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How to explore the Assawompset Pond Complex
Take in woodland tranquility and abundant water views within the Assawompset Pond Complex, a system of conservation lands around five freshwater ponds in Lakeville, Middleborough, and Rochester.
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Coalition commits to monitoring long-term salt marsh health
The Coalition and the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program will undertake a multi-year project to research how Bay marshes are changing and what might impact their health.
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River herring numbers are up in some Bay waterways – but there’s more work to do
Population counts of river herring were up in three of Buzzards Bay’s most important rivers — the Agawam, Acushnet, and Mattapoisett Rivers — during spring 2019. But rising numbers don’t mean that the work to protect river herring has ended.
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Little Sippewissett Marsh

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Little Sippewissett Marsh Snapshot

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Supporting Data

Little Sippewissett Marsh: Site LSM1

(41.5768904, -70.64108757)

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Average of Lowest 20%

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Bay Health data is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.