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DCR Watershed Land Protection

Find out how DCR's Division of Water Supply Protection acquires land surrounding the Quabbin Reservoir, Ware River, Wachusett Reservoir, and Sudbury Reservoir.

DCR’s Division of Water Supply Protection’s Land Protection activities focus on acquiring sensitive watershed lands in order to maintain, or restore, a stable forest cover on these lands. Goals for this program include: acquiring priority properties in the active water supply watersheds with cooperative landowners in either fee or as a Watershed Preservation Restriction; maintaining oversight of existing properties with Watershed Preservation Restrictions; and administering the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program.

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Top tasks

DCR Watershed Land Ownership Facts and Interactive Map  DCR Watershed Land Acquisition  Watershed Preservation Restrictions 

All other tasks

Watershed Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT)  Interactive maps showing protected lands in the DCR/MWRA Watershed System  DCR DWSP Land Management Plan  Forest Legacy "Quabbin to Wachusett" Story Map  Watershed Management Newsletters and Brochures 

Contact Information

Address

180 Beaman Street, West Boylston, MA 01583
Directions 

Phone

Call Ken MacKenzie, DWSP Natural Resources Director at 857-202-0071

Online

Email Ken MacKenzie, DWSP Natural Resources Director at ken.mackenzie@mass.gov

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