CAPS: Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System

Data

This page contains maps for each city and town in Massachusetts pertaining to the November 2011 comprehensive statewide CAPS analysis.

Index of Ecological Integrity maps have been completed for all communities in Massachusetts. These maps and GIS data are for information only and are not referenced by any regulatory program.

MassDEP Important Habitat Data:

MassDEP recently adopted a new approach to wildlife habitat management via assessment and mapping of important wildlife habitat for use in wetland protection review and permitting. This approach utilizes CAPS to create a set of maps that depict "Habitat of Potential Regional or Statewide Importance." The habitat maps available from this application for all communities in Massachusetts were specially created to meet MassDEP specifications to support regulatory review under the Wetlands Protection Act.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Kevin McGarigal
Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts
304 Holdsworth Natural Resources Center
Box 34210, Amherst, MA 01003
Fax: (413) 545-4358; Phone: (413) 577-0655
Email: mcgarigalk@eco.umass.edu