshwater Mussel Survey Report
- Westfield River Water Quality Monitoring Project (Final Report, June 2010)
- Westfield River Water Quality Assessment (2001)
Miscellaneous