The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife funded a survey of Lepidoptera inhabiting fire-prone ridge top barrens and savannahs through its Ecological Restoration Program. Mark Mello, Ross Kessler and Brian Frederick conducted this statewide survey. Scrub oak barrens were surveyed on Shatterack Mountain and in Westfield, adjacent to Barnes Airport. Three species listed as rare in Massachusetts were encountered. Other uncommon moth species were encountered.
All species are also affiliates of recently burned areas.
The Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program awarded the Lloyd Center two research contracts through funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Littleville Lake is the dammed portion of the middle branch of the Westfield River forming in part the boundary between the towns of Chester and Huntington as well as Hampden and Hampshire Counties. Mark Mello, Ross Kessler and Brian Frederick conducted inventory work. Three hundred eight species of moths were identified from the Barre Falls Dam area. Two listed species were encountered.