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Active Federal Aid Projects, Studies (Work Plans),
Jobs and Items Under the Federal Aid Program as of 1 July 1990

Dingell- Johnson (D-J) Pro.iects

F-34-D - Statewide Fisheries Development -

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 23, $300,000
(225,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June

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Electric control panel and turbine pump
Sunderland Hatchery

General repairs - Sandwich, Sunderland,
Palmer and Bitzer Hatcheries
Equipment, supplies and development
materials for McLaughlin, Sunderland,
Bitzer and Sandwich

Improve access at Squannacook, Quashnet,
Swift and Mattapoisett Rivers
Maintain boat ramp facilities at West
Monponsett Pond, Baker Pond, Loon Pond,
Sheep Pond, Moore's Pond, Laurel Lake,
Richmond Pond, Snipatuit Pond, Great
Herring Pond, Cliff Pond and Flax Pond
Improve access to John's Pond, College
Pond and Ashumet Pond; install pads at
Great Herring Pond, Cliff Pond,
Monponsett Pond, Tispaquin Pond and
Snipatuit Pond
Stream improvement at Swift ,
Squannacook, and Quashnet Rivers,
Bronson Brook, Wachusett tributaries,
Whalom Pond, Wequaquet Pond, and
Maussert's Pond

Post special regulations signs at
Deerfield and Westfield Rivers
Investigate fish kills
Release, rear or procure for release
landlocked salmon, Northern pike, tiger
muskies, walleyed pike, smallmouth bass,
smelt eggs, brown trout (sea-run)

F-44-R - Fisheries Survey and Inventory

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 12, $466,000
($349,500 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June 1994.

Study I - Quabbin Reservoir Investigations

Job 1 - Smelt Stock Assessment

Job 4 - Creel Survey of Quabbin Reservoir

Job 6 - Effect of Aluminum - mobilization on Lake Trout

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Study II - Fish Survey of Lakes. Ponds. Rivers and Brooks

Job 1 - Biological Survey of Lakes and Ponds
Job 2 - Biological Survey of Rivers and Brooks

Study III - Sociological Survey of Lakes. Ponds. Rivers and

Brooks

Job 1 - Statewide Angler Creel Survey of Inland Fisheries

Study VI - Chemical Survey of Inland Waters

Job 1 - Chemical Survey of Inland Waters

F-45-R - flnadromollS Fish Investigations -

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 9, $244,000
($183,000 Federal share), current AFA expires 30 June 1992

Study I - Connecticut River Anadromous Fish Investigations

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries arid Wildlife

Job 3 - Connecticut River Technical Assistance

Job 10 - Rearing Atlantic Salmon at Reed State Hatchery

Massachusetts Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

Job 1 - Holyoke Fish Passage Facility

Job 2 - Turners Falls Fish Passage Facility

Job 4 - Shad Harvest - Holyoke

Job 13 - Atlantic Salmon Habitat Estimation

Study II - Merrimack River Anadromous Fish Investigations

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Job 1 - Essex Dam Fish Passage Facility
Job 2 - Pawtucket Dam Fish Passage Facility
Job 3 - Merrimack River Technical Assistance

F-46-L - Supplemental Fisheries Land and Access Acquisition -
current AFA expires 31 December 1993.

Segment 2 - Hodge property in Becket - abeyant

Segment 3 - Aikens property in Ashland - renews 1 July;

current segment for $544,000 ($408,000

Federal share)

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Segment 4 - Galusha property in Williamstown - renews 1 Jan. ;

current segment for $628,000 ($471,000 Federal

share ) : and

Farrington property in Williamstown - renews
1 Jan.: current segment for $288,000
($216,000 Federal share).

F-47-F - Aqnatin RRsnurnps Rrhmation Project

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 5 $264,000 ($198,000
Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June 1991; includes
$140,000 ($105,000 Federal share) for the Division of Marine
Fisheries (DMF).

Job 1 - Administration

Job 2 - Volunteer Training and Motivation
Job 3a- Production of Educational Material
Job 3b- Project WILD Supplies
Job 4 - Public Appearances and Displays
Job 5 - Production of Education Material (DMF)
Job 6 - Youth Education in Conservation and Marine
Recreational Fishing (DMF)

F-48-R - (DMF) Marine Recreational Fisheries Survey

renews 1 January; current segment year No. 4, $138,500
($103,875 Federal share); current AFA expires 31 December
1990.

Job 1 - Intercept Survey

Job 2 - Telephone Survey

Job 3 - Data Processing and Report Preparation

Job 5 - Economic Survey - Analyses and Report

Job 6 - Data Consolidation and Report

F-49-T - (DMF) Technical Assistance in Marine Recreational

Fi shfirj fts Management. -

renews 1 January; current segment year No. 4, $300,000
($225,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 31 December
1990

Job 1 - Technical Assistance to Recreational Fisheries

Management Agencies
Job 2 - Technical Assistance to Environmental, Health and

Access Agencies
Job 3 - Technical Assistance to Private Sector Agencies
Job 4 - Technical Assistance to Administration

F-50-D - Massachusetts Recreational Boating Accommodation Project
segments activated as acquisitions and/or developments
occur. Current segment No . 2 - Development of Access
Facility at Back River, Weymouth, $360,000 ($270,000 Federal
share); current AFA expires 30 September 1991.

F-55-R - Winter Flounder Management Plan Development

renews 1 September; current segment year No. 2, $45,000
($33,750 Federal share); current AFA expires 31 August 1991

Job 1 - Winter Flounder Management Plan Development

F-100-R - Connecticut River Basin Anadromous Fish Restoration.

Coordination and Technical Assistance

renews 30 September; current segment year No. 8, $5,000
($3,750 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 September
-1992. Coordinator is an employee of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.

Study I - Coordination and Technical Assistance

Job I - Coordination and Technical Assistance

F- -L - Land Acquisition. Rivers and Streams

inactive; AFA not yet approved; may be activated at
discretion of Division administration

Combined Pittman-Robertson and Dinge 11- Johnson (P-R/D-J^ Projects

FW-2-C - Fish and Wildlife Federal Aid Program Administration
renews 1 October; current segment year No. 14, $96,000
($72,000 Federal share); 50% P-R, 50% D-J; current AFA
expires 30 September 1991.

FW-9-T - Technical Assistance in Fisheries and Wildlife

renews 1 January; current segment year No. 9; $140,000
($105,000 Federal share); 20% P-R, 80% D-J; current AFA
expires 31 December 1993.

Study I - Technical Assistance to Federal, Interstate and
State Government Agencies

Job 1 - Technical Assistance to Federal, Interstate and
State Government Agencies

Study II - Technical Assistance to Municipal or Town
Conservation Commissions

Job 1 - Technical Assistance to Municipal or Town
Conservation Commissions

Study III - Technical Assistance to Private Organizations
or Individuals

Job 1 - Technical Assistance to Private Organizations
or individuals

Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Pro.iects

W-9-D - Statewide Wildlife Development -

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 43, $680,000
($510,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June

1995

Buildings

Dams and Dikes

Bridges

Roads and Trails

Public Use Facilities

Signs

Tree and Shrub Plantings

Herbaceous Seeding

Clearing

Vegetation Control

Timber Management; includes

forest/wildlife planning - (MCWRU)

Nest Structures

Water Level Management

Project Administration

Managed Public Hunts

Custodial Functions

Miscellaneous Approved Activities,

including 34a - Equipment Repairs and

Maintenance; 34b - Release and Prune .

Apple Trees; 34c - Gate repair

W-35-R - Game Population Trend and Harvest Survey

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 33, $400,000
($300,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June 1995

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Study I - Statewide Game Harvest

Job 1 - Statewide Game and Furbearer Harvest

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Job 2 - Statewide Beaver Harvest

Job 6 - Statewide Otter (and Fisher) Investigations1
Job 7 - Bobcat Harvest and Evaluation
Job 8 - Coyote Investigations and Harvest Survey-
Job 11- Statewide Furbearer Tallies
Job 13- Furbearer Population Models (MCWRU)
Job 14- Fisher Harvests
Job 15- Fox Harvest Investigations
Job 16- Furbearer Management Surveys
Job 17- Mink Harvests Investigations

Study II - Massachusetts White-tailed Deer Study

Job 1 - Statewide Deer Harvest

Job 2 - Non-hunting Deer Mortality

Job 3 - Deer Fertility Studies

Job 4 - Deer Management Recommendations

Job 7 - Deer Habitat Evaluation

Job 8 - Movements and Habitat Use of White-tailed Deer

Fawns in Western Massachusetts (MCWRU)
Job 9 - Mortality of White-tailed Deer Fawns in Western

Massachusetts (MCWRU)

Study III - Census and Banding of Game Birds and Mammals

Job 1 - Mourning Dove Census
Job 2 - Bobwhite Quail Census
Job 3 - Woodcock Census

Study IV - Wild Turkey Restoration Study

Job 3 - Turkey Range and Harvest Evaluation

Study VI - Black Bear Study

Job 1 - Black Bear Distribution and Harvest Investigations
Job 6 - Response of Bears to Habitat and Land Use Changes
(MCWRU)

Study XII - Trap Study Evaluation

Job 2 - Trap Standards Committee
Study XXIII - New England Cottontail Restoration

Job 1 - Trap and Transplant of New England Cottontails

Title will in the future become - Statewide Otter
Investigations; (see Job 14, Fisher Harvests)

Study XXV - Furbearer Habitat Research

Job 1 - Wetland/Beaver Complex Management

Job 2 - Important Furbearer Habitat Investigation

Study XXVI - Investigation in Reduction of Wildlife /Human
Conflicts

Job - Title not assigned

Study XXVII - Investigations of Wildlife Pathogens and
Epizootics

Job - Title not assigned

W-40-R - Cooperative Waterfowl Banding Pro.iect

renews 1 January; current segment No. 26, $4,500 ($3,375
Federal share), current AFA expires 31 December 1990.

W-42-R - Massachusetts Waterfowl Research Program

renews 1 April; current segment year No. 24, ($192,000
($144,000 Federal share), current AFA expires 31 March 1995

Study II - Coastal and Inland Waterfowl Banding

Job 3 - Preseason Banding

Study IV - Wood Duck Population Study

Job 8 - Wood Duck Production Survey

Job 9 - Experimental Box for Low-use Areas

Study VIII - Waterfowl Tnventn-ry Elighfca

Job 1 - Waterfowl Inventory Flights

Study IX - Atlantic Waterfowl Council Activities

Job 1 - Atlantic Waterfowl Council Activities

Job 2 - Atlantic Waterfowl Council Special Projects

Study XII - Massachusetts Experimental Waterfowl Season

Job 2 - Evaluation of Zoned Experimental Waterfowl Seasons
Job 3 - Experimental Black Duck Harvest Restrictions

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Study XVI - Waterfowl Production Study

Job 2 - Mallard-Black Duck Breeding Survey - pilot study
Job 3 - Mallard-Black Duck Productivity

Study XVII - Project Administration

Job 1 - Project Administration

Study XVIII - Canada Goose Population Study

Job 1 - Canada Goose Parts Collection Survey
• Job 2 - Canada Goose Banding

Job 5 - Canada Goose Migration Survey
Job 6 - Late Season Goose Harvests

Study XIX - North American Waterfowl Management Plan

Job 1 - Habitat Venture
Job 2 - Black Duck Venture
Job 3 - Sea Duck Venture

W-43-D - Hunter Education Training Center Development

renews 1 January; current segment year No. 6, $136,000
($102,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 31 December
1994.

Work Plan I - Renovate the Main Building

Job 5 - Install Janitorial Services Contract

Job 6 - Clean, Scrape, Patch and Paint Inside of Building

and Cover Floors
Job 7 - Rewire all Electrical Circuits
Job 8 - Repair Plumbing and Refurbish Lavatory System

Job 9 - Install Office Equipment, Copy Machine, Dark Room

and Laboratories

a. Copy Machine Rental
Job 12- Install Security System

a. Vault for Firearms

b. Intruder Detection System

Work Plan II - Recondition the Dormitory Building

Job 1 - Upgrade Heating System

a. Install New Hot Water Heater

b. Other Plumbing and Heating
Job 2 - Repair Roof, Gutters, Windows

Job 3 - Repair and Upgrade Lavatory and Shower System
Job 5 - Conform with Safety Codes

b. Update Electrical Wiring and Heating System

Work Plan III - Improve Accessibility of Training Center

Job 1 - Repair and Recondition Access Road
Job 2 - Post Directional Signs to Center

Work Plan IV - Instruction and Improvement in Use of
Hunting Weaponry

Job 1 - Small-bore Rifle Range

Job 2 - Trap Range Development

Job 3 - Archery Range Complex Development

Job 4 - Simulated Hunting Experience Development

W-43-S - Hunter Education Program

renews 1 July; current segment year No. 20, $388,000
($291,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 30 June 1992

Job 1-1 - Administration, Statewide

Job 1-2 - Administration, Regional

Job 2 - Volunteer Instructor Recruitment, Training and

Evaluation
Job 3 - Student Recruitment, Training and Evaluation
Job 4 - Public Awareness
Job 5 - Training Facilities
Job 6 - Advanced Training — Bowhunting; Black Powder;

Trapping; Map, Compass and Survival; Waterfowl

Identification; and steel shot

W-48-L - Supplemental Wildlife Land and Access Acquisition
Pro.iec-h

AFA effective 1 January 1989 and will expire 31 December

1993; no currently active segments

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E-l - Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program

renews 1 January; current segment year No. 8, $22,555
($19,000 Federal share); current AFA expires 31 December
1990.

Study X - Plymouth Red-bellied Turtle Study

Job 1003 - Population Monitoring and Reconnaissance2

Study XII - Piping Plover Studies

Job 1202 - Piping Plover Management Study3

Study XIII - American Burying Beetle Study

Job 1301 - American Burying Beetle Statewide Inventory

Study XIV - Roseate Tern Study

Job 1402 - Roseate Tern Census

Job 1403 - Bird Island Banding Study

Job 1404 - Ram Island Management

Job 1401 - Roseate Tern Recovery Team

Study XV - Sand-plain Gerardia Study

Job 1501 - Sandplain Gerardia Census
Job 1502 - Soil Scarification Experiment

Study XVI - Puritan Tiger Beetle Study

Job 1601 - Larval Habitat Research

Work includes $5,000 contract with private investigator

Work conducted under contract with Massachusetts Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit

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FeHe-ral Funds Bnmimhftred in Active Agreements as of 1 July 1990

Federal Share

Agreement Total
Amount

Dingell- Johnson Program

DFW Fisheries Program
Marine Fisheries
Access-DFW & DMF
DFW-Land Acquisition

$1,299,000
$ 623,500
$ 360,000
SI. 460. 000

$ 974,250
$ 467,625
$ 270,000
$1,095,000

$3,742,500

$2,806,875

Pittman-Robertson Program

Hunter Education
Wildlife Management

$ 524,000
$1,352,500

$ 393,000
$1.014.375

Endangered Species Program
Endangered Species

$1,876,500

$ 22.555

$1,407,375

$ 19.000

Total amount of Federally-
aided project agreements
and Federal funds obligated
as of 1 July 1990

$5,641,555

$4,233,250

Prepared by.

Zffi

R. Stewart McCaig
Federal Aid Program Administrator

Date

1 July 1990