The project's purpose is to steward and secure the massachusetts division of wildlife's 271 wildlife management areas and conservation easements so that they may continue to support a diversity of…

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded $592,000 to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife on November 15, 2025, under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611).

The Division will conduct land surveys, baseline documentation reports, boundary marking, updating assessors' records, and monitoring and compliance reporting across the 271 wildlife management areas and conservation easements it operates throughout Massachusetts. These stewardship activities will document, secure, and monitor Division properties while enhancing public ability to identify and utilize the Division's lands. The award funds completion of a backlog of stewardship work necessary to support diverse habitats and provide outdoor recreational opportunities.

Performance runs through December 31, 2028. The award carries no sub-recipient activities. The Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program is funded by excise tax revenues on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment, apportioned annually to eligible state agencies under a legislatively established formula.

The project's purpose is to steward and secure the massachusetts division of wildlife's 271 wildlife management areas and conservation easements so that they may continue to support a diversity of habitats and provide outdoor recreational opportunities to the public. Activities to be performed include land surveys, baseline documentation reports, boundary marking, updating assessors? Records, and monitoring and compliance reporting. Expected outcomes include completing the backlog of stewardship activities necessary to document, secure, and monitor the massachusetts division of wildlife's properties while enhancing the public's ability to identify and utilize the massachusetts division of wildlife's lands. There are no subrecipient activities proposed.