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DER’s Regional Restoration Partnerships Program is excited to continue support for our Ecological Restoration Partnerships with Housatonic Valley Association, Merrimack River Watershed Council and Buzzards Bay Coalition,?to accelerate regional ecological restoration throughout Massachusetts.

Today, eight municipalities across Massachusetts were selected to receive preliminary design studies on eight dams. ?? These studies, funded and led by DER, will help dam owners evaluate the risks and opportunities of removal while providing critical data for future ecological restoration and climate adaptation planning. In addition, DER awarded $135,000 to three Regional Restoration Partnerships in the Buzzards Bay, Merrimack, and Hoosic, Housatonic, and Farmington River watersheds. DER’s Regional Restoration Partnerships Program boosts the pace and scale of ecological restoration in Massachusetts by strengthening local and regional organizations that collaborate on restoration projects. Congrats to all the recipients! To read the full press release, visit DER's website ?? https://bit.ly/4jEvysu

The Helen Schuler Nature Centre, Lethbridge, is offering a Natural Leaders program from January to June for adults who want to learn about local ecosystems and ways to make positive change in their community (ecosystems, protected parks, water, waste) https://lnkd.in/eJCQtwaJ

Together we can make this happen

The California Natural Resources Agency #30x30CA Annual Report is here! California has made remarkable strides toward conserving 30% of its lands and coastal waters by 2030. Since April 2022, over one million acres of land have been added to the 30x30 initiative. In the past year alone, approximately 861,000 acres were newly conserved, including vital grasslands, deserts, freshwater areas, and other key habitats. The 30x30 Initiative thrives through the efforts of on-the-ground leaders, including tribal governments, local communities, non-governmental organizations, federal agencies, private landowners, and committed individuals like you. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/g4pZG7zy

The term “legacy”, as it relates to a forest, includes a U.S. Forest Service grant program called the Forest Legacy Program. The goal of FLP is to protect privately owned, actively logged “working forests” from being developed by “providing economic incentives to landowners to keep their forests as forests." https://loom.ly/0nofXdA

This is critical in everything we do in CT.

This topic has broader impact than may be noticed at first glance. The environmental impacts of ports applies beyond seaports but also airports, railyards and truck depots - places of connection where different modes of transportation meet.

Last week at the League of Municipalities, our Policy and Program Coordinator, Chris Sotiro from NJF's Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure Program joined experts in "Stormwater Management: The New MS4 Frontier" to discuss New Jersey's growing need for proactive stormwater management. ??? ??? Chris shared resources to help towns understand and comply with Tier A MS4 Permits and Watershed Improvement Plan requirements while embracing green stormwater infrastructure. ?? ?? ?? Co-speakers included the City of Lambertville, Sustainable Jersey, NJDEP, Montgomery Township, and The Watershed Institute.

Check out the Center's most recent policy pulse for a snapshot of activity in state legislatures across the region, covering topics such as housing, recreation, energy, land use, forest management, and more. https://lnkd.in/e-ib2Fxb