Division of Ecological Restoration (DER)

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Restoring and protecting rivers, wetlands, and watersheds in Massachusetts for the benefit of people and the environment 🌱💧

Images of DER staff and partners touring a restoration site
Several people in hard hats and high visibility vests standing near an excavator actively removing a dam.
A large group of people posing outside in the autumn.
A construction site showing a large concrete box culvert being installed with construction workers and an excavator in the background.
ECO One Stop logo.
A person wearing waders stands in water while reading a gauge with a dam in the background.
A person speaking to a large group of people standing outside.
A stream running through fallen logs and rocks with fall foliage and sun beams surrounding.
Construction equipment actively removing a concrete dam as a stream flows in the foreground.
Water flowing out of a small culvert covered in dead leaves. Ghosts and bats have been added to the photo to make it spooky.
A lush wetland.
Four people in waders standing in a stream in front of a large culvert.
A concrete culvert in the process of being installed, with construction equipment and crews in the background.
Two people in high visibility clothing walking near a dam in winter.
A headshot of Bridget with mountains in the background.
Two large cranes and construction equipment in an estuary on a sunny summer day.
ECO OneStop logo.
Two people in high visibility clothing walking near a dam in winter.
A large pile of plastic piping with construction equipment in the background.
A graphic that has a large photo of a group of people talking on a newly created bridge going over a muddy wetland. Text below the photo says “Meet the Buzzards Bay Watershed Restoration Partnership! Lead organization: Buzzards Bay Coalition. Location: Buzzards Bay Region”.
Two people in high visibility clothing walking near a dam in winter.
Water flowing through an undersized culvert while a large truck drives above.
A map of Massachusetts showing significant drought in the Cape Cod Region and Mild Drought on Nantucket.
Construction equipment on a bridge by a wetland.
An excavator digs at rocks making up a small dam.
A frog resting in flooded vegetation.
An excavator in mud by open water.
A group of people stand and crouch around a small culvert looking and writing things down. Everyone is wearing safety vests.
A large snapping turtle is seen just underwater next to a large tree root.
A person in a hat and glasses smiling in front of a cranberry bog with the words "Meet Natalia, DER's new Culvert Replacement Technical Assistance Specialist" overlaid.
A crowd of people in high visibility vests standing around a culvert listening to one person speaking.
A map of Massachusetts that shows the drought status effective June 10, 2025. The Islands Regions is shaded as a Level 1 – Mild Drought. The Cape Cod Region is a Level 2 – Significant Drought and the rest of the regions are a Level 0 – normal.
A stream flowing through lush greenery with an excavator removing a dam in the background.
A stream flowing through a forest with dappled sunlight.
A sign is in front of a large marsh that says “Please keep off the marsh. Environmentally sensitive area.”
A perched culvert has water pouring out of it before falling into a scour pool below.
A map of Massachusetts that shows the drought status effective May 1, 2025. The Southeast and Islands Regions are shaded as a Level 1 – Mild Drought. The Cape Cod Region is a Level 2 – Significant Drought and the rest of the regions are a Level 0 – normal.
A tall dam has water pouring over it. Parts of the impoundment have ice on them and a large brick building runs along one side of the impoundment.
A tall dam has water pouring over it and large boulders at the bottom.
A construction site of a culvert being installed and equipment around it. A transparent box is in the bottom left corner with black text that says “Over $800K awarded to support eight ecological restoration projects”.
A map of Massachusetts that shows the drought status effective April 1, 2025. The Cape Cod Region is shaded as a Level 2 – Significant Drought. The Western, Connecticut River Valley, Northeast, Southeast and Islands Regions are shaded as a Level 1 – Mild Drought. The Central Region is a Level 0 -Normal.
A small tree frog sits on a tree limb.
A channel has water flowing through two bogs and a plastic pipe going underneath a berm.
A large box culvert is under construction to be installed. Excavators are on either side of it and a man is walking past it.
A group of people smile for a photo behind a wall of greenery. White text below says “Meet the Berkshire Clean, Cold, Connected Restoration Partnership! Lead organization: Housatonic Valley Association. Core partners: Hoosic River Watershed Association, Farmington River Watershed Organizations, Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Trout Unlimited, & The Nature Conservancy.”
A photo of water flowing underneath a wide culvert. People are standing along the road looking at the river. Text in the bottom right says “Life lessons from a river” and text at the top says “Bear River Tributary, Ashfield”.
People stand on a bridge of a river cutting through a wetland.
A sign that says “Please stay off Restoration in Progress” is in front of a large pond. Trees and greenery are all around it. Black text at the top says “Happy Earth Day!”
A wooden boardwalk goes over a wetland area with lots of mud around. Three people are talking in a dry spot. Large pockets of water are to the right of them.
Two people stand on the edges of a river holding a tape measure across the river. A white box at the top says “Waders, clipboard, tape, survey rod. River fieldwork Begins. My heart lifts.”
A wide culvert has water coming through it and greenery around. A transparent box is above it with text that says "All questions about the Stream Continuity Request for Responses are due by April 18th at 4:00PM!”.
A wide culvert has water coming through it and greenery around. A transparent box is above it with text that says " Join DER for a grant briefing on our Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance grant opportunity: April 16th, 2025 at 10:30 AM”.