Environment

What we do

MAPC provides technical assistance and policy guidance to municipalities in our region on a wide range of environmental issues including, but not limited to: low impact development and green infrastructure planning, water resources planning and policy, stormwater management and non-point source pollution, coastal and ocean resource management, watershed planning, green/open space protection, climate change, brownfields assessment, and solid waste and organics disposal.

Projects

Recent and Ongoing Projects:

• Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

• MAGIC Agriculture Plan

• Walking Routes to the Lower Mystic River

• Stormwater Management and Funding

• Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning

• Water Infrastructure Alliance

Past Projects:

• "Fishing 4 Health" 

• Mystic River Corrider Strategy Project

• WaterSmart Toolkit

• Low Impact Development Toolkit

• Coastal Hazards Adaptation Study (Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury)

• North Shore Wind Project

Additional Resources

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1

• Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

• Massachusetts Bays Program

• Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

• Massachusetts Water Resource Authority

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Environmental Health

• Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan

• MAPC Clean Energy Initiative

• MetroBoston DataCommon

Questions?

If you have questions about MAPC's work on environmental issues, please contact Martin Pillsbury, Environmental Division Manager.