Sources & Links
Partial List of Sources and Links (where available)
- “Biological Survey, Assessment and Management Recommendations for Ayer’s Ponds,” Geosyntec Consultants (November 2015, amended May 2016) https://www.ayer.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif2756/f/uploads/ayer_ponds_final_report_05182016_rfs.pdf
- “Open Space and Recreation Plan,” Town of Ayer, Massachusetts, 2019-2026 Update https://www.ayer.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif2756/f/uploads/open_space_and_recreation_plan_approved_february_27_2019.pdf
- Nashua River Wildlife Association https://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/what-we-do/protect-water-and-land/land-stewardship-overview/wildlife-habitat.html
- “Ayer, Images of America,” Barry E. Schwarzel with the Ayer Historical Commission, Arcadia Publishing, 2012
- “Community Preservation Plan, Fiscal Years 2010-2014,” Community Preservation Act Committee, Town of Ayer, Massachusetts. (Note: An updated Community Preservation Plan, FY 2023-2027, is in the final stage of review and should be finalized in fall 2022.) https://www.ayer.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif2756/f/uploads/plan_fy2010_-_fy2014.pdf
- “Final Massachusetts Integrated List of Waters for the Clean Water Act 2018/2020 Reporting Cycle,” Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and Bureau of Water Resources. https://www.mass.gov/doc/final-massachusetts-integrated-list-of-waters-for-the-clean-water-act-20182020-reporting-cycle/download
- Conservation Analysis for Shaker Road subdivision, Oxbow Associates, Inc., December 5, 2018, submission to Ayer Conservation Commission
- Ayer Ponds – 2021 Year End Report, Water & Wetland, November 2021 – Report issued to Conservation Commission following completion of 2021 annual aquatic vegetation management program on Sandy, Flannagan, and Pine Meadow ponds.
- The Massachusetts Paddler https://www.massachusettspaddler.com