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· Information
~ Federal government
~ Private sector & trade associations
~ Networks
~ NGOs
· Oceans
· Forests
· Taxa
· Region, river & watershed information
Information
Institutions
~ Federal government ~
US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership
~ Commonwealth government ~
Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EEA)
Department of Environmental Protection
Biodiversity Goals for the Commonwealth
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience
Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture
Massachusetts Community Climate Bank
~ Private sector & trade associations ~
~ Networks ~
Gas Transition Allies [Massachusetts]
~ NGOs ~
Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW)
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center
Green Energy Consumers Alliance
· Formerly Mass Energy
Growing Solar, Protecting Nature
Mass Coalition for Sustainable Energy
· “To address our energy deficit and continue progress reducing emissions, Massachusetts needs to
expand our access to natural gas."
· “We are a coalition of over 200 environmental leaders, community development organizations, clean
energy businesses, faith groups, neighborhood health and safety advocates and Massachusetts families
fighting for our future. We believe our state and region can power forward with healthy, clean,
affordable, reliable energy and a thriving economy.”
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
· ”...a state economic development agency dedicated to accelerating the growth of the clean energy
sector across the Commonwealth to spur job creation, deliver statewide environmental benefits
and to secure long-term economic growth for the people of Massachusetts.”
Massachusetts Climate Action Network
Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network (Mass ECAN)
· “A community of practice for climate adaptation practitioners and researchers interested in ecosystem
resilience and natural resource conservation in Massachusetts.”
Massachusetts Environmental Justice Table
Massachusetts Environmental Trust
· Example of intersection between public and private funding: Mass state natural resource licensing pays
for environmental trust grants
Massachusetts Interfaith Coalition for Climate Action (MAICCA)
Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)
· “The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance’s mission is to protect and restore the Commonwealth’s rivers and
streams. Founded in 2007, the organization works to strengthen statewide river policies in four areas:
water quality, stream flow, wildlife habitat, and investment in green infrastructure.”
Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC)
Massachusetts Youth for Climate Justice
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
Our Revolution Massachusetts (ORMA)
Professionals of Color in the Environment (POCIE)
Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
Transportation for Massachusetts
Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association of Massachusetts
Oceans
Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research
· “...composed of a small, dedicated, and streamlined staff with over 185 years of combined
experience in the fields of Biology, Science, Engineering, Backcountry Medicine, Training
and Development, Business Entrepreneurship, and Experiential Education. Unified by our
shared passions for engagement with the natural world, we inspire citizens to ask questions,
challenge assumptions, and draw their own conclusions.”
Forests
MassWoods @ University of Massachusetts-Amerst
Massachusetts Forest Stewardship program
Massachusetts Woodlands Institute
Trees as a Public Good Network @ ORMA
Outdoor recreation
Taxa
Bats in Massachusetts @ MassAudubon
Region, river & watershed information
Alewife Brook
Save the Alewife Brook
Berkshires
Berkshire Environmental Action Team
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative
"At the edge of a warming world" ~ Boston Globe story
Changing Cape Pulitzer curricular resources
Charles River watershed
Charles River Watershed Association
North Shore
Merrimack River
Merrimack River Watershed Council
Mystic River
Mystic River Watershed Association (MRWA)
City & town information
Boston
· See Boston page
Brookline
Cambridge
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
Chelsea
Colrain
Colrain Center for Conservation and Wildlife Rehabilitation
Framingham
Nantucket
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Swampscott
Wayland
Wayland Climate Action Mobilization Plan
Weston
Climate Action and Resilience Plan
Weymouth
Massachusetts
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