LINKS & RESOURCES

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.org/
Town of Middlefield: www.middlefieldma.us/
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/
Highland Communities Initiative: www.highlandcommunities.org
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.wsc.ma.edu/welcome
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/reg/index.htm#
Environmental Protection Agency, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits: www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/index.html
National Wild & Scenic Rivers Act (WSRA): http://www.rivers.gov/wsract.html

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:

Newsletter - The newsletter is now being posted on our blog, but you can use the following links to download PDF versions of older editions of The Westfield RiverNotes (Acrobat Reader™ required).

Other WRWSAC publications:

2010 Annual Report
Freshwater Mussel Survey Report
2009 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report
2007 Annual Report
East Branch Trail Brochure
Westfield River Water Quality Monitoring Project
Final Report, June 2010
Westfield River Water Quality Assessment (2001): http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/resources/32wqar.pdf
Westfield River Watershed Action Plan: http://www.pvpc.org/resources/landuse/wap_final_small.pdf
Westfield River Watershed Open Space Plan: www.pvpc.org/resources/landuse/west_open_plan.pdf