Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) Totally Explained

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The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Under Governor Mitt Romney, the MDC and DEM were merged to form the DCR. As of May 23 2007 the Commissioner of the DCR is Rick Sullivan.

Mission

The DCR's mission statement, according to its website

is as follows:
ť To protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources.

Structure

The DCR is divided into four divisions, as follows:

Division of State Parks and Recreation

The Division of State Parks and Recreation is responsible for the maintenance and management of over of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Division of State Parks and Recreation are some 29 campgrounds, over 2,000 miles of trails, 87 beaches, 37 swimming, wading, and spray pools, 62 playgrounds, 55 ballfields, and of paved bike and rail trails.

List of parks

Division of Urban Parks and Recreation

The Division of Urban Parks and Recreation is responsible for the maintenance and management of a variety of environments within the Greater Boston area, including urban wilds, historic sites, and other naturally aesthetic or significant environmental properties.

Division of Water Supply Protection

The Division of Water Supply Protection is responsible for the protection and management of drinking supply watersheds for the Greater Boston area. This division monitors lakes and ponds, well drillers, and rainfall throughout the Commonwealth.

Division of Planning and Engineering

The Division of Planning and Engineering provides professional planning, engineering, design, and construction management services in support of DCR properties. The Division is sub-divided into three operating bureaus:

Bureau of Conservation and Recreation Planning

Bureau of Project Design and Management

Bureau of Engineering The Division of Planning and Engineering is responsible for the maintenance of nearly 525 road miles of parkways, 187 bridges, and 340 dams.

List of parkways

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of parkways across the Commonwealth, including:

Alewife Brook Parkway

Arborway

Birmingham Parkway

Blue Hills Parkway

Blue Hills Reservation Parkways

Boylston Street (Back Bay sections)

Breakheart Reservation Parkways

Cambridge Parkway

Carey Circle

Charles River Reservation Parkways

Charles Street (Charles Cir. to Leverett Cir.)

Chestnut Hill Drive

William J. Day Boulevard

Fellsmere Connector Parkways

Fellsmere Park Parkways

Fenway

Fresh Pond Parkway

Furnace Brook Parkway

Jamaicaway

Lynnway

Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways

Morton Street

Mount Greylock Summit Road

Mount Wachusett Summit Road

Mystic Valley Parkway

Nahant Beach Boulevard

Nantasket Avenue

Neponset Valley Parkway

North Beacon Street (Brighton & Watertown sections)

Norumbega Road (Weston)

O'Brien Highway

Old Harbor Reservation Parkways

Old Colony Parkway

Park Drive

Parkman Drive

Quincy Shore Drive

Recreation Road (Weston)

Revere Beach Boulevard

Revere Beach Parkway

Riverway

Stony Brook Reservation Parkways

VFW Parkway

Winthrop Shore Drive

List of bridges

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of bridges across the Commonwealth, including:

Storrow Drive Tunnel

Woods Memorial Bridge

Neponset River Bridge

General Edwards Bridge

General Edwards Electrical Upgrade

B. U. Bridge

Mystic Valley Parkway over Alewife Brook

River Street at Mother Brook

Casey Overpass

Bridge 23 Revere Beach Parkway over B & M, Corporation Way

McCarthy Overpass

Bowker Overpass

Hammond Pond Parkway Bridge/MBTA

Alewife Brook Parkway Bridge over MBTA

Winthrop Avenue Bridge

Casassa Overpass

Gilmore Bridge

Charles Circle 57B

Eliot Bridge

Anderson Memorial Bridge (aka Larz Anderson Bridge)

West Roxbury Parkway at Conrail

River Street Bridge over Charles River Repairs

Revere Beach Pkwy/State Road

Beades Bridge

Leverett Circle Tunnel

Riverside Park Pedestrian Bridge

Pleasure Bay Pedestrian Bridges

BU. Pedestrian Bridge

Watertown Pedestrian Bridge

Leo Martin Golf Course Pedestrian Bridge

List of dams

The Division of Planning and Engineering manages and/or operates a number of dams across the Commonwealth, including:

Irish Dam (Grafton)

Moose Hill Reservoir Dam (Spencer)

Pontoosuc Lake Dam (Pittsfield)

Unionville Pond Dam (Holden)Further Information

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