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MASSACHUSETTS
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| Massachusetts Archives |
The Massachusetts Archives is responsible for preserving access to state government records of long term value. |
| Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management is the state's primary land management and natural resources planning agency. |
| Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection administers the Commonwealth's environmental regulatory programs for the protection of water, air, and land resources. |
| Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture |
The Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture supports, promotes and enhances the long term viability of Massachusetts agriculture with the aim of helping the state's agricultural businesses become as economically and environmentally sound as possible. |
| Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services |
The Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services assists communities in their efforts to acquire and conserve open space, as well as to acquire and develop recreational areas, and acts as the coordinating body for soil and water conservation programs. |
| Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife |
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is the state agency charged with stewardship of all wild amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and freshwater and diadromous fishes in the state, as well as endangered, threatened and special concern species, including native wild plants and invertebrates. |
| Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs |
The Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs is the state agency primarily responsible for protecting and conserving natural resources in Massachusetts. |
| Massachusetts Historical Commission |
The Massachusetts Historical Commission is the state resources.historic preservation office authorized to identify, evaluate, and protect the Commonwealth's important historic and archaeological resources. |
| Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program |
The Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program is responsible for the conservation and protection of thousands of species of wildlife and wild plants that are not hunted, fished, trapped or commercially harvested in the state, including those listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern. |
| Massachusetts Riverways (Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Environmental Law Enforcement) |
The Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement Riverways project promotes the restoration and protection of the ecological integrity of the Commonwealth's watersheds: rivers, streams, and adjacent lands. |
| Metropolitan District Commission |
The Metropolitan District Commission is a state agency charged with overseeing and maintaining a metropolitan park network in the state of Massachusetts composed of woodlands, wetlands and urban parklands. |