Upcoming MassWildlife prescribed fire locations

MassWildlife uses prescribed fire to manage wildlife habitats. Review the list of sites where MassWildlife will be conducting prescribed fires this season.

Below you will find a list of sites MassWildlife intends to treat with prescribed fire in 2025. This list is subject to change, depending on weather conditions and other factors. Abutting landowners and other interested parties can find notices and signs regarding prescribed fire activities posted on the properties.

2025 Prescribed fire sites

Southeast Region

  • Cuttyhunk Island Preserve, Gosnold
  • Frances Crane WMA, Falmouth 
  • Hyannis Ponds WMA, Hyannis
  • Katama Plains WMA, Edgartown
  • Maple Springs WMA, Wareham
  • Mashpee Pine Barrens WMA, Mashpee
  • Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Lands (Holland Mill Rd. and Maushop Village)
  • Myles Standish/Camp Cachalot, Plymouth
  • Penikese Island Sanctuary, Gosnold
  • Noquochoke WMA, Dartmouth
  • Southeast Pine Barrens, Plymouth


Northeast Region

  • William Forward WMA, Newbury


Central Region

  • Birch Hill Dam USACE, Winchendon and Royalston
  • Birch Hill WMA, Winchendon and Royalston
  • Bolton Flats WMA, Bolton and Lancaster 
  • Moose Brook Preserve, Hardwick
  • Muddy Brook WMA, Hardwick
  • Quaboag WMA, Brookfield and East Brookfield
  • Richardson WMA, West Brookfield


Connecticut Valley Region

  • Herman Covey WMA, Belchertown
  • Leyden WMA, Leyden
  • Montague Plains WMA, Montague and Turners Falls
  • Scarborough Pond, Belchertown
  • Southwick WMA, Southwick


Western Region

  • Agawam Lake WMA, Stockbridge
  • Eugene Moran WMA ,Windsor
  • Fairfield Brook WMA, Richmond
  • Flat Brook WMA, West Stockbridge
  • Hop Brook WMA, Lee
  • Karner Brook WMA, Great Barrington
  • Schenob Brook Preserve, Sheffield
  • Stafford Hill WMA, Cheshire

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