DCR

The City responds to some questions, but unveils a lot of ignorance, about what happened to the rare yellow pine timbers donated to the Schooner Ernestina.

NEW BEDFORD - Governor Charlie Baker is naming MassDevelopment as the manager of New Bedford's State Pier. New Bedford State Senator Mark Montigny filed legislation earlier this year authorizing the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to lease the State Pier to MassDevelopment...

(Boston) AP - A top state Department of Conservation and Recreation official suspended for using taxpayer resources on a private Independence Day bash has resigned Matthew Sisk, a deputy commissioner at the DCR, resigned his $112,000 a year job effective immediately, a department spokesman said late Friday...

Mayor Jon Mitchell is applauding an effort by State Sen. Mark Montigny to turn control of State Pier from the Department of Conservation and Recreation over to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency so new uses for the pier can be explored.

The nearing end of the legislative session could authorize a sort of change in ownership of State Pier in New Bedford. State Senator Mark Montigny has filed an amendment to Governor Charlie Baker's economic development bill that would allow the Department of Conservation and Recreation to lease the aging State Pier to MassDevelopment for up to 25 years...

The Massachusetts DCR Bureau of Forest Fire Control will be conducting a controlled burn Thursday morning.