Campsite fees, visitation fees and seasonal restrictions vary from site to site. In some cases, campsites can be reserved in advance. For detailed information on a particular location, please contact that recreation site directly.

Find Recreation Areas with Camping Activities

Find and Reserve a Camping Spot
What do we mean by Camping?
RecML, the recreation standard that is being developed, describes camping as:

camping in developed sites, resorts, cabins; primitive camping, backpacking, overnight camping, modern camping; and camping in yurts, teepees, tipis, and tents
Practice Good Stewardship of our Public Lands:
You can help to take good care of our public lands so that others may enjoy these areas for years to come by practicing some of the following actions:

Don't Litter... take along a trash bag or other receptacle for collecting your trash so that you can deposit it in the proper trash receptacle.

Make sure that you are using the correct type of camping equipment permitted in that area. Check with your destination ahead of time for seasonal fire or campstove restrictions that may be in place.

Don't camp in areas where you are not permitted. These areas have been declared "off limits" to campers to protect wildlife, vegetation, or for your safety.
Safety While Camping:

* Check with local park, forest, or public lands agents to see what precautions need to be taken in regard to storing food away from wildlife
* Do not feed the local wildlife
* Take precautions against camping in an area that may be dangerous in the case of sudden flash floods. Check with local rangers to find a safe and legal camping area
* Remember to take along non-perishable food that won't make you ill if it spoils
* Be courteous and remember that you are sharing public lands with other campers and recreationists
* Do not camp on unauthorized areas
* Bring along extra safety items such as water, flashlights, maps, and a cellphone or radio

To request a curbside scrap metal recycling collection

Curbside scrap metal collections are free, and are made on your regular recycling day. However, pickups must be arranged in advance of your recycling day.

1. Make an itemized list of all of the scrap metal items you want us to collect.

2. Call our Customer Service Center at 3-1-1 (out-of-County: 240-777-0311, TTY: 240-773-3556) before 11:00 a.m. on the business day before your recycling collection day. Requests received after 11:00 a.m. will be scheduled for the following week.

3. Set your metal items at the curb by 7 a.m. on your recycling day; do not put your scrap metal items in your blue bin.

air conditioner, clothes washer, metal siding, and refrigerator
We accept these scrap metal items in our curbside collections

Curbside scrap metal items may be up to 8 feet long. Longer items will not fit into the collection trucks.

Examples of the household metals items we accept curbside are:

* large household appliances
o including dishwashers, clothers washers, clothes dryers, air conditioners, humidifiers, stoves, wall ovens, microwave ovens, etc.
* bicycles
* cabinets
* doors
* fencing, chain link and wire
o Fencing must be rolled up and free of rust.
* grills
* iron furniture and railings
* lawnmowers
o Empty the mower of all fuel and oil fluids and remove batteries (if relevant) before placing it at the curb for pickup.
o Our curbside program cannot pick up riding mowers.
* metal sheds
o Sheds must be disassembled.
* shower stalls
* aluminum lawn chairs
* refrigerators/freezers
o By law, you must remove the doors before setting refrigerators and freezers out at the curb for collection -- we cannot accept units with doors still attached.
* swing sets
o Swing sets must be disassembled and without concrete on legs.

On July 10, 2007, New Ventures Associates, LLC appealed the MassDEP's June 12, 2007 final decision on New Ventures April 25, 2007 Litter Control Plan for the Crow Lane Landfill. As discussed below, on May 2, 2007, MassDEP had previously approved the plan. By letter dated May 21, 2007 New Ventures had requested that the MassDEP reconsider the conditions imposed by the May 2, 2007 decision. The MassDEP's June 12, 2007 decision approved the Litter Control Plan subject to the conditions that New Ventures:

* Place and maintain on active areas of the landfill at the end of each working day at least one of the following: (a) not less than six (6) inches of soil that does not contain any C & D Fines and Residuals, solid waste, or litter; (b) impervious tarps; or (c) poly sheeting at least 11 millimeters thick.
* Inspect the landfill and off-site abutting areas at the beginning of each workday for litter and remove any excessive litter identified during this inspection by the end of that workday. Record the inspection(s) and the removal of the litter daily, and place and maintain the record onsite in the facility's records.