River Corridor Management Toolkit
The Toolkit can be used by state agency staff, communities and landowners in the Deerfield River Watershed and across the Commonwealth who are interested in river restoration and protection, climate…
A Framework for Resilience: Responding to Climate Change in the Deerfield River Watershed
A Framework for Resilience is the first watershed-based climate change resiliency plan in the Commonwealth. The Deerfield River Watershed includes all or a portion of fourteen Franklin County towns: Ashfield, Buckland,…
High Risk Stream Crossings in the Deerfield River Watershed
These reports provide a summary of the road-stream crossings (culverts and bridges) in the towns linked below that are considered to be at high risk of failure from heavy precipitation…
Deerfield River Watershed-Based Resiliency Plan
This plan integrates the nine elements of a 319 Watershed-Based Plan, the tenets of EPA’s Healthy Watersheds Initiative, and focuses on strategies and projects to protect and restore the watershed’s…
North and South River Fish Habitat Reports (2013)
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments conducted a comprehensive assessment of the South River, North River, and the Massachusetts portion of the East Branch of the North River to provide…
Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment of the North and South River Watersheds (2015)
A fluvial geomorphology assessment was conducted on the North and South Rivers in Franklin County, Massachusetts to determine the causes of channel instability and identify restoration options to better manage…
Assessment of Biodiversity in Deerfield River Watershed Forested Headwater Streams (2012)
this project assessed and characterized physical and biological conditions in forested headwater streams in the Deerfield River watershed, with an emphasis on describing the macroinvertebrate fauna that occur in our…
Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment for the Deerfield River Watershed 2008
The goal of this project was to provide an inventory and assessment of potential sources of nonpoint pollution in the six priority subwatersheds of the Deerfield River watershed and provide…
