Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 302 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION › Title 302 CMR 12.00 - Parks And Recreation Rules › Section 12.11 - Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties - Hunting, Fishing, Trapping

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Any person who hunts, fishes and traps on
			 DCR property shall comply with M.G.L. chs. 130, 131, and 321 CMR: Division of
			 Fisheries and Wildlife.
(2)
			 Hunting, fishing, and trapping is permitted within the boundaries of any DCR
			 property except those properties or areas listed in 302 CMR 12.11(3) or
			 (4).
(3) Unless authorized by the
			 Commissioner or specifically authorized by law, including the Colonial
			 Ordinances of 1641-47 concerning the intertidal zone, and in compliance with
			 all other laws, no person may hunt or trap on the following DCR properties, or
			 specific sections of the properties listed in 302 CMR 12.11(3)(a) through (qq):
(a) Ames Nowell State Park:
			 Abington;
(b) Arthur Warton Swann
			 State Forest: Monterey;
(c) Ashland
			 State Park: Ashland;
(d) Bates
			 Memorial State Park: Hancock;
(e)
			 Borderland State Park: Sharon, Easton;
(f) Bradley W. Palmer State Park: Hamilton,
			 Ipswich, Topsfield;
(g)
			 Bristol-Blake State Reservation: Norfolk;
(h) Callahan State Park: Framingham,
			 Marlborough, Southborough;
(i) Cape
			 Cod Rail Trail: Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham,
			 Wellfleet;
(j) Captain William K.
			 Webb Memorial State Park: Weymouth (above the high tide line);
(k) Chicopee State Park: Chicopee;
(l) Cochituate State Park: Natick,
			 Framingham, Wayland;
(m) Cushing
			 Memorial State Park: Scituate;
(n)
			 Daughters of American Revolution State Forest: Goshen;
(o) Demarest Lloyd Memorial State Park:
			 Dartmouth;
(p) Dighton Rock State
			 Park: Berkley;
(q) Great Brook Farm
			 State Park: All lands within the Town of Carlisle;
(r) Halibut Point State Park:
			 Rockport;
(s) Hampton Ponds State
			 Park: Westfield;
(t) Hopkinton
			 State Park: Hopkinton, Ashland;
(u)
			 Maudslay State Park: Newburyport;
(v) Mount Everett Reservation: Mount
			 Washington;
(w) Mount Tom State
			 Reservation: Holyoke and Easthampton;
(x) Nickerson State Park: Brewster;
(y) Nobscot Hill Property:
			 Framingham;
(z) Purgatory Chasm:
			 Sutton;
(aa) Quinsigamond State
			 Park: Worcester, Shrewsbury;
(bb)
			 Robinson State Park: Agawam, Westfield, West Springfield;
(cc) Skinner State Park: Hadley, South
			 Hadley;
(dd) Standish Monument
			 State Reservation: Duxbury;
(ee)
			 Heritage State Parks: Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, Roxbury, Holyoke, Fall River,
			 Gardner, Holyoke;
(ff) Wahconah
			 Falls State Park: Dalton, Hinsdale, Windsor;
(gg) Whitehall State Park:
			 Hopkinton;
(hh) Walden Pond State
			 Reservation: Lincoln, Concord;
(ii)
			 All properties in the following municipalities: Arlington, Belmont, Boston,
			 Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Dedham, Dover, Everett,
			 Hingham, Hull, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Nahant, Needham, Newton,
			 Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham,
			 Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Winchester,
			 Winthrop;
(jj) Charles River State
			 Reservation/Medfield State Hospital, Medfield (hunting is prohibited north and
			 east of Route 27, except for bow and primitive arms, which are allowed on the
			 parcel bounded on the northwest by the Charles River, on the northeast by the
			 Conrail tracks, and on the south by Route 27/Hospital Road (excluding the
			 cemetery));
(kk) Mt. Washington
			 State Forest, Mt. Washington (only the area known as the former "Intemann
			 Property");
(ll) No hunting within
			 500 feet of campsites at Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, Petersham
			 (Description of closed area: Beginning at a stake on the northerly side of the
			 Dana-Petersham Road, said stake being the most westerly point of the area to be
			 described, thence following said Dana-Petersham Road in an easterly and
			 southeasterly direction for a distance of 3,500 feet more or less, to a stone
			 bound; thence S 81 21' E 831.77' to a stone bound; thence N 4 13' E 757.73'
			 along a fence to an angle in said fence; thence N 60 13' E 702.33' along said
			 fence to a junction of fences; thence N 83 50' W 436' to a corner of fences;
			 thence N 4 20' E 1772' along a fence and stone wall to an iron pin; thence N 86
			 10' W 1420' to a stake; thence S 50 50' W to the point of beginning. Containing
			 140 acres);
(mm) Harold Parker
			 State Forest, Andover (Description of closed area: All portions of Harold
			 Parker State Forest in the town of Andover, West of Jenkins Road);
(nn) Greylock State Reservation (Description
			 of closed area: Hunting is prohibited within a radius of ¾ miles from
			 the Mount Greylock summit, the area designated by statute as the War Memorial
			 Park. In addition, no hunting shall be allowed from May
			 20th to the day observed by the Commonwealth as
			 Columbus Day);
(oo) Willowdale
			 State Forest, Ipswich and Topsfield (Description of closed area: east of U.S.
			 Highway Route 1);
(pp) Lowell
			 Dracut State Forest, Lowell (Description of closed area: 150 acres included in
			 the Native American Permit area); and
(qq) Wompatuck State Park (Description of
			 closed area: all areas of the park with the exception of the portion of the
			 park known as the "South Group," which is generally located west of Union
			 Street/Mt. Blue Street, south of the Aaron River, and includes the area known
			 as "Prospect Hill".) Special restrictions at Wompatuck State Park:
1. No hunting of deer is permitted;
			 and
2. No person may use any weapon
			 other than a shotgun or bow and arrow for the purpose of taking game, with the
			 exception that for the purpose of raccoon hunting, the firearms regulations of
			 the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife shall apply.