Recreation
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| Subbasin | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Bowers-Nonacoicus | Assess drawdown at Bare Hill Pond for pond & downstream habitat impacts (Harvard) | Bare Hill Pond Advisory Committee/ COLAP/ DEM/DEP/DFWELE | 604b/ DEM Lakes & Ponds | I |
| Bowers-Nonacoicus | Connect trails between Ayer, Groton, Shirley and Townsend and potential connections from North Post to Ayer Game Farm | DEC/ DEM/ NRWA/ Towns Conservation Commissions | DEM Trails Grants | I to L |
| Catacoonamug | Consider restrictions on horsepower vs speed limits on Lake Shirley (Lunenburg) | COLAP/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Lake Shirley Improvement Association/ Town | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Fall | Help restore Barrett Pond Park (Leominster) | City/ DEM | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Falulah-Bakers | Help improve Coolidge Park ie: stream bank stabilization (Fitchburg) | City/ DEM | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Flag | Improve access to Mid-State Trail at Crow Hill (Westminster) | City/ DEM | DEM recreational trails | M |
| James | Consider accessability options for multi-use trails: Snake Hill (Groton and Ayer), Groton School and Lawrence Academy (Groton) | DEM/ Groton School and Lawrence Academy/ MAS/ NRWA | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| James | Improve visibility and access of Chap 61 programs for landowners (Groton) | DEM/ NRWA/ Towns (assessors) | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Monoosnoc | Support Monoosnoc Brook greenway and bike path efforts (Leominster) | City/ DEM/ Greenway Committee/ NRWA | DCS Self Help/ DEM Trails | I to L |
| Monoosnoc | Protect natural resources within and adjacent to Coggshall Park from inappropriate uses and develop long-range recreational management plan (Fitchburg) | DEM/ City/ Friends of Coggshall Park | staff and volunteer time | M to L |
| Mulpus | Help protect habitat areas identified in the Nashua River watershed habitat assessment report (Lunenburg, Shirley, Townsend) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land trusts/ NRWA/ Towns | Self help | I to L |
| Nashua Mainstem | Support completion of Nashua River greenway protection (Ayer, Bolton, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Hollis, Lancaster, Nashua, Pepperell, Shirley) | City and Towns/ DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Landowners/ Non-profits/ NRWA/ USFWS | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ Forest Legacy/ LCHIP | I to L |
| Nashua Mainstem | Monitor disposition of South Post lands to USFWS (Lancaster, Harvard, Ayer, Shirley) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Towns/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Nashua Mainstem | Encourage rezoning of North Post to open space (Shirley, Ayer) | DEC/ DEM/ JBOS/ NRWA/ Towns/ USFWS | staff and volunteer time | I to M |
| Nashua Mainstem | Protect Intervale lands - link between Bolton Flats & Oxbow NWR (Bolton, Lancaster, Harvard) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns/ USFWS | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ DFW/ USFWS | I to M |
| Nashua Mainstem | Remove invasive weeds to promote recreation in Pepperell Pond (Groton, Pepperell) | DEM/ NRWA/ Towns | DEM Lakes and Ponds/ DEP 104b/ staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Nashua Mainstem | Research boating and recereation management issues (ie: appropraite multi-use) on mainstem Nashua River | DEM/ NRWA/ Towns | staff and volunteer time | I to M |
| Nashua Mainstem | Provide Lakes and Ponds weed prevention education | COLAP/ DEM/ NRWA/ Towns | DEM Lakes and Ponds/ staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Nashua Mainstem | Participate in the development of regional multi-use trail networks through Devens and beyond | DEC/ DEM/ DFWELE/ NRWA/ Towns | DEM Trails Grants | M to L |
| Nissitissit | Address Lake Potanapo invasive weed infestation (Brookline) | NHDES/ Town | 319 | M to L |
| Nissitissit | Support completion of Nissitissit Greenway protection (Brookline, Hollis, Milford, Pepperell, Townsend) | Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns | DCS Self-help/ NPS Rivers &Trails Program | I to L |
| North Nashua | Support the development of the Riverfront Park in Fitchburg seeking to extend length | City/ Fitchburg Stream Team/ Landowners/ MRPC/ NRWA | DFWELE/ TEA 21/ USACOE (1135) | I to L |
| North Nashua | Support additional efforts for greenway & bike path linking "daylighting" brook at Sheldon and West Streets at former Woolen Mill (Fitchburg) | City/ Fitchburg Stream Team/ Landowners/ MRPC/ NRWA | DFWELE/ TEA 21/ USACOE (1135) | |
| Phillips | Enhance McTaggarts Pond through additional land protection and educational materials (Fitchburg) | City/ COLAP/ DEM | DCS Self-help/ DEM Trails & Greenways | |
| Phillips | Develop public swimming site in Ashburnham | DEM/ Town | DCS Self-help/ 319 | M to L |
| Phillips | Promote protection of lands on and work to ensure permanent easements for the Mid State Trail (Ashburnham, Princeton, Westminster) | DEM/ Land trusts/ Mid-state Trail Association/ NRWA/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails & Greenways/ staff and volunteer time/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Quinapoxet | Support Wachusett area greenway protection and promote rail trail development (Holden, Princeton, Rutland) | City of Worcester/ Friends of Wachusett Watershed/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Wachusett Greenways | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Forest Legacy | I to L |
| Quinapoxet | Support the installation of a fish ladder at the Oakdale dam as well as provide education and exhibit materials to accompany dam (West Boylston) | City of Worcester/ DFWELE/ EOEA/ MDC/ National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/ USFWS | I to M | |
| South Nashua | Extend trail networks linking existing trails and railroad rights of way (Clinton) | DEM/ Lands Trusts/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | DEM/ TEA 21 | L |
| South Nashua | Support recreational improvements on Coachlace, Mossy & South Meadow Ponds (Clinton) | COLAP/ DEM/DEP/ NRWA/ South Meadow Pond and Nature Association/ Town | 319/ DEM Lakes & Ponds | M to L |
| Squannacook | Promote extended rail trail development (Ayer, Groton, Townsend) | DEM/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Still | Link trail networks between Bolton Flats, Oxbow NWR and Devens (Bolton, Lancaster, Harvard) | Central MA Trails Committee/ DEC/ DEM/ Land Trusts/ NPS/ NRWA/ Towns/ USFWS | DEM Trails/ NPS Rivers/ | I to L |
| Stillwater | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Holden, Leominster, Princeton, Sterling, W. Boylston, Westminster) | Central MA Trails Committee/ DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Stillwater | Promote use of the Stillwater Farm for an educational resource for watershed protection as well as an eco-tourist destination (Sterling) | MDC/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | M to L |
| Unkety | Assure the continuation of the Ayer to Dunstable Rail Trail to Hollis | DEM/ Land Trust/s NRWA/ Towns | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to M |
| Unkety | Promote the development of a greenway committee in Dunstable & Pepperell | Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns | Staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Wachusett | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Holden, Paxton, Rutland, Sterling, W. Boylston) and White Oak Trail connected to Trout Brook Resrvation | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Wachusett | Improve gating to control detrimental activities (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Sterling, W. Boylston) | MDC/ Towns | Staff time | I |
| Wachusett | Improved access to MDC lands at Pine Hill Reservoir (Paxton) | City of Worcester Water Supply/ MDC | Staff time | M to L |
| Whitman | Work to ensure permanent easements for the Mid-state Trail (Ashburnham, Westminster) | DEM/ Mid-state Trail Association/ NRWA/ Towns | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Whitman | Promote the extension of the Gardner to Winchendon rail trail through Ashburnham | DEM/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |