Kampoosa Stewardship Committee
The Kampoosa Stewardship Committee (KSC), along with various State and local agencies, conservation groups, and corporate partners, are committed to preserving and restoring Kampoosa Bog to its original state through effective resource management of and education about its drainage basin. The Stewardship Committee was established in 1995.
Kampoosa Stewardship Committee vision and mission
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Kampoosa Bog
The Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin is the largest, most diverse and
pristine calcareous fen in Massachusetts. Because it has remained
relatively undisturbed, the Bog still supports many rare and distinctive
plants and animals.
Kampoosa Bog, located in Stockbridge and Lee,MA,USA is actually a fen with associated surface and calcareous cold ground water. It has a floating mat, an open pond that is a remnant of a glacial lake that once filled the basin, and a zone of shrubs, swampy woods all supporting some 20-plus rare plant species. The Bog and its drainage basin has been declared an Area of Critical Environmental Concern by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts because of the potential threat to its unique ecosystem, highly significant rare and endangered species, and the evidence of human occupation 6000 years ago.
The Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Program was established in 1975 when the Massachusetts Legislature authorized and directed the Secretary of Environmental Affairs to identify and designate areas of critical environmental concern to the Commonwealth and to develop policies for their acquisition, protection, and use. ACEC designation is reserved for places in Massachusetts that receive special recognition because of the quality, uniqueness and significance of their natural and cultural resources. The Kampoosa Bog Drainage Basin is one of 28 ACECs located throughout the state. ACEC designation creates a framework for local and regional stewardship of critical resources and ecosystems.