Massachusetts (State) Wetlands Protection Act
The Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act requires Commission review of (and permit for) any activity proposed within 100 feet of a wetland or within 200 feet of a river.
If you are near a wetland … ask before acting!
Related Activities
Examples of activities include:
- Dumping
- Cutting
- Grading
- Digging
- Anything that changes soil, plants, water flow
Wetlands
Examples of wetlands:
- Waterbody
- River
- Stream
- Creek
- Pond
- Lake
- Bank
- Beach
- Flat
- Land subject to flooding
- Floodplain
- Regularly flooded area
- Bordering vegetated wetland
- Riverfront zone - a riverfront is defined as "anywhere with 200 feet of a perennial stream
Maynard Wetlands Bylaw
- Has a more stringent definition of an Isolated Land Subject to Flooding
- Institutes a 50-Foot No Build Zone
- States that vernal pools need not be certified to be protected
- Institutes a new application fee structure