[Talk-us-massachusetts] (no subject)

[Greg Troxel]

Andy Anderson <aanderson at amherst.edu> writes:

> I assume that landuse=reservoir is for the actual body of water, while
> landuse=reservoir-watershed would be for a protected area of land
> surrounding the reservoir. The latter often has structures on it and
> be in private ownership. It may have additional restrictions imposed
> on its use, e.g. new structures must be even farther from stream beds,
> etc.

And if we are tagging reservoir_watershed that sounds a bit unusual to
me, as usually watershed is about stream flow, and I'm not aware of
state rules that sort of cover everything that might drain into a
reservoir.  But I don't know the rules, and if you do and have the time
to explain them that would be interesting.