Permits! Permits! Permits
Massachusetts MGL Chapter 131 is the Act that covers the protection and management of wetlands and is known by this common name.
What is the Wetlands Protection Act?
This native passerine bird is the state bird of Massachusetts
What is the Black Capped Chickadee?
This small beach loving bird is the focus of protection on 22 DCR beaches
What is the Piping Plover?
The presence of and characteristics of this substance create the unique qualities of wetlands
What is water?
This stately tree was long used as a common street tree and is the state tree of Massachusetts
What is the American Elm?
This municipal agency is charged with the protection of the community's natural resources and who you should contact before starting any projects in or near a wetland.
What is the local Conservation Commission
This native bird was proposed by Ben Franklin as the symbol of the U.S.
What is the turkey?
Asclepias, the Latin name for this genus of plants, serves as a host plant for the Monarch Butterfly?
What is milkweed?
With a name derived from the Latin word meaning spring this type of pool – DCR doesn’t want you swimming in
What is vernal pool?
Massachusetts is covered by this percentage of forest
What is 63%?
This State Statute protects listed species and their habitat and is known by this acronym
What is MESA?
This fungal syndrome is a major contributor to the decline of bat species around the World
What is White Nose Syndrome?
These species simplify an ecosystem, reducing species richness and potentially making the entire system more susceptible to collapse
What are invasive species?
This type of wetland is typically characterized by the presence of trees
What is a swamp?
This term refers to seasons when Oak trees produce acorns in great numbers
What is a mast season?
Killing, harming, or disturbing a protected species or altering or damaging its habitat is considered this term of illegal activity under state and federal law.
What is "Take"
5 of the nine species of these native flying mammals in Massachusetts are listed on state or federal lists for protection
What are bats?
The public can help restore native communities by hand pulling this invasive plant which can be used to make a tasty pesto
What is Garlic Mustard?
This process of locking up metals and contaminants is performed by wetlands and is being used intentionally by humans to clean up contaminated sites
What is bioremediation?
Examples of this late seral stage forest community can be found on several DCR properties
What is old growth forest?
This federal agency is responsible to permitting any and all activities related to dredging of Navigable Waters of the US.
What is the Army Corps of Engineers?
3 of the 5 known communities in the state of these two species of endangered pit vipers are found on DCR properties in Massachusetts
What are Timber Rattle Snakes and Copperheads
NHESP has identified 106 natural communities in the state of Mass. comprising these three broad categories
What are palustrine, estuarine and terrestrial?
These tidally influenced wetlands in Massachusetts are often characterized by the presence of either of 2 species of Spartina.
What are salt marshes?
This area of Massachusetts is one of the most wild fire prone areas in the country because of the native forest community located here
What is Southeastern Massachusetts?