No swimming allowed, but logging is OK?

Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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Why is logging allowed at the Quabbin Reservoir if swimming, camping, cross country skiing, and ice fishing  are prohibited?  We want to hear from you!  Post a picture of yourself to our facebook page- whether you are snowmobiling, horseback riding or playing frisbee, we want to see you doing something that is NOT allowed at the Quabbin Reservoir.  

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Nuclear Power Plants Threaten Drinking Water for 4 Million Bay Staters

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Landmark Clean Water Announcement

Boston – Environment Massachusetts hailed the Obama administration for releasing a proposed guidance that, if adopted, would restore Clean Water Act protections to vital streams across Massachusetts and protect Bay Staters drinking water.  In response to the announcement, Environment  Massachusetts is launching a major initiative to build support for clean water protections.

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Environment Massachusetts Calls Permanent Ban on Logging around State Drinking Water Sources

Environment Massachusetts released a new whitepaper today calling on the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to permanently halt all clear-cutting on state owned land in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed.

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Environment Massachusetts Urges Governor Patrick to Protect the Quabbin

Belchertown, MA – Environment Massachusetts, a statewide, citizen supported advocacy organization released a new whitepaper today calling on the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to permanently halt all clear-cutting on state owned land in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed.

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Environmental Bond Clears the House

Boston- Late last night the Environmental Bond (now bill H5005) was passed by the House. During his speech introducing the bill, Representative Frank Smizik, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, expressed his appreciation to the Coalition for the Environmental Bond, a coalition of over 260 organizations and businesses across the state, including Environment Massachusetts, that have been working for the bill's passage.

 

Result

We helped halt logging that threatened our drinking water.

More than 2 million Massachusetts residents enjoy some of the cleanest, purest drinking water in the country thanks to the foresight of state officials who set aside the forestland surrounding the Quabbin Reservoir as a natural buffer zone against pollutants. In 2010, when logging around the Quabbin threatened our drinking water, we talked to more than 100,000 people, with at least 14,000 submitting public comments in opposition. In response, Gov. Deval Patrick declared a moratorium on the logging around the Quabbin. And in 2012, we mobilized support for a permanent ban.