Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Under Governor Mitt Romney, the MDC and DEM were merged to form the DCR.

As of May 23, 2007 the Commissioner of the DCR is Rick Sullivan.

Contents

The DCR's mission statement, according to its website is as follows:

To protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources for the well being of all.

The DCR is divided into four divisions, as follows:

The Division of State Parks and Recreation is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 km²) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Division of State Parks and Recreation are some 29 campgrounds, over 2,000 miles of trails, 87 beaches, 37 swimming, wading, and spray pools, 62 playgrounds, 55 ballfields, and 145 miles (233 km) of paved bike and rail trails.

The Division of Urban Parks and Recreation is responsible for the maintenance and management of a variety of environments within the Greater Boston area, including urban wilds, historic sites, and other naturally aesthetic or significant environmental properties.

The Division of Water Supply Protection is responsible for the protection and management of drinking supply watersheds for the Greater Boston area. This division monitors lakes and ponds, well drillers, and rainfall throughout the Commonwealth.

The Division of Planning and Engineering provides professional planning, engineering, design, and construction management services in support of DCR properties. The Division is sub-divided into three operating bureaus:

  • Bureau of Conservation and Recreation Planning
  • Bureau of Project Design and Management
  • Bureau of Engineering

The Division of Planning and Engineering is responsible for the maintenance of nearly 525 road miles of parkways, 187 bridges, and 340 dams.

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of parkways across the Commonwealth, including:

Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose
Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of bridges across the Commonwealth, including:

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of dams across the Commonwealth, including:

  • Irish Dam (Grafton)
  • Moose Hill Reservoir Dam (Spencer)
  • Pontoosuc Lake Dam (Pittsfield)
  • Unionville Pond Dam (Holden)

v • d • e
Protected Areas of Massachusetts
National Park
Service
State Parks

Alewife Brook • Ames Nowell • Ashland • Bash Bish Falls • Blackstone River and Canal Heritage • Borderland • Boston Harbor Islands • Bradley Palmer • C. M. Gardner • Callahan • Castle Island State Park • Chicopee Memorial • City Square • Clarksburg • Cochituate • Connecticut River Greenway • Demarest Lloyd • Dighton Rock • Dunn • Ellisville Harbor • Fall River Heritage • Gardner Heritage • Great Brook Farm • Halibut Point • Hampton Ponds • Holyoke Heritage • Hopkinton • Lake Lorraine • Lake Wyola • Lawrence Heritage • Lowell Heritage • Lynn Heritage • Massasoit • Maudslay • Moore • Mount Holyoke Range • Natural Bridge • Nickerson • Pearl Hill • Pilgrim • Quinsigamond • Robinson • Roxbury Heritage • Rutland • Skinner • South Cape Beach • Wahconah Falls • Webb Memorial • Wells • Western Gateway Heritage • Whitehall • Wompatuck
State Parks:
Reservations
State Parks:
Other
State Forests
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Flag of Massachusetts
v • d • e
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston (capital)
Topics

Culture · Geography · Government · History · Images · Villages
Regions

The Berkshires · Blackstone Valley · Cape Ann · Cape Cod · Greater Boston · The Islands · Merrimack Valley · MetroWest · Montachusett-North County · North Shore · Pioneer Valley · Quabbin Valley · South Coast · South County · South Shore · Western Massachusetts
Counties

Barnstable · Berkshire · Bristol · Dukes · Essex · Franklin · Hampden · Hampshire · Middlesex · Nantucket · Norfolk · Plymouth · Suffolk · Worcester
Cities
(See Towns)

Agawam · Amesbury · Attleboro · Barnstable · Beverly · Boston · Brockton · Cambridge · Chelsea · Chicopee · Easthampton · Everett · Fall River · Fitchburg · Franklin · Gardner · Gloucester · Greenfield · Haverhill · Holyoke · Lawrence · Leominster · Lowell · Lynn · Malden · Marlborough · Medford · Melrose · Methuen · New Bedford · Newburyport · Newton · North Adams · Northampton · Peabody · Pittsfield · Quincy · Revere · Salem · Somerville · Southbridge · Springfield · Taunton · Waltham · Watertown · Westfield · West Springfield · Weymouth · Woburn · Worcester
v • d • e
Lists of state parks by U.S. state
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Conservation_and_Recreation_%28Massachusetts%29"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.