Natural Heritage Atlas Book or CD

The 12th edition of the Natural Heritage Atlas displays the boundaries of Priority Habitats and Estimated Habitats. It is the product of an extensive revision statewide of Priority Habitat and Estimated Habitats to reflect the latest state-listed species data, understanding of species biology and habitat requirements, and GIS technology and data. These revisions represent the last phase of implementing the revised MESA regulations, which took effect July 1, 2005.

The 12th Edition of the Natural Heritage Atlas is effective October 1, 2006. Priority Habitats and Estimated Habitats were amended in the towns of Truro and Lancaster on December 1, 2006. The amended versions can be viewed using the interactive viewer or downloaded from MassGIS.

Purchase your copy of the 12th Edition of the Natural Heritage Atlas with 187 pages of full-color, 11 x 17 maps covering the entire state by using our order form.

Purchase your copy of the Natural Heritage Atlas CD Viewer, which provides statewide coverage of Priority Habitats and Estimated Habitats using the MassGIS Data Viewer software, by using our order form.

You can also view Priority Habitat and Estimated Habitat boundaries by:

Opening the interactive web viewer
Viewing the large-sized Priority Habitat and Estimated Habitat maps that were sent to the Conservation Commission and Planning Board of each town or city in Massachusetts in September 2006.
Downloading the Priority Habitat and Estimated Habitat GIS datalayers from MassGIS and viewing them with appropriate GIS software.