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Natural Heritage and Endangered Species

Natural Heritage LogoNatural Heritage Planning Contacts

The Natural Heritage Program advises conservation groups on important sites to protect and provides input to towns on their open space plans. Conservation Project Assistance

For information on planning for rare species protection, call or write Lynn Harper, Habitat Protection Specialist at NHESP, at 508-389-6351 or Lynn.Harper@state.ma.us.

For information relating to a town's Open Space Plan, contact Pat Swain, Natural Community Ecologist for NHESP, at 508-389-6352, or Pat.Swain@state.ma.us.