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Conservation Links
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Other pages that might be interesting:


Westford's Conservation Trust.

Massachusetts Audubon Society.



According to the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Westford is home to five rare species:



Scientific Name
Common Name
Type
Status
Ambystoma Laterale
Blue-Spotted Salamander
Amphibian
Special Concern
Botaurus Lentiginosus
American Bittern
Bird
Endangered
Clemmys Guttata
Spotted Turtle
Reptile
Special Concern
Crangonyx Aberrans
Mystic Valley Amphipod
Crustacean
Special Concern
Emydoidea Blandingii
Blanding's Turtle
Reptile
Threatened


Also at this site is information on the number of certified vernal pools in each town in Massachusetts. Westford has 88 certified vernal pools, a number only exceeded by Hubbardston's 266. If you are interested in vernal pools, you will like 'The Vernal Pool' site presented by the Vernal Pool Association of Reading Memorial High School.

Still looking? Try these:

Trying to identify a tree? Try Treelink.


Natural Resource Conservation Service, who have an entire page dedicated to Backyard Conservation.

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