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the Massachusetts Estuaries Project | |||
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About the
Program
Completed
Reports
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The 89 embayments are prioritized based upon State
and Local planning efforts, environmental concerns, and local issues.
Approximately 10-15 embayments will be selected each year for entry into a
two-year cycle.
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Ranking
of Round 1 Priority Embayment Systems - July 2002 **Estuaries listed in blue have completed reports. Click to download |
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Estuary (Click on a Name to View More Information) | |||
| 1. Mashpee/Barnstable: | Popponesset Bay | |||
| 2. Chatham: | Muddy Creek | |||
| 3. Chatham: | Sulfur Spring/Bucks Creek | |||
| 4. Chatham: | Bassing Harbor/Ryders Cove/Frost Fish Creek | |||
| 5. Chatham: | Stage Harbor System | |||
| 6. Chatham: | Taylors Pond | |||
| 7. Falmouth: | Bournes Pond | |||
| 8. Falmouth/Mashpee: | Hamblin/Jehu Ponds: Quashnet River | |||
| 9. Falmouth: | Great/Perch Ponds | |||
| 10. Falmouth: | Green Pond | |||
| 11. Wareham: | Agawam/Wareham/Broad Marsh Rivers/Marks Cove | |||
| 12. Falmouth: | Little Pond | |||
| 13. Nantucket: | Nantucket Harbor | |||
| 14. Falmouth: | West Falmouth Harbor | |||
| 15. Barnstable: | Three Bays | |||
| 16. Martha's Vineyard: | Edgartown Great Pond | |||
| 17. Falmouth: | Oyster Pond | |||
| 18. Nantucket: | Sesechacha Pond | |||
| 19. New Bedford: | Acushnet River/ New Bedford Inner Harbor | |||
| 20. Bourne: | Eel Pond/Back River | |||
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Ranking of Round 2 Priority Embayment Systems - July 2003 |
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| Town | Estuary | |||
| 1. Orleans: | Namskaket Creek | |||
| 2. Orleans: | Little Namskaket Creek | |||
| 3. Orleans: | Rock Harbor | |||
| 4. Orleans: | Nauset Marsh | |||
| 5. Orleans/Harwich/Brewster: | Upper Pleasant Bay | |||
| 6. Orleans/Harwich/Brewster: | Lower Pleasant Bay | |||
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| 8. Martha's Vineyard: | Lake Tashmoo | |||
| 9. Martha's Vineyard: | Lagoon Pond | |||
| 10. Mattapoisett: | Mattapoisett Harbor/Eel Pond | |||
| 11. Marion: | Aucoot Cove | |||
| 12. Nantucket: | Madaket Harbor | |||
| 13. Nantucket: | Long Pond | |||
| 14. Bourne: | Red Brook Harbor | |||
| Ranking of Round 3 Priority Embayment Systems - July 2004 | ||||
| Town | Estuary | |||
| 1. Wellfleet: | Wellfleet Harbor | |||
| 2. Dartmouth: | Slocums River | |||
| 3. Dartmouth: | Little River | |||
| 4. Dartmouth: | Apponagansett Bay | |||
| 5. Mattapoisett: | Mattapoisett Harbor | |||
| 6. Marion: | Sippican Harbor | |||
| 7. Barnstable: | Centerville Harbor | |||
| 8. Barnstable: | Rushy Marsh | |||
| 9. Barnstable/Yarmouth: | Lewis Bay | |||
| 10. Yarmouth: | Parkers River | |||
| 11. Oak Bluffs/Edgartown: | Sengekontacket Pond/Trapps Pond | |||
| 12. Harwich - 3 year plan: | Saquatucket Harbor | |||
| 13. Harwich - 3 year plan: | Allen Harbor | |||
| 14. Harwich - 3 year plan: | Herring River | |||
| 15. Harwich - 3 year plan: | Wychmere Harbor | |||
| Ranking of Round 4 Priority Embayment Systems - July 2005 | ||||
| Town | Estuary | |||
| 1. Fairhaven: | Little Bay/Nasketucket Bay | |||
| 2. Tisbury/Chilmark: | Tisbury Great Pond | |||
| 3. Chilmark: | Chilmark Pond | |||
| 4. Bourne: | Megansett/Squeteague Harbors | |||
| 5. Bourne: | Pocasset River | |||
| 6. Falmouth: | Fiddlers Cove | |||
| 7. Falmouth: | Rands Harbor | |||
| 8. Falmouth: | Quissett Harbor | |||
| 9. Yarmouth/Dennis: | Bass River | |||
| 10. Plymouth: | Ellisville Harbor | |||
| 11. Dennis: | Sesuit Harbor | |||
| 12. Dennis: | Swan Pond River | |||
| 13. Bourne: | Phinneys Harbor | |||
| 14. Gosnold: | Cuttyhunk Harbor | |||
| 15. Gosnold: | West End Pond | |||
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