USFWS in Massachusetts - info

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agent yo'range

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Nov 19, 2025, 10:07:46 AM11/19/25
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USFWS has 4 or 5 types of sites - "Each unit of the Refuge System —
whether it is a wildlife refuge, a marine national monument, a
conservation area or a waterfowl production area — is established to
serve a statutory purpose that targets the conservation of native
species dependent on its lands and water. All activities on those
acres are reviewed for compatibility with this statutory purpose." -
per https://www.fws.gov/carp/program/national-wildlife-refuge-system

we also know that some refuges are combined into 'complexes'

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from https://www.fws.gov/locations?type=%5B%22National%20Wildlife%20Refuge%22%5D

United States Fish and Wildlife 'Refuges' in Massachusetts

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge - (978) 465-5753 - 6 Plum Island
Turnpike Newburyport, MA 01950-4315

Thacher Island NWR - in care of Parker River NWR - SE of Rockport MA - offshore

Oxbow NWR - 33-1 Still River Depot Rd in Harvard MA - there does seem
to be a small office and a small garage there

Assabet River NWR - telo number 978 / 562-3527 - HQ for the Eastern
Mass NWR Complex - 680 Hudson Road in Sudbury MA - this seems to be a
building way off in the woods NE of the Mass Fire Academy - Google
Maps might show the wrong location for that address - we dont think
that it is 500 feet from the fire academy - we think it is 1 mile from
the academy

Great Meadows NWR Sudbury Unit - 73 Weir Hill Road in Sudbury MA

Massasoit NWR in Plymouth MA - near Flagg Hill

Mashpee NWR - Great Neck Road South - Mashpee MA

Monomoy NWR - 791 Main St - Chatham MA - 508/945-0594

Nantucket NWR - 107 Wauwmet Road Nantucket MA - 978 / 443-4661

Nomans Land Island NWR - off shore

there might be a different radio channel for each of these sites -
although Nomans Land and Thacher Island might not have any base
stations - they might not have any buildings either - they might not
have any permanent USFWS staff either

unknown if any of the sites have any of their own wildfire fighting
equipment - whether it be a type 6 engine or an atv with a slipon tank
- none of these sites are mentioned on WildWeb afaik

agent yo'range

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Nov 20, 2025, 4:07:47 PM11/20/25
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164.5750 - parker river - per
https://snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Federal_Agencies - ( they might
have very few employees - maybe just 1 FT Park Ranger and 1 seasonal
ranger and summer interns staff the gatehouse - and maybe a dozen
other people in total )

no other freqs listed at sne for fws in mass it seems
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