Dave Brown, noted wildlife specialist in the Boston area will present a program on Wildlife at Alewife. He has reconnoitered the area for years and knows its habitat and ecological value. He also understands the 130 acre DCR managed Reservation as an entire ecosystem, which he calls the "Alewife Ecosystem". Despite over-development around and in the urban wild floodplain, the area functions successfully as a wildlife refuge for Belmont, Arlington and Cambridge and for the entire Mystic River watershed greenway from the Mystic River to Little Pond in Belmont, where otter peruse the banks of the North Trail's Little River to Little Pond, and deer, coyote, fox and mink can be found along with over 90 bird species.

Dave will recreate for participants the high environmental value of these wild creatures and their Reservation habitat for humans and non-humans, and their rarity.

The Alewife Reservation is a major environmental educational resource for universities, schools and passive recreation, and the municipal and global need for strong conservation protections, if we are to conserve ourselves for today and for future climate change impacts, because the Alewife Reservation is an important floodplain to the Mystic River watershed and for protection of down stream communities which reach to the Atlantic ocean.

Dave will show slides and answer questions about the this area hydrologically named, the Upper Alewife Basin.

The event will be held at the Amphitheater, 2nd floor of Lesley University. For more information about directions to Lesley, call, Richard Cranford 617-349-8296. For more information on activities at Alewife Reservation, call Friends of Alewife Reservation, 617-415-1884.

Dave's website is: http://www.dbwildlife.com.