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Buzzards Bay Watershed Wetland Restoration Sites

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Introduction

Over the course of several years, the Buzzards Bay NEP produced two companion atlases of impaired wetlands on public lands, conservation properties, and abandoned cranberry bogs which identify potential wetland restoration sites in the Buzzards Bay watershed. These atlases are the Selected Inventory of Potential Wetland Restoration Sites in the Buzzards Bay Watershed Phase I: Southern Area and Phase II: Northern Area Our work is now complete, and these Atlas are available for download on this page. They are also available in slightly higher resolution on a CD (Email us and request your free copy of the Wetland Restoration Sites Atlases on CD).

The two 100+ page reports includes maps of dozens of filled freshwater and saltwater wetlands on public and conservation lands in the Buzzards Bay watershed. Hard copy of the second volume was mailed to municipal Boards of Selectmen, and Conservation Commissions in May 2005.


This study was undertaken by the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program (BBP) to identify potential wetland restoration opportunities in the Buzzards Bay Watershed. Of particular interest were both freshwater and saltwater wetlands that had been filled due to construction and agricultural related activities on public lands, private conservation areas, and abandoned cranberry bogs. This Selected Inventory is being produced as part of a series of Atlases, the first one being the "Atlas of Tidally Restricted Salt Marshes in the Buzzards Bay Watershed." The salt marsh atlas identified salt marshes impaired by tidal restrictions and its purpose was to aid state and municipal officials in identifying potential remediation projects when road and bridgework is contemplated. It is hoped that these atlas will provide similar help to those government officials and local nongovernmental organizations looking for restoration projects as part of wetland mitigation efforts.

Although the BBP made considerable efforts to locate all wetland fill sites in the targeted parcels, we recognize that some sites may have been overlooked, and our list should not be considered definitive.

Download Document Sections

Phase I report

[Click to open in your web browser (if capable), or right click to save to your computer. Graphics on these pdf files has been degraded to reduce file size. The CD contains the higher resolution pdf files. ]

Phase I report Cover Letter Buzzards Bay NEP Executive Director, Dr. Joe Costa. (31 KB pdf file).

Entire Phase I report excluding maps in Appendices. (1.9 MB pdf file, may take 20 minutes to download on dialup).

• Appendix 1. Sites in Acushnet (2.1 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 2. Sites in Dartmouth (3.4 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 3. Sites in Fairhaven (3.3 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 4. Sites in Fall River (0.7 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 5. Sites in New Bedford (2.2 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 6. Sites in Westport (2.3 MB pdf file).
  
  

Phase I report Locus Maps for Each Municipality
[These are jpg image files, about 400 kb in size. Click to open in your web browser, or right click to save to your computer.

• Acushnet Locus Map
  
  
• Dartmouth Locus Map
  
  
• New Bedford Locus Map
  
  
• Westport Locus Map
  
  
• Fairhaven Locus Map
  
  
• Fall River Locus Map
  
  

Phase II report

Entire Phase II report excluding maps in Appendices. (1.5 MB pdf file, may take 15 minutes to download on dialup).

• Appendix 1. Sites in Bourne (1.2 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 2. Sites in Carver (1.6 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 3. Sites in Falmouth (0.7 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 4. Sites in Marion (3.5 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 5. Sites in Mattapoisett (1.1 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 6. Sites in Middleborough (0.5 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 7. Sites in Plymouth (1.1 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 8. Sites in Rochester (2.2 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Appendix 9. Sites in Wareham (3.7 MB pdf file).
  
  

Phase II report Locus Maps for Each Municipality

• Site Locus Map for Bourne (1.2 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Carver (1.6 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Falmouth (0.7 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Marion (3.5 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Mattapoisett (1.1 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Middleborough (0.5 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Plymouth (1.1 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Rochester (2.2 MB pdf file).
  
  
• Site Locus Map for Wareham (3.7 MB pdf file).
  
  

ArcView (TM) Files

Phase I Wetland Restoration Sites report ArcView GIS files compressed in
    bbfilledwetlands-a-9-03.zip
Zipped Shapefiles, Right-click to download on your computer

Phase II Wetland Restoration Sites report ArcView GIS files compressed in
   bbfilledwetlands-b-3-05.zip
Zipped Shapefiles, Right-click to download on your computer


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