The Mashpee Pine Barrens (MPB) are located in southeastern Massachusetts, in the Town of Mashpee on Cape Cod. MPB also exists as part of the Mashpee New England Cottontail Focus Area by the NEC Technical Committee and also are part of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. The Mashpee Pine Barrens (MPB) is a collection of properties owned by MDFW, the Town of Mashpee, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Nation, and The Nature Conservancy encompassing over 400 acres of pitch pine/scrub oak barrens, oak forest, and Atlantic white cedar swamp habitats. MPB occurs west of Great Neck Road, East of U.S. Route 28, and north of Red Brook Road; Great Hay Road, an unimproved dirt road, bisects MPB.