Habitats
Although Massachusetts is a small state with approximately 6 million people on a land base of only 5.2 million acres, the Bay State offers a wide variety of wildlife habitat types for a rich diversity of wildlife species. Learn how they are protected.
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Restoration is broadly defined as the act, process, or result of returning a degraded or former habitat to a healthy, self-sustaining condition that resembles as closely as possible its pre-disturbed state.
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See how wildlands are acquired and protected and learn about some specific management programs.
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Links to habitat grants and other technical assistance for private and public landowners interesting in managing their properties for the benefit of wildlife from the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) within the Department of Fish and Game.
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A Wildlands fee of $5 is included as part of the purchase of an outdoor license. This fee is directed towards a Wildlands Fund that pays for the cost of acquiring wildlife habitat. Lands purchased with this revenue are open to fishing, hunting, trapping and other passive wildlife related recreation.
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The Northeast Instream Habitat Program at the GeoProcessing Laboratoy at Mt. Holyoke aim to improve the understanding of functional relationships between biota and their physical environment in running water ecosystems.
