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Natural Resources Department 

Natural Resources Officer:
Mark S. Galkowski

Staff:
Dianne Nickerson, Clerk

Contact:
16 Jan Sebastian Drive
Sandwich, MA 02563 
Phone: (508) 888-4200
Fax: (508) 833-0018 
E-mail: naturalresources@townofsandwich.net 

Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

About the Natural Resources Department:
The Natural Resources Department administers the daily workload of the Conservation Commission, acts as the Land Bank Committee contact and negotiator and is entrusted with developing and implementing conservation land management strategies, (including trail development & wildlife habitat diversification); enforcing the Town Wetlands Bylaw, Wetlands Protection Act; shellfish management; alewife (herring) run development and management; oil spill response; enforcing other environmental laws and regulations including shellfishing; fishing; hunting; trapping; and illegal dumping.

The following publications are available at the Natural Resources Department: "Town of Sandwich Conservation Lands Map (currently out of print)"; "Sandwich - A Guide to the Wetland Protection Act;" "Town of Sandwich Conservation and Recreation Land - Trail Map;" and information booklets "Sea Lavender"; "Shellfishing on Cape Cod"; and the "Massachusetts Shellfish Officers Association".