Conservation Links
State and Federal governmental agency website links:
- MA Department Environmental Protection - Please note: at this site you will find information regarding The Wetland Protection Act, the regulations associated with “The Act” and application forms.
- Department of Environmental Protection Southeast Region Mass
- MA Division of Resource Conservation
- MA Department of Environmental Management Forest and Parks
- MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species
- MA Department of Environmental Management Parks
- MA Division of Environmental Law Enforcement
- MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife District Offices
- MA Division of Marine Fisheries
- MA Find your Watershed, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
- US Environmental Protection Agency Home Page
- USEPA Office of Water/Wetlands
- Region 1 Environmental Protection Agency
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- The National Park Service and National Wild and Scenic Rivers
- Massachusetts Environmental Trust License Plates
- Mass. Association of Conservation Commission
- Taunton River Watershed Alliance
- The Wildlands Trust of Southeastern MA
- Massachusetts Audubon Society
- National Wild & Scenic Rivers System
POISON IVY LINKS
- Biocontrol Network - Poison Ivy Defoliant
- Missouri Department of Conservation - Poison Ivy Information
- For Dummies - Identify Poison Ivy
EMAIL LINKS FOR BIORETENTION
- Bioretention and LID - Completed and Ongoing Research at the University of Maryland
- EPA Stormwater Technology Fact Sheet - Bioretention
- Urban Design Tools - Bioretention: Watershed Benefits
- California Stormwater Quality Association - Improving LID Tools: Technical Updates to Bioretention and Permeable Paving
- EPA - Surf Your Watershed Online Search
- NH Stormwater Center - Publications on Bioretention
- Urban Design Tools - Bioretention Specifications: Low Density Residential
- EPA - Nonpoint Source Pollution - Urban Runoff: Low Impact Development
- Rain Gardens - Gardening with Water Quality in Mind
- New England Wetland Plants, Inc. - Wetland plant and seed mix
- WMEAC - Create a Rain Garden: Design standards
- Ecological Engineering Group - Waste Water Management
LINKS FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND STORMWATER SOLUTIONS
- Mass Highway Materials
- Forester Network - Porous asphalt, Permeable pavers, Parking design specs, Stormwater BMPS, First flush comparison, Innovations and landscape architecture
- Equipment World - Porous asphalt, Stormwater solutions, Permeable pavement, Cost analysis
- National Asphalt Pavement Association - Online Library and Links
- EPA fact sheet