Winthrop's Drinking Water Threatened by Logging Around the Quabbin

Winthrop and dozens of other Massachusetts communities have depended on the Quabbin Reservoir for clean, safe drinking water for decades.

The state takes protection of the Quabbin Reservoir so seriously that its rules prevent camping, horseback riding or even walking your dog within the reservoir's grounds.

So then why should we open up the Quabbin Reservoir to massive diesel-spewing logging trucks?

Last summer, tens of thousands of Bay Staters joined our campaign to protect the Quabbin Reservoir from clear-cut logging. We won a temporary moratorium on logging in the watershed, which acts as a priceless natural filter for the water on which more than 2 million people throughout the Commonwealth rely.

But the temporary moratorium is just that -- temporary.

You can help make sure there are permanent protections in place for the drinking water the Quabbin Reservoir supplies Winthrop and over 40 other cities and towns in Massachusetts by writing to Gov. Patrick today. In the next few months, Gov. Deval Patrick will make a decision to permanently protect the Quabbin watershed, or allow more logging.

We're calling on Gov. Patrick's administration to make the logging ban permanent and protect watersheds throughout the Commonwealth by placing them off-limits to logging. Together, we can permanently protect the Quabbin from all threats and let Gov. Patrick know that logging around our largest source of drinking water is not worth the risk.

Stand up for Winthrop's drinking water today -- contact Gov. Patrick to support Environment Massachusetts' campaign for a permanent ban on logging in the Quabbin Reservoir.