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Educational Resources
Backyard Ecology
- Jumping Worms
- Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes - Clean Water Campaign
- Rain Gardens: A Way to Improve Water Quality
- Ecological Landscaping Tools for the Massachusetts Homeowner
- Pollinator Habitats & Gardens - DCR Best Management Practices
- For Pollinator's Sake, Don't Spring Into Garden Clean Up Too Soon!
- Fact Sheets - Plant Materials (from UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program)
- Growing Wild Massachusetts - enhancing our landscapes to benefit pollinators and the environment
- Kill Your Lawn with Dan Jaffree
- Native Garden - Designs for Creating Your Own Beautiful Home Landscape
Climate Change
- Forest Carbon
- New Entry Sustainable Farming Project - Working with new farmers to build strong businesses, expertise in the field, and a resilient food system
Invasive Plants
- Invasive Plants in Massachusetts
- Invasive Plants in Your Backyard. A Guide to Identification and Control.
- Large Oriental Bittersweet Vines Can Be Killed By Cutting Alone. (Prepared for NY State DOT, 2014)
Land Conservation
- Protecting Your Land - Start Here
- Deciding the Future of Your Land - Land Conservation Tools for Property Owners
- Kestrel Land Trust: How to Conserve My Land
- MassWoods "Plan for Your Land" Webinars
- Assessing the Impacts of Local Land Protection (Sims et al 2019) and related news segment "Can Land Conservation Create Job Growth?"
Land Stewardship
Native Plants
- Native Plant Trust
- Notable Natives: Large Shrubs and Small Trees
- North American Plants for New England Gardens
Watersheds
Wildlife
- North American Bluebird Society
- MassWildlife
- South Hadley BioMap2 Report (2012)
- Land Conservation Tools - Resources
- Land Conservation - Exploring Climate Adaptation
- Land For Good - Mission is to ensure the future of farming in New England by putting more farmers more securely on more land.
Wetlands Permitting
- Guidelines for Plantings in the 100' Buffer Zone
- Homeowner Activities and the Wetlands Protection Act Brochure (PDF)
- Landscapers and the Wetlands Protection Act Brochure (PDF)
- Handbook for Delineation of Bordering Vegetated Wetlands
- Inland Wetland Replacement Guidelines
- Rare Species and the Wetlands Protection Act
- Residential Dock Habitat Impacts and Best Management Practices (Logan et al. 2021)
- Riparian Buffers (PDF)
- Aquatic Plant Management Guide (PDF)
Landscapers and the Wetlands Protection Act Brochure (PDF)
Homeowner Activities and the Wetlands Protection Act Brochure (PDF)