The continuing effort to protect the Buzzards Bay watershed is getting a $210,924 boost in the form of a federal grant. The Baker-Polito Administration made the announcement on Wednesday.

The grant will be divvied up among several towns, including Rochester, Mattapoisett and Marion, and used to protect habitat and drinking water and provide passage for migratory fish species. The grants are being matched by $114,447 in municipal and private contributions and will focus on permanently protecting or restoring habitat, as well as promoting passive recreation.

Mattapoisett and Rochester will receive $35,000 each to work with the Buzzards Bay Coalition to protect 164-acres of land straddling the Rochester-Mattapoisett boundary. The properties, with frontage on Branch Brook, lie within a drinking water recharge area, are designated as habitat for rare species, contain extensive wetlands, have frontage on Branch Brook and abut existing protected lands owned by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game and the Mattapoisett Water Department.

Rochester is also getting $25,000 to work with the Rochester Land Trust to purchase and permanently protect an 18.27-acre property along the Mattapoisett River. The property is designated habitat for rare species, contains extensive wetlands, has frontage on the Mattapoisett River and abuts existing protected lands.

Marion will receive $10,924 to remove an obstruction to fish passage on Borden Brook, which runs through Grassi Bog. Borden Brook is an existing American eel run and has the potential to support other fish species, including herring. The town will remove an existing culvert and replace it with a larger culvert that will mimic natural stream channel conditions and provide unimpeded fish passage.

Gov. Charlie Baker praised the preservation projects, calling them “forward-thinking.” State Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) also expressed his support of the funding.

“I have a strong and continued interest in protecting the watershed and the water quality of Buzzards Bay,” he said. “I am pleased that this funding will go towards preserving and maintaining the quality of this important natural resource and promote conservation measures throughout the region.”