New England Wind Offshore Wind Energy Project: Amendment #1 (MA)

In 2024, the "Memorandum of Agreement Ampong the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation, the Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the New England Wind Offshore Wind Energy Project (Lease Number OCS-A 0534)" was executed. In accordance with Stipulation XVIII, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is proposing an amendment to capture the recent lease segregation as well as several changes resulting from consultation with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. 

Allston I-90 Multimodal Project (MA)

The Federal Highway Administration, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, is proposing a multimodal transportation improvement project in Allston within the I-90 Interchange corridor, the vacant former CSX rail yard, the commuter rail line corridor, and along Soldier's Field Road and the Paul Dudley White Path adjacent to the Charles River.

Thacher Island Association

Preservation of the Cape Ann Light Station

The Thacher Island Association (TIA) was formed in 1980 to preserve the Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, which is located about three miles offshore of Rockport, Massachusetts.  The island is notable for having two lighthouses located approximately 300 yards apart that are America’s last operating twin lighthouses. The Cape Ann Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001.

Friends of Burial Hill

Volunteer Program

Friends of Burial Hill was founded in 2010 to help preserve one of the country's earliest English colonial burying grounds. Located at the site of the original settlement established by the Mayflower passengers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the land became the community's principal burial ground. The earliest extant grave marker is dated 1681. Mayflower passengers, Revolutionary leaders, and more than 140 veterans from four wars are among the notable people interred at Burial Hill.

New Bedford Historical Society

Preservation of the Nathan and Mary Johnson House

Since 1996, the New Bedford Historical Society was been working to preserve and celebrate the heritage of African Americans, Cape Verdeans, Native Americans, West Indians, and other people of color in New Bedford, Massachusetts. One of the group’s signature accomplishments has been the acquisition and preservation of the Nathan and Mary Johnson House. Home to antebellum African American entrepreneurs and an Underground Railroad site, it also was the first home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass upon his escape from slavery.

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