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Encyclopedia > Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)

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. State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Harden Parkway in Salinas, CA. For other uses, see Parkway (disambiguation). ... Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...


As of May 23, 2007 the Commissioner of the DCR is Rick Sullivan. is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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Mission

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.

Structure

The DCR is divided into four divisions, as follows:


Division of State Parks and Recreation

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. Campsites are often situated in or near forests. ...


List of parks

Alewife Brook Reservation is a wildlife park which occupies 120 acres in urban Boston. ... Ames Nowell State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Abington. ... The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ... Ashland State Park is a 470-acre, multi-use, Massachusetts state park located in Ashland. ... The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail is a former railroad corridor converted into a 10-foot wide paved universally accessible rail trail path. ... Bash Bish Falls State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Mount Washington. ... Beartown State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Monterey. ... Beaver Brook Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Belmont. ... Belle Isle Marsh Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in East Boston. ... The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the State Park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. ... The Blue Hills Reservation is a conservation area located in eastern Massachusetts including land from the cities of Milton, Canton, Quincy, Dedham, Westwood, Randolph, Quincy, and Boston. ... Borderland is one of Massachusetts state parks, located in the towns of Easton and Sharon. ... Boston Harbor Islands State Park is a Massachusetts state park comprising 13 islands located in Boston Harbor, which now forms part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. ... Bradley Palmer State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Topsfield. ... Breakheart Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Saugus. ... Brimfield State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Brimfield. ... Callahan State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Framingham. ... The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 22-mile paved rail trail located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). ... Castle Island is a 22 acre (89,000 m²) major recreation site located in South Boston on Boston Harbor, owned by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. ... Charles River Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Boston and Cambridge. ... Chicopee Memorial State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Chicopee. ... Cochituate State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Natick. ... Dighton Rock State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Berkley. ... Dorchester Shores Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Dorchester. ... Douglas State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Douglas. ... Dunn State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Gardner. ... Next to the Charles M. Braga Jr. ... Profile Rock, 1902. ... Holyoke Heritage State Park celebrates the history and culture of the City of Holyoke (MA). ... Hopkinton State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Hopkinton and Ashland . ... The Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a large public state beach reservation on Westport River, Westport Harbor, Horseneck Channel, The Let, Rhode Island Sound, and Buzzards Bay, in the southern portion of the town of Westport, Massachusetts, USA. // Composition The state reservation is an oddly-shaped peninsula sticking out from... Lake Dennison Recreation Area is a Massachusetts state park located in Winchendon. ... Lawrence Heritage State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Lawrence. ... Leominster State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Leominster, Fitchburg, Princeton, Sterling and Westminster. ... Manuel F. Correllus State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located on Marthas Vineyard. ... Massasoit State Park is a state park located in Taunton/Lakeville, Massachusetts, U.S.A. For More Information Massasoit State Park ... Maudslay State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Newburyport. ... A cliff in the Fells. ... Mohawk Trail State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Charlemont. ... Monroe State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Monroe and Florida. ... Moore State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Paxton. ... Mount Everett State Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Mount Washington. ... Mount Grace State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Warwick. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Mount Washington State Forest is a scenic state forest in the southernmost Berkshires in southwestern Massachusetts. ... Myles Standish State Forest is a Department of Conservation and Recreation park located in the towns of Plymouth and Carver in southeastern Massachusetts, approximate 45 miles south of Boston. ... The Nashua River Rail Trail at the Groton School Pond in Groton, MA The Nashua River Rail Trail is a 12. ... Natural Bridge State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in North Adams, in the northwestern part of the state. ... The Norwottuck Rail Trail is a 9. ... List of U.S. National Forests Mass. ... Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments in Plymouth, Massachusetts: Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers. ... Purgatory Chasm State Reservation is a granite chasm approximately one quarter of a mile long in Massachusetts near the border with Rhode Island (42. ... It has been suggested that Goodnough Dike be merged into this article or section. ... // Please edit. ... Salisbury Beach State Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Salisbury. ... Sandisfield State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Sandisfield. ... Sandy Point State Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Ipswich. ... Savoy Mountain State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Savoy and Florida. ... Wachusett Reservoir at sunset The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. ... Thoreaus Cove, Concord, Mass. ... Webb Memorial State Park is a Massachusetts state park located on a peninsular that extends nearly half a mile into the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor. ... Wells State Park 1,400-acre woodland park and campground in Sturbridge, Massachusetts a short distance off the Massachusetts Turnpike. ... Wompatuck State Park is a recreational area of about 4000 acres (16 km²) in size located primarily in Hingham, MA, in the United States; it is managed by DCR. The park is built on the former [Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex (known by natives as the Cohasset Annex) which was...

Division of Urban Parks and Recreation

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.


Division of Water Supply Protection

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.


Division of Planning and Engineering

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.


List of parkways

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

Lynn Fells Parkway is a DCR parkway running from the end of Fellsway East in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA through Melrose, Massachusetts and ending in Saugus, Massachusetts at US Route 1. ... Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Alewife Brook Parkway is a short parkway in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Arborway is one of the four parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for Bostons Emerald Necklace park system: Fenway, Riverway, Jamaicaway, and Arborway. ... The Blue Hills Reservation is a conservation area located in eastern Massachusetts including land from the cities of Milton, Canton, Quincy, Dedham, Westwood, Randolph, Quincy, and Boston. ... Breakheart Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Saugus. ... Charles River Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Boston and Cambridge. ... Fenway is an ambiguous term: It usually refers to Fenway Park, a baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Jamaicaway is a four-lane, undivided parkway in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts near the border of Brookline. ... Lynn Fells Parkway is a DCR parkway running from the end of Fellsway East in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA through Melrose, Massachusetts and ending in Saugus, Massachusetts at US Route 1. ... Memorial Drive is the name of the following. ... A cliff in the Fells. ... Mount Greylock is a mountain of 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in northwestern Massachusetts, on the Appalachian Trail just south of Vermont and not too far east of New York. ... Mount Wachusett is located in the towns of Princeton and Westminster in Worcester County of Massachusetts. ... Mystic Valley Parkway, along the Mystic Lakes The Mystic Valley Parkway is a short parkway in Winchester, Arlington, and and Medford, Massachusetts. ... Route 16 is an East-West state highway in Massachusetts. ... James Jackson Storrow Memorial Drive (usually referred to as Storrow Drive) is a parkway in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ...

List of bridges

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

  • Storrow Drive Tunnel
  • Woods Memorial Bridge
  • Craigie Drawbridge
  • Craigie Dam Bridge
  • Lech Walesa Bridge
  • Cradock Bridge
  • Gilman Street Bridge
  • Longfellow Bridge
  • Neponset River Bridge
  • General Edwards Bridge
  • General Edwards Electrical Upgrade
  • B. U. Bridge
  • Mystic Valley Parkway over Alewife Brook
  • River Street at Mother Brook
  • Casey Overpass
  • Bridge 23 Revere Beach Parkway over B & M, Corporation Way
  • McCarthy Overpass
  • Bowker Overpass
  • Hammond Pond Parkway Bridge/MBTA
  • Alewife Brook Parkway Bridge over MBTA
  • Winthrop Avenue Bridge
  • Casassa Overpass
  • Gilmore Bridge
  • Charles Circle 57B
  • Eliot Bridge
  • Anderson Memorial Bridge (aka Larz Anderson Bridge)
  • West Roxbury Parkway at Conrail
  • River Street Bridge over Charles River Repairs
  • Revere Beach Pkwy/State Road
  • Beades Bridge
  • Leverett Circle Tunnel
  • Riverside Park Pedestrian Bridge
  • Pleasure Bay Pedestrian Bridges
  • BU. Pedestrian Bridge
  • Watertown Pedestrian Bridge
  • Leo Martin Golf Course Pedestrian Bridge

Taken late on a February 2002 afternoon, the MBTAs Red Line trains cross at rush hour with the Beacon Hill and the Boston skyline in the distance. ... Anderson Memorial Bridge Anderson Memorial Bridge (called Larz Anderson Bridge most commonly) connects Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

List of dams

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)

See also

In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) assigns and marks a system of state-numbered routes. ...

External links

  • Department of Conservation and Recreation website
This is a list of links to state parks in the United States See also Category:U.S. state parks. ... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Alabama state park system. ... This is a list of state parks in Alaska. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Arizona, operated by Arizona State Parks. ... This is a list of Arkansas State Parks Bull Shoals-White River State Park Cane Creek State Park Conway Cemetery Historic State Park Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area Crater of Diamonds State Park Crowleys Ridge State Park Daisy State Park DeGray Lake Resort State Park Devils Den... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the California state park system. ... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Colorado state park system. ... This is a list of Connecticut state parks, in the United States of America: Beckley Iron Furnace Industrial Monument, North Canaan Bigelow Hollow State Park 513 acres (2. ... This is a list of All Delaware State Parks operated by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation. ... This is a list of 157 state parks and reserves in the U.S. state of Florida under the authority of the Florida State Parks system. ... This is a list of state parks, monuments, and recreation areas managed by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources: // Hawai‘i (island) Akaka Falls State Park Kolekole Beach Park Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area Kalopa State Recreation Area Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park Kona Coast (Kekaha Kai) State... State Parks of Idaho This is a list of state parks in the US state of Idaho. ... Illinois has over 54 state parks, along with many other wildlife areas and state forests. ... The U.S. state of Indiana has 24 state parks maintained and operated by Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). ... Iowa has many recreational opportunites, a large part being state parks. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Kansas operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. ... Maintained by the Kentucky Department of Parks, Kentuckys system of 52 state parks has been referred to as the nations finest and experiences more repeat business annually than those of any other U.S. State. ... Bayou Segnette State Park Caney Lake/Jimmie Davis State Park Chemin-A-Haut State Park Chicot State Park Cypremort Point State Park Fairview-Riverside State Park Fontainebleau State Park Grand Isle State Park Lake Bistineau State Park Lake Bruin State Park Lake Claiborne State Park Lake DArbonne State Park... This list includes state parks, State Reserved areas, and State Historic Areas in the U.S. state of Maine. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Maryland. ... List of Massachusetts state parks: Ames Nowell State Park Ashland State Park Bash Bish Falls State Park Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park Borderland State Park Boston Harbor Islands State Park Bradley Palmer State Park Callahan State Park Chicopee Memorial State Park Clarksburg State Park Cochituate State Park Connecticut... This is a list of Michigan state parks and related protected areas under Michigan Department of Natural Resources jurisdiction. ... This is a list of Minnesota state parks. ... This is a list of Mississippi state parks. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Missouri. ... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Montana state park system. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Nebraska; the state park system is divided into state parks, state historical parks, state recreation areas and a state recreational trail. ... This is a list of Nevada state parks, containing state parks, state historic parks, and state recreation areas, and other facilities operated by the Nevada Division of State Parks in the U.S. state of Nevada. ... List of New Hampshire state parks Ahern State Park Androscoggin Wayside Park Annett Wayside Park Bear Brook State Park Beaver Brook Falls Wayside Bedell Bridge State Park Cardigan State Park Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area Clough State Park Coleman State Park Crawford Notch State Park Daniel Webster Birthplace Deer Mountain Campground... This is a list of state parks and forests in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the New Mexico state park system. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York. ... North Carolina State Parks: Carolina Beach State Park Cliffs of the Neuse State Park Crowders Mountain State Park Eno River State Park Falls Lake State Recreation Area Fort Fisher State Recreation Area Fort Macon State Park Goose Creek State Park Gorges State Park Hammocks Beach State Park Hanging Rock State... North Dakota state parks are state parks managed by the North Dakota Parks & Recreation Department. ... Ohio public lands include national forest lands, Army Corps of Engineers areas, state parks, state forests, state nature preserves, state wildlife management areas, and other areas. ... This is a list state parks in Oklahoma Adair State Park Alabaster Caverns State Park Arrowhead State Park Beaver Dunes State Park Beavers Bend State Park Bernice State Park Black Mesa State Park Boiling Springs State Park Boggy Depot State Park Boswell Lake State Park Cherokee State Park Cherokee Landing... This is a list of Oregon state parks. ... This is a list of state parks in Pennsylvania. ... This list of Rhode Island state parks shows the 22 state parks and state beaches found in Rhode Island, USA. State Parks Beavertail State Park Blackstone River Bikeway State Park Brenton Point State Park Burlingame State Park Colt State Park East Bay Bike Path State Park Fishermens Memorial State... The following is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of South Carolina: Aiken State Natural Area Andrew Jackson State Park Baker Creek State Park Barnwell State Park Caesars Head State Park Calhoun Falls State Recreation Area Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site Cheraw State Park Chester... This is a list of state parks and reserves in the South Dakota state park system. ... This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Tennessee, organized by administrative region: West Region Big Cypress Tree State Park (Natural Area) Big Hill Pond State Park Chickasaw State Park Fort Pillow State Park (Historic Park) Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Nathan Bedford Forest State... This is a list of state parks in the state of Texas. ... This is a list of state parks of Utah, USA, operated by Utah State Parks. ... This is a list of state parks in Vermont, containing state parks and other related state-managed lands and facilities in the U.S. state of Vermont. ... This is a list of state parks in Virginia, containing state parks and other related state-managed lands and facilities in the U.S. state of Virginia. ... This is a list of Washington state parks, in the United States of America. ... |List of state parks in West Virginia: Audra State Park Babcock State Park Beartown State Park Beech Fork State Park Berkeley Springs State Park Blackwater Falls State Park Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Bluestone State Park Cacapon Resort State Park Camp Creek State Park Canaan Resort State Park Carnifex Ferry... This is a list of Wisconsin state parks. ... This is list of state parks in Wyoming. ...

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