Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Chapter 1: Introduction and Background
the following partners:
• Ecological Services, New England Field Office (Service)
• Friends of the Assabet River NWR
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of
State Parks and Recreation
• Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG), Division of
Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife)
• New England Wildflower Society
• Organization for the Assabet River (OAR)
• Stow Conservation Trust
• SuAsCo Watershed Community Council
• Sudbury Foundation
• Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT)
The Friends of the Assabet River NWR provide considerable time and
effort toward accomplishment of refuge and Service goals. They
participate in environmental education and outreach, land protection,
biological surveys, habitat management, and fund raising projects. During
fiscal year 2003, the Friends of Assabet River NWR contributed a total of
3,206 volunteer hours to the refuge. Without their assistance, much of the
work necessary to open the refuge would not be done yet.
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