1) View the National Wildlife Federation's Shawsheen River Case Study: click here
2) The following reports on the Shawsheen River Watershed are available from:
William Dunn
131 Barnum Road, Building #3701
Devens, MA 01432
(508) 792-7716 x151
· “The Ongoing Story of the Shawsheen Watershed Project,” Jan. 2000, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “Shawsheen River Watershed Management Plan,” July 1, 1998, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “Forward – 2001 Assessment Overview”
· Booklet – “The Shawsheen River Watershed: What is it? Why is it in trouble? How can you help?” prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council (2 or 3 copies throughout binders)
· “Final Report: GIS Data Layer of Storm Drain Outlets (Part I); Solutions to Hotspot Problems (Part II); Project 99-06/Massachusetts Watershed Initiative, Shawsheen River Basin,” July 2000, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “Field Manual for Volunteers,” April 2000, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council, Shawsheen River Watershed Association, and Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Network
· Department of Environmental Protection 2000 DWM Shawsheen Bacteria Surveys
· “Proposed Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Shawsheen River,” July 30, 1999, prepared for National Wildlife Federation
· US Environmental Protection Agency Memorandum: “New Policies for Establishing and Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),” Aug. 1997
· “Proposed Rules: Total Maximum Daily Loads,” Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, US Environmental Protection Agency
· New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Memorandum: “Breakout Session Summary,” Jan. 12, 2000
· “Final Report: GIS Data Layer of Storm Drains Outlets (Part II), Project 00-06/Massachusetts Watershed Initiative, Shawsheen River Basin,” June 2001, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council (three large maps at conclusion)
· “Shawsheen Watershed 1999 Hot Spot Report”
· “US Environmental Protection Agency Shawsheen River Ecological Assessment Report,” Nov. 1998
· “Shawsheen River Watershed 1996-1998 Volunteer Monitoring Report,” May 1999, produced by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “The Shawsheen/Merrimack River: A Working Report,” Nov. 1997, A Mass Insight/ Massachusetts Clean Water Council Report
· “Department of Environmental Protection/DWM 1997 Shawsheen River Watershed Assessment Report”
· NPDES Permit Information Update, Nov. 2001
· “Water Flow Analysis – Shawsheen River Basin,” Oct. 2000, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “A report on: Hanscom Stormwater System Computer Model – Model Development and Calibration,” June 2001, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “Shawsheen River Flow Guage Data,” Oct. 2001
· “2000 Fish Toxics Monitoring Public Request and Year 2 Watershed Surveys,” MA Department of Environmental Protection
· “Shawsheen River Watershed 1997 Aquatic Habitat Assessment Report,” July 1998, prepared by Merrimack River Watershed Council
· “The Shawsheen Trib” prepared by the Shawsheen River Watershed Association
o April 2001
o July 2001
o September 2001
o November 2001
· “Public Attitudes in the Shawsheen River Watershed & Housatonic River Watershed: Executive Summary,” Jan 1998, a project of the River Network, Merrimack River Watershed Council, Connecticut River Watershed Council, and the Housatonic Valley Association – This is the complete report on the last section of the Summary Report
· Shawsheen River Fishery Survey, 1998, performed by the Department of Fisheries Wildlife &Environmental Law Enforcement, referenced in Summary Report
· “Draft Shawsheen River Watershed Wetlands Restoration Plan,” June 2001, prepared by Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration Program, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, referenced in Summary Report
· “Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Buildout: A subwatershed approach in the Shawsheen, Final Report,” July 2001, prepared by WRWC and Northern Middlesex Council of Governments – pretty sure this is referenced in the Summary Report as well
· “The Shawsheen Watershed: A Land Use and Regulatory Review of Nonpoint Source Pollution Management,” Dec. 1998, prepared by Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and Northern Middlesex Council of Governments