Seasonal announcements from MassWildlife

Announcements

• 2021 fishing and hunting season summary
• Fall trout stocking begins around mid-September. Over 61,000 rainbow trout that are 12 inches or longer and about 4,000 brown trout over 9 inches long will be stocked across Massachusetts this fall.
• The 2021 Pheasant Hunting Season opens October 16 through November 27. MassWildlife will stock over 40,000 pheasant and quail on public and private lands that are open to hunting this fall.
• MassWildlife district offices and fish hatcheries are open to the public. MassWildlife's Field Headquarters in Westborough is open as a check station (M–F 8–4) and will open to the public (M–F 8–noon, 12:30–4) starting Sept.13.
• MassWildlife's COVID-19 response 

News and events

• October 2021 newsletter
• MassWildlife calendar of events

Public meetings

• Fisheries and Wildlife Board meetings
• Fisheries and Wildlife Board meeting minutes
• Public hearings
• Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Advisory Committee

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Public records requests

• Public records requests