New England Grassroots Environment Fund

Group Resources

War on the Wetlands Article
Water Conditions in Massachusetts
Sudbury Acquatic Habitat Study
Sudbury Watershed Management Plan

Group Details

Cedar Swamp Conservation Trust’s mission is to protect the Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) of the Cedar Swamp ACEC. These waters and their wetland habitat are a vital resource to a significant population in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Both private and Town drinking water wells are local to the swamp. In addition to the beauty of its own 2000 acres, the Swamp is the headwaters of the Sudbury River, which offers recreational and aesthetic value for miles. The mission is accomplished through advocacy, raising awareness of the role these resources have in our lives and what impacts the quality of these resources, and research and data collection from the resource area to be used in educational and advocacy work.

The group’s successes include developing a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) to do water quality sampling in the Upper Sudbury River Watershed and achieving recognition from State Agencies for input on water-related projects.

The group, located in Westborough (MA) received its latest NEGEF grant in March 2008 to continue to ongoing projects: stream flow monitoring on several brooks which are tributaries to the Cedar Swamp and to use data obtained through monitoring to oppose a planned wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Hopkinton at a location which will impact the water quality in the Whitehall Brook.