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MASSACHUSETTS IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS

The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for public viewing.

#	Name	Status	Priority	Counties
1.	Allens Pond and Westport River Watershed	Recognized	State	Bristol
2.	Appleton Farm	Recognized	State
3.	Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary and West Meadows	Recognized	State
4.	Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge	Recognized	State
5.	Assawompsett Ponds Complex	Recognized	State
6.	Bald Hill Reservation	Recognized	State
7.	Barton's Cove - Poets Seat	Recognized	State
8.	Belle Isle Marsh	Recognized	State
9.	Bird Island	Recognized	State
10.	Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor	Recognized	State
11.	Blue Hills Reservation	Recognized
12.	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Recognized	State
13.	Brewster Ponds and Woodlands	Recognized	State
14.	Brewster-Eastham Flats	Recognized	State
15.	Brush Island	Recognized	State
16.	Bull Hill Fields	Recognized	State
17.	Central Berkshire Lakes	Recognized	State
18.	Chappaquidick Island	Recognized	State
19.	Cumberland Farms	Recognized	State
20.	Daniel Webster WLS and Cherry Hill	Recognized	State
21.	Dead Neck and Sampson's Island	Recognized	State
22.	Delaney Wildlife Management Area	Recognized	State
23.	Eastern Essex County Interior Forest	Recognized	State
24.	Eastern Point/ Gloucester Harbor	Recognized	State
25.	Ellisville Harbor	Recognized	State
26.	Essex County Coastal Bird Islands	Recognized	State
27.	Eugene Moran Wildlife Management Area	Recognized	State
28.	Freetown - Fall River State Forest and Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve	Recognized	State
29.	Fresh Pond	Recognized	State
30.	Graves Farm	Recognized	State
31.	Great Salt Marsh	Recognized	Global
32.	Great Sippewisett Marsh and Black Beach	Recognized	State
33.	Hiram Fox Wildlife Management Area	Recognized	State
34.	Hockomock Swamp	Recognized	State
35.	Holyoke Range	Recognized	State
36.	Hoosic Plateau	Recognized	State
37.	Kalmus Beach Park	Recognized	State
38.	Konkapot and Agawam Marshes	Recognized	State
39.	Lee and Cole Rivers	Recognized	State
40.	Little River Watershed	Recognized	State
41.	Longmeadow Flats	Recognized	State
42.	Lynnfield Marsh	Recognized	State
43.	Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences	Recognized	State
44.	Marblehead Neck	Recognized	State
45.	Massachusetts Military Reservation	Recognized	State
46.	Middlesex Fells	Recognized
47.	Mill Pond and Marshes	Recognized	State
48.	Monomoy and South Beach NWR	Recognized	Global
49.	Montague Sandplains	Recognized	State
50.	Mt. Auburn Cemetery	Recognized	State
51.	Mt. Greylock	Recognized	State
52.	Mt. Watatic	Recognized	State
53.	Myles Standish State Forest	Recognized	State
54.	Mystic River Watershed	Recognized	State
55.	Nahant - Nahant Bay	Recognized	State
56.	Nashua River Watershed	Recognized	State
57.	North River Mouth and Corridor	Recognized	State
58.	Outer Cape Cod (Cape Cod National Seashore)	Recognized	Global
59.	Peat Meadow	Recognized	State
60.	Plymouth and Duxbury Bays	Recognized	Global
61.	Quabbin Reservoir Watershed	Recognized	State
62.	Quaboag	Recognized	State
63.	Ram Island	Recognized	State
64.	Rockport Headlands and Inshore Waters	Recognized	State
65.	Rocky Gutter Wildlife Management Area	Recognized	State
66.	Sandwich Beaches	Recognized	State
67.	Sandy Neck	Recognized	State
68.	Stellwagen Bank	Recognized	State
69.	Stop River	Recognized	State
70.	Sudbury and Foss Reservoirs	Recognized	State
71.	Sudbury/ Concord River Valley	Recognized	State
72.	Upper Housatonic Valley	Recognized	State
73.	Wachusett Mountain	Recognized	State
74.	Wachusett Reservoir	Recognized	State
75.	Ware River Watershed	Recognized	State
76.	West Dennis Beach	Recognized	State
77.	Westover Grassland Complex	Recognized	State
78.	Wompatuck State Park	Recognized	State
79.	Yarmouth Beaches	Recognized	State