The Official Website of the Massachusetts Bays Program

Links
Spacer ESTUARIES
EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP)
Association of National Estuary Programs
Estuarine Research Foundation
New England Estuarine Research Society
Restore America's Estuaries
National Estuary Day
Estuaries Scientific Journal

MASSACHUSETTS BAYS MAPS AND OTHER RESOURCES
Massachusetts Geographic Information System (GIS)
MassGIS Watershed Basins
Massachusetts Bays Bibliography
Massachusetts Bay Seafloor Maps

REGIONAL PARTNERS
Massachusetts Bays Estuary Association
Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office (MCZM)
Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration Program
EPA Region 1
Gulf of Maine Council
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission (MVPC)
Eight Towns and the Bay (8T & B)
Salem Sound Coastwatch
Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
North and South River Watershed Association (NSWRA)
CapeCod Commission (CCC)

NORTHEAST NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS
Buzzards Bay Estuary Project
Casco Bay Estuary Project
Long Island Sound Study
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
New Hampshire Estuaries Project
New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program
Peconic Bay Estuary Program

CLIMATE CHANGE
EPA Climate Ready Estuaries Program
StormSmart Coasts Program
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

SHELLFISH*
Massachusetts Aquaculture White Paper
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Shellfish Sanitation and Management
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture - Aquaculture Dept.
Massachusetts Shellfish Officers Association
Northeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center

HABITAT*
New England Aquarium Dive Club
BioMap Massachusetts
Volunteer Monitoring Guide for Salt Marshes

STORMWATER*
Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Homepage
List of Best Management Practices

WASTEWATER*
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
New England Water Environment Association
Boston Water and Sewer Commission
EPA's Office of Wastewater Management

LAND USE*
Community Preservation Act
Community Preservation Initiative
Cape Cod Land Bank
trustees of Reservations
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
Coastal Sprawl Report (.pdf file)
American Planning Association
Massachusetts APA Chapter

MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES (MIS)*
Invasive Species in Massachusetts!
Massachusetts Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan
Marine Invader Database
Controlling Phragmites
Biological Invasions Scientific Journal
Additional MIS References

MARINE MONITORING*
EPA's National Coastal Assessment
Mass. Department of Public Health's Marine and Freshwater Beach Testing
Atlantic Northeast Coastal Monitoring Summit

*Mass Bays Program priority issues.

URL: www.mass.gov/envir/massbays/links.htm
Updated 04/27/09

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