

MA 4. Hockamock Swamp. Acreage: 6000. 



Location: Bristol County; Taunton Quadrangle; 3-4 miles N of Taunton; 

 reached via Rt. 138. 



Description: An extensive cedar swamp, one of the few remaining white cedar 

 swamps in the state. 



Encroachments: Attempts to purchase area have been thwarted by local busi- 

 ness interests who wish to fill around the perimeter for industrial development. 



Ownership: Presumably private. 



Data source: Warren W. Blandin, Division of Fisheries and Game, Field 

 Headquarters, Westboro, Mass. 01581. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Louis Schlotterbeck, District Manager, Mas- 

 sachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game, Bourne, Mass. 02532; Norman 

 Cousins, Department of Natural Resources, 100 Cambridge St., Boston, Mass. 

 02202. 



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