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Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Conservation and Recreation
MISSION
To protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources.
Web Site
Organization Chart
Governing Laws
Statutes
- MGL C. 6 s. 182A-C
- Schooner Ernestina Commission
- MGL C. 21 s. 1
- DCR defined
- MGL C. 21 s. 2-2F
- DCR Stewardship Council
- MGL C. 21 s. 3-3D
- DCR Commissioner/Directors
- MGL C. 21 s. 8-17D
- Office of Water Resources, Waterways, Well Drillers
- MGL C. 21A s. 2(7)
- Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (program is administered by DCR, on behalf of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs)
- MGL C. 21A s. 11C
- Scenic and Recreational River Orders
- MGL C. 91 s. 2-VARY
- Waterways functions adminsitered by DCR's Waterways Division(DCR charged with various management functions, while DEP is charged with licensing and permitted functions under c.91)
- MGL C. 92 s. 33-95A
- Urban Parks (reservations, rivers and parkways)
- MGL C. 92A
- Watershed Management; Division of Water Supply Protection
- MGL C. 111 s. 5E
- Appeal of DEP algaecide license decision
- MGL C. 131 s. 39A
- Berkshire Scenic Mountains Act
- MGL C. 132 s. 1-51
- Forestry, Forester Licensing, Forest Cutting Practices
- MGL C. 132A s. 1-8
- State Parks; and Forestry, Forest Fire Control and Recreation Bureaus (note G.L. 132A, ss. 1A-1H not shown on mass.gov web link)
- MGL C. 132A s. 7A
- Park Rangers, enforcement (see also G.L. c. 92, 34B)
- MGL C. 132A s. 12
- Appalachian Trail
- MGL C. 132A s. 12A-17
- Ocean Sanctuaries Act
- MGL C. 253 s. 44-50A
- Dam Safety
- St. 1983 C. 589 S. 29
- Waterways Division transferred to DCR (state contract entity for state piers, jetty, revetment and abutment constructions, amrine dredging and beach nourishment)
Regulations
- 302 CMR 10
- Dam Safety
- 302 CMR 3.0
- Scenic and Recreational Rivers Orders
- 302 CMR 5.0
- Ocean Sanctuaries
- 302 CMR 8.0
- Major Capital Improvements within Mount Greylock State Res.
- 304 CMR 10
- Forester Licensing
- 304 CMR 11
- Forest Cutting Practices
- 304 CMR 12
- Forest and Parks Rules (State Parks)
- 304 CMR 7.0
- Management Plans and Wildlands
- 304 CMR 8.0
- Forest Classification (Ch. 61)
- 313 CMR 3.0
- Well Drillers Registration and Well Completion Reports
- 350 CMR 11
- Watershed Protection
- 350 CMR 12
- Government and Use of the Waters of the Charles River Basin
- 350 CMR 14
- Fees, Licenses, Permits, Rents, Leases and Other
- 350 CMR 2.0
- Use of Reservations and Parkways
- 350 CMR 3.0
- Pedestrian Rules (Urban Parks)
- 350 CMR 4.0
- Traffic Rules (Urban Parks)
- 350 CMR 5.0
- Parking and Penalties (Urban Parks)
- 350 CMR 7.0
- Classification and Rating of Prospective Bidders (Urban Parks)
- 350 CMR 8.0
- Land within Watershed Reservations