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• Cape Wind  - Provides details about America’s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy: Massachusetts  - Includes extensive information about energy efficiency and renewable energy. Offers details of financial incentives, rules, regulations, policies, related programs and initiatives.
• Energy and Environmental Affairs  - State site offers information about air, water and climate change, land use, habitats and wildlife, energy and clean technologies and waste management.
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Program  - Features recycling information and a pick up date calendar.
• Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act  - Gives details about the regulations, recent decisions and offers forms and instructions for filing documents.
• Massachusetts Environmental Trust  - Manages and dispenses funds to organizations that protect and enhance the water resources in the state.
• Massachusetts Horticultural Society  - Includes information on the New England Spring Flower Show, educational programs, libraries, and special events.
• Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau  - Carries out the day to day responsibilities of regulating pesticides in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Massachusetts State Science Fair  - Features online registration forms and general information on the fair.
• MassWildlife  - Features a list of publications, a calendar of events, and educational resources.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Massachusetts  - Government agency working to understand and predict changes in environment and to conserve, protect, and manage natural resources. Offers extensive information on programs, activities, research centers and laboratories. MS Word document.
• The Nature Conservancy - Massachusetts  - Features information on the activities of the local chapter including sections on forest conservation, ocean sprawl, feature stories, government relations, volunteering and events.
• USGS: Massachusetts Earthquake Information  - Features official government information about earthquakes in the state, together with seismic maps and links to institutions and research topics.
• USGS: Science In Your Backyard: Massachusetts  - Information includes scientific news releases, maps, tools, and real time information about water and earhtquakes in Massachusetts.