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.org/
Chester Railway Station: www.chesterrailwaystation.org/
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:

Freshwater Mussel Survey Report
2009 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report
2007 Annual Report
East Branch Trail Brochure
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