Offered by Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation and the Cambridge Water Department
Wednesday, February 4: Humans and Wildlife: The New Imbalance by Jim Sterba, author of "Nature Wars" (Cambridge Public Library)
Thursday, February 19: Reservation Exploration for Families with Ranger Jean (two separate programs, morning and afternoon)
Friday, February 20: Reservation Exploration for Families with Ranger Jean (two separate programs, morning and afternoon)
Monday, February 23: Eyes on Algae at Fresh Pond with Julie Coffey (rescheduled from Jan 26)
Saturday, February 28: Evergreen Tree Identification Workshop with Ranger Jean
A complete description with registration information is posted on the Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation website at http://www.friendsoffreshpond.org/upcomingprograms.htm
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- An Urban Gem - Alewife Reservation Nature Preserve
- Envisioning The Silver Maple Forest
- History and Policies of Cambridge, Belmont, and DEP
- Storm Water Wetlands
- Friends of Alewife Reservation brochure
(front, back) - Technical Analysis of Upper Alewife Basin
- Watershed: An Excursion in Four Parts
- The River Is A Restless Spirit: Life in the floodplain forest
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Assessment of Silver Maple forest for DEP Adjudicatory hearings and
Patrick Fairbairn, author of the Assessment - Community Native Garden Flora
The
Alewife Reservation
is a unique natural resource for the communities of Belmont, Arlington and Cambridge
and home to hundreds of species, including hawks, coyotes beavers, snapping turtles, wild turkeys and muskrats,
the reservation is a unique natural resource for the community.
Historical information (Powerpoint)
Friends of Alewife Reservation works to protect and restore this wild area and the surrounding area for the water quality, native plants, animals and over 90 bird species with paths for walking, running and biking, recreation, and for classroom education and research. We regularly steward and preserve the Reservation area for wildlife and for the enjoyment of present and future generations.
(video)
By-Laws
About Friends of Alewife Reservation
Statement of Purpose
Citizen Forester newsletter archive
The Birds of the Cambridge Region of Massachusetts
by William Brewster 1906
Nuttal Ornithological Society
Biodiversity Study of Alewife Reservation Area: Species, Habitat, Ecosystems
Inventories by David Brown, wildlife assessor (2003, 2004.) Published by and available from FAR for $10. Write or call for your copy. (sample)
Updated Dave Brown Inventories (2008, 2010)
Inventories of Alewife Reservation Wetland Plants by Walter Kittredge, Botanist (2013)