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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
DER and MassDEP release the Healthy Lawn, Happy Summer toolkit to help water suppliers implement the water conservation campaigns
Construction on the removal of this dam, underway since the summer, is now complete
DER has worked on several urban river restoration projects in the past 10 years
DER is advancing three priority dam removal and restoration projects.
City of Pittsfield will be starting work on the removal of the Tel-Electric Dam
A new fish ladder and a dam removal help fish on the Jones River
