Friday, July 22, 2011

A Primer on the MA Endangered Species Act (MESA) and Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP)

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Pictured below is a GIS map made by TTOR, showing a CR property in Central Massachusetts, and its context within the  National Heritage and ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Wetland creatures, both large and small

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 Alder Meadow Swamp Our travels last week to southern Worcester County revealed yet another amazing example of wetland habitat protec...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Environmental laws to keep in mind

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(Image from MA EOEEA ) In addition to following their conservation restriction, every landowner should keep in mind whether an activity ...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Meet our CR monitoring team

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Sally Naser joined the Conservation Restriction Program in November of 2010 as the Conservation Restriction Monitoring Specialist based at t...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Paper version of "On the Land" in the mail!

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If you are a CR landowner, look for the newest edition of our annual "On the Land" newsletter mailed out to you last week. If you ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

New Fitchburg park takes shape -- and adds more protected acres

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The Gateway Park in Fitchburg is now under construction (see earlier post about this new park and conservation restriction by clicking HERE ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Glimpses of Resident Wildlife

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As CR monitors, we are often lucky enough to glimpse a variety of animals in their home habitat, or at least evidence of their presence in t...