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Pre-RFPEnvironmental ServicesDetected Jun 24, 2026

The Monson Conservation Commission is holding a continued public hearing on a Notice of Intent for an Ecological Restoration Limited Project at the Monson Cedar Swamp Conservation Area, centered on 200 Cedar Swamp Road. The project includes daylighting a culvert within riverfront area, bank, and land under waterbodies and waterways, implementing planned forest stewardship activities within bordering vegetated wetlands, and establishing staging areas within the buffer zone. The applicant is the Town of Monson, with property owned by the Town and the Norcross Wildlife Foundation, indicating a municipally led ecological restoration effort that will require specialized design, permitting, construction, and habitat management services. No contractor has been selected in the agenda, so the scope is still in the regulatory review and planning phase. Vendors in ecological restoration, culvert/stream restoration, forestry, and environmental consulting could help the town refine design, phasing, and construction approaches compliant with Massachusetts wetlands regulations.

Work spans multiple parcels: Town of Monson parcels (Maps 121, 122, 123) and Norcross Wildlife Found...

Town of MonsonEcological restoration and culvert daylighting at Cedar Swamp Area

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Environmental Services

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Capital plan & early discussion

Next 1–2 Q

Scoping & vendor outreach window

6–18 mo

RFP / solicitation posted

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Award & contract

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