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Conservation Security Program (CSP)

2005 Selected Massachusetts Watersheds

map of Massachusetts CSP 2005 watershedsEach of the selected CSP watershed areas within Massachusetts possess unique and important natural attributes that are valued and often utilized by our farmers and the public. These watershed areas include more than 600 farms which encompass about 30,000 acres of agricultural land that is eligible for CSP. Of these 30,000 acres, about 30 percent is cropland and about 65 percent is hay and grazing land and five percent is used to produce orchard crops and nursery stock.

Land Cover/Use

Land Use Essex
Acres		 Berkshire
Acres		 Total
Acres
Crop land 7,669 13,654 21,323
Pasture land 3,616 6,609 10,225
Forest land 89,628 202,177 291,805
Irrigated crop land included in crop land
Rangeland not applicable
Total Private Land 199,452 284,382 483,834
Total Federal Land 4,070 3,022 7,092

2005 CSP documents

These documents require Adobe Acrobat reader.
Massachusetts CSP Fact Sheet (85 KB)
Massachusetts informational letter to farmers (416 KB)

Self-Assessment Workbook 2005, (complete workbook, all pages) (941.12KB)

For faster-downloading, the  Self Assessment workbook is also available in two separate sections, without photos:

Workbook Pages, (pages 1-24), (205.05KB)
 Appendices without images, (pages 25-55), (296.97KB)

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