News and Announcements

Federal Funding Supports Restoration of Windswept Bog to Healthy Wetland Habitat

The Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) is excited to announce new positions

Funding will build climate resilience, restore critical habitats and water quality

DER is restructuring its programs to better meet the restoration needs of municipalities, non-profit organizations, and landowners now and for the future. 

Athol, Attleboro, Colrain, Groton, North Andover, Monson, Phillipston, and Shutesbury area dams to be funded

DER is seeking applications from Massachusetts municipalities for preliminary design studies relative to replacements of transitional crossings.

Funding will ensure communities have structures that can adapt to climate impacts

DER is seeking applications from Massachusetts municipalities for dam removal preliminary design studies.

The Division of Ecological Restoration's 2022 Annual Report is now available

The Division of Ecological Restoration's 2021 Annual Report is now available

Post-restoration monitoring shows restoration of tidal flow to the salt marsh at the Kent's Island restoration site.

Check out DER's new webpage, linked below, to discover how small dams might impact water quality

The Division of Ecological Restoration's 2020 Annual Report is now available.

DER's 2019 Annual Report, 10 Years of Investing in Nature and Community, is now available.

DER estimates that more than half of the 25,000 culverts and small bridges in Massachusetts restrict streamflow, create barriers to fish, and pose a risk to the public