conservation

An audit of the commission that oversees the operation of the Schooner Ernestina has found several problems. The routine audit by State Auditor Suzanne Bump's Office found that the Schooner Ernestina Commission under the Department of Conservation and Recreation failed to keep adequate documentation of a credit of as much as $50,000 from a contractor...

Over 400 acres of beaches, salt marshes, forests, fields, and coastal farmland in Fairhaven and Mattapoisett are now permanently protected from any future development.

Bird watchers in Massachusetts are beginning the annual Christmas Bird Count to collect data used by conservation biologists to study the long-term health and status of bird populations. This is the 115th year the bird count has been conducted...