Scope and Content: Responsibility for water delivery and sewer systems in the Boston metropolitan area has been successively that of the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901) and Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (1889-1901); Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); Water and Sewerage Divisions, Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985); and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (since 1985)
Related Catalog Records:
Plans database [Massachusetts Water Resources Authority]
Annual reports [Massachusetts Mount Everett Reservation Commission]
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Public document, no. 89. Reports for 1913, 1915-1917, 1919-1922 missing
Related Catalog Records:
Report on geology of Massachusetts [Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources]
Scope and Content: The Dept. of Conservation was established in 1919 and replaced with the Dept. of Natural Resources in 1953. That department was abolished effective 1975 with its constituent parts distributed among agencies of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
Notes: Transferred to Archives, Feb. 1992. Source unrecorded
Related Catalog Records:
Annual Reports [Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources]
Scope and Content: The Department of Conservation was established in 1919 and replaced with the Department of Natural Resources in 1953. That department was abolished in 1974 with its constituent parts distributed among the agencies of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Related Catalog Records:
Annual reports [Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services]
Scope and Content: The Division of Conservation Resources was established in the Department of Natural Rescources in 1963 and placed in the secretary’s office, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, in 1974.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Report for 1967, 1970-1977 missing
Related Catalog Records:
Project review case files [Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office]
Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583. The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768). It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits and works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities. Series is created to review and approve development projects involving use of coastal resources, in accordance with the provisions of MGLA c 91 (Waterways), and to certify compliance with all state environmental policies.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality, thereunder by project code/year
Related Catalog Records:
Chronological correspondence [Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office]
Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583. The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768). It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits; works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities; provides technical assistance and facilitates financial assistance to coastal communities; and supports coastal-related scientific studies, mapping products, and citizen participation. Series consists of outgoing correspondence; memorandums; and weekly, quarterly, and other reports providing chronological access to documentation of policy determination and other agency activities.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Related Catalog Records:
Shoreline change maps [Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office]
Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583. The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768). It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits; works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities; and supports coastal-related scientific studies, mapping products, and citizen participation. Series was created to determine changes in shoreline configuration from the 1840s to present, using conditions in 1978 as a basis for comparison.
Arrangement: Arranged by region (North Shore, South Shore, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, and The Islands), thereunder numerically. Each regional folder includes index map
Related Catalog Records:
Annual reports [Massachusetts Division of Forests and Parks]
Scope and Content: The Division of Forests and Parks was established in the Department of Natural Resources in 1953 and placed in the Department of Environmental Management in 1974.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Reports for 1958, 1960-1961, 1967 missing. Reports for 1957, 1959, 1964 incomplete
Related Catalog Records:
Map of Metropolitan District [Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management]
Scope and Content: The Dept. of Environmental Management, which has general care and oversight of the natural resources of the Commonwealth and adjacent waters, maintains series relating to these functions created by earlier agencies. Series was created by the Division of Metropolitan Planning of the Metropolitan District Commission, an agency mandated for transportation planning, to show population trends in the Metropolitan District (Boston and surrounding communities).
Related Catalog Records:
Meta
Search collections
Collection categories
Browse collections
End of page
