Mission & Preservation Objectives...

The Quisset Harbor Preservation Trust is a not-for-profit environmental organization created to preserve, maintain, protect and enhance the natural environment and related ecosystems of the Quissett Harbor area and to take action to recognize and minimize threats to the overall health of the area. 

The preservation objectives are:

• Preserve and protect the harbor and surrounding habitats to ensure a diverse, balanced, and healthy population of fish, wildlife, and plants. 
   
• Assure that the beneficial uses of the harbor and surrounding habitats, including walking, swimming, sailing, fishing and marine navigation, are maintained improved and protected. 
   
• Restore, monitor, maintain and protect the integrity of the Knob, sustaining the natural habitat and encouraging the vitality of the Knob as a nature preserve. 
   
• Increase our scientific understanding of the harbor and surrounding habitats and use that knowledge to stimulate appropriate public actions. 
   
• Improve water quality by initiating action to eliminate and prevent pollution at its source, and help minimize the discharge of pollutants from all sources. 
   
• Increase public awareness about the Quissett Harbor ecosystems and stimulate public involvement in the maintenance, restoration and protection of the health and natural beauty of the harbor and surrounding habitats. 
   
• Establish partnerships with all appropriate agencies, as well as other environmental interest groups, to achieve these goals.