Pocasset River ACEC

Designation Date: December 1980

Pocasset River ACEC Designation

Approximate acreage: 160 acres
Watershed/subwatershed: Cape Cod/Pocasset River
Municipalities: Bourne

acec

The Pocasset River ACEC is a small river and estuarine system on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay. It was nominated by the Town of Bourne Conservation Commission, Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, and Planning Board and was designated as an ACEC in 1980 because of its extraordinary natural resources. The ACEC boundary generally runs from the Shore Road Bridge to the headwaters of the Pocasset River by following the 100-year flood line and 100-foot buffers to wetland resources. Important habitats in the area include salt marsh, floodplain, tidal flats, wetlands, streams, and freshwater ponds. These areas provide flood control, storm damage prevention, improved water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation opportunities to the surrounding community.

What coastal resources are included (partially or entirely) in the ACEC?

  • Harbors, sounds, and bays: none
  • Rivers: Pocasset River
  • Lakes, Ponds: Freeman Pond, Mill Pond, Shop Pond, Upper Pond
  • Brooks, Creeks: Unnamed

Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs): Pocasset River, Freeman Pond, Mill Pond, Shop Pond, and Upper Pond. (ORWs are waters, such as public water supplies and vernal pools that are protected by the most stringent standards because they constitute an outstanding resource as determined by their socio-economic, recreational, ecological, and/or aesthetic values)

Maps

Pocasset River ACEC - Index Map

Pocasset River ACEC Map 20a

Maps are intended to be used with the written boundary description contained in the ACEC designation document. The mapped boundary is not to be used by itself for definitive ACEC boundary delineation or regulatory interpretation. For review of site-specific projects in or bordering the ACEC, determinations must be made in the field by a certified professional in consultation with the appropriate Conservation Commission(s) and ACEC Program Staff.

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