The Healey-Driscoll Administration has filed its proposed FY2026 state budget with the Legislature, seeking to bump the State Parks and Operations account (2810-0100) by $2.52 million over the current fiscal year, to $112.56 million.

With testimony at the Department of Conservation and Recreation Stewardship Council and comments on the Public Lands Preservation Act draft regulations, December capped a busy 2024 for Mass Parks for All.

Last month several hundred people attended the 2024 MassTrails Conference for a day of networking, learning, and sharing best practices around all things trails.

A group of trail ambassadors recently rode from Northampton to Boston along the MCRT to highlight the need to finish the 104-mile trail, the longest in New England.

The Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation, MPA's first institutional funder, has renewed its funding support, this time for two years.

On July 29, Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll signed a $57.8 billion FY2025 budget into law, which contains a reasonable increase for DCR.

Your support during this critical time yielded a year of incredible progress — thank you.

Following last month’s release of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s proposal, the Massachusetts House of Representatives is now crafting its proposed budget.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration’s FY2025 budget proposal for DCR is a good spending plan that will continue progress toward a 21st Century state park system.

With state tax revenue down and the Healey-Driscoll Administration making mid-year budget corrections, DCR has largely been spared significant cuts.