WACHUSETT
RESERVOIR WATERSHED
The Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, Bureau of Watershed Management (and its predecessor, the Metropolitan District Commission, Division of Watershed Management) has been aggressively implementing and expanding its watershed programs in the Wachusett Reservoir watershed since the initial Watershed Protection Plan was published in 1991. The 2003 Watershed Protection Plan Update for the Wachusett Reservoir Watershed continues this trend of identifying key issues and setting priorities for the DCR Bureau of Watershed Management. The Plan Update's scope is to: 1.) Document the recommendations of the 1998 Wachusett Reservoir Watershed Protection Plan Update that have been completed; 2.) Incorporate increased knowledge of the watershed and water quality; 3.) Assess the current "state of the watershed"; 4.) Formally state goals and five-year objectives for each program area; 5.) Establish a schedule of activities for the next five years. The update further advances, rather than replaces, the 1998 Watershed Protection Plan Update for Wachusett Reservoir Watershed. The 2000 Watershed Protection Plan Update for Quabbin Reservoir and Ware River Watersheds remains in effect. 2003 Watershed Protection Plan Update for the Wachusett Reservoir Watershed Title
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