Happenings
Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Site Improvements
This multi-phase project supports Mass Audubon’s long-term salt marsh restoration efforts, enhancing resilience against sea level rise. Phase 1: Identified wetland resource areas and access points for restoration, addressing runnels, ditches, standing water, and upland entry. Phase 2: Assisted in permitting the partial removal of a deteriorating dam, improving tidal flow and initiating gradual water…Read More
Bolton Master Plan Creation
BSC has guided the Town of Bolton and worked in partnership with the Master Plan Steering Committee to update the Town’s Master Plan. The updated Master Plan included elements required by M.G.L.c.41, §81D and ensured consistency with regional planning efforts. A robust public engagement process including an interactive mapping exercise, charette, and online survey helped…Read More
Building Community Resilience Through Planting Miyawaki Forests
The City of Worcester was awarded a grant through the Commonwealth’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program, administered by the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). BSC planners and landscape architects assisted the City with the design and planting of two Miyawaki Forests, as well as the design of two additional CoolPockets –…Read More
Shores of Change: Climate Resiliency Outreach for Coastal Floodplains and Wetlands
BSC worked with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to develop effective and visually engaging multimedia products to explain: Purpose and functionality of coastal floodplains How they support climate resilience, and prevent or minimize storm damage and flooding Why protecting and restoring coastal floodplains is crucially important…Read More
Stow Acres Climate Resilience Master Plan
The Stow Acres Climate Resilience Master Plan manages the challenges of a changing climate by restoring hydrological function, ecological diversity, and natural resource management in Stow, MA. In developing the plan, BSC incorporated Nature-based Solutions (NbS) with the following goals in mind: Increasing the property’s ecological diversity Replacing the driving range on the golf course…Read More
Greening Lord Pond Plaza
Greening Lord Pond Plaza is a climate-resilient redevelopment project designed to address urban heat island effects, flooding, and biodiversity through nature-based solutions. The project also responds to community-identified needs by creating a new public gathering space, improving pedestrian and vehicular safety, and supporting existing and future downtown businesses. BSC partnered with the Town of Athol…Read More
Apple Country Ecological Climate Resiliency and Carbon Planning Assessment
BSC Group led a multi-disciplinary team to complete an Ecological Climate Resiliency and Carbon Planning and Assessment effort, made possible through the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program. The project aimed to assess and analyze ecological resources and provided recommendations with attention to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the Towns of Bolton and Harvard and the Devens…Read More
ResilientMA Climate Change Clearinghouse Website
Access to climate data is a critical element of planning for and mitigating the impacts of climate change. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) manages a central repository that allows scientists, environmentalists, and engineers to retrieve current data as it emerges. This clearinghouse, originally modelled after another state’s similar website, outgrew…Read More
MBTA Pump Room Infrastructure and Vulnerability Assessments
BSC Group worked with Mott MacDonald to implement actions identified following a 2019 vulnerability assessment on MBTA’s pump station infrastructure. Following the identification and assessment of existing water pump stations located throughout the MBTA service region, BSC was tasked with the programmatic development of a prioritization initiative, intended to obtain permits from the US Environmental…Read MorePages: