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2014 News
Mon, April 13, 9am-12noon: Cambridge Court hears Silver Maple forest advocate, attorney, Danny Factor On trial for standing up for trees during clear cutting of over 700

Daniel Factor (in picture, wearing orange jacket) will be on trial in Court (at Middlesex Cambridge Court in Medford) for trespassing charges stemming from 10/27 among 12 others arrested from Cambridge. Danny's trial will highlight the serious undermining of climate adaptation measures and damage to the watershed area and to habitat functions. Daniel is an attorney and a member of the Green Party of Massachusetts. (Danny's Silver Maple Forest page on Facebook) For more information call FAR at 617 415-1884.

Silver Maple Forest

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Fri, Feb 20: Second New England Biodiversity Conference with focus on agriculture and soils

Bristol state college, Southeastern Mass. Feb. 20. (Registration)
Participate and celebrate our finite earth's biodiversity in 2015 during the International Year of the Soils in Southeastern Massachusetts at Bristol State College with planet-enlightened specialists from New England and elsewhere, and municipal leaders, creative farmers, gardeners, carbon-soils experts and wetland conservationists who know how to return our atmospheric carbon build-up back into open space soils, wetlands, yards, farms, and to spotlight cities and agricultural models which are in the public spotlight as successful with widespread organic urban agricultural practices. Climate change carbon sequestration methods which protect land, air and water resources are producing deeper earth-based understandings among our citizens to learn adaptation measures which presently point the way for doable conservation techniques that all of us will benefit from when energy shortages come to our communities.

Sat, Feb 21, 1:00-3:00pm: Snowy Wildlife Tracking Walk (flyer)

Join FAR and expert naturalist and wildlife tracker, David Brown as we walk and snowshoe through the Alewife Reservation to observe and learn about wildlife and their tracks in the Alewife Reservation.

Snow shows are encouraged, but not mandatory.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation parking lot, 15 Acorn Drive, Cambridge, MA.

Outdoor Community Service Opportunities with Bill Green
Wed, Feb 25, 10:00am: Trail Maintenance - remove bittersweet and garlic mustard
Thu, Feb 26, 1:00pm: Blair Pond Meadow - remove choking vines
Fri, Feb 27, 10:30am: Chop down bittersweet

These maintenance projects are sorely needed before growth begins in the Spring. We will maintain healthy trees and shrubs and remove the invasive plants that choke out native plants.

Bill Green has led wild area maintenance groups in Sudbury and on the Harbor Islands. He is a highly experienced and pleasant guide and mentor in matters of biodiversity and conservation. Please volunteer at 617-415-1884.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation parking lot, 15 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge, MA.

Thu, Feb 12, 6:00-8:30pm: Cambridge Vulnerability Assessment Unveiled

MIT Tang Center (Building E51; corner of Amherst & Wadsworth Streets)
The Metropolitan Area Planing Council (MAPC) will present interim results from the Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, focused on vulnerabilities related to flooding from greater precipitation and heat vulnerabilities based on higher temperatures. More details will be forthcoming. (full report)

CANCELLED DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINS
Dave Brown Wildlife Walk - Facing the challenges of the future

Waiting to hear if he can have join us at a possible Solstice on the 20th. (flyer)

Meet at the Alewife parking lot, 15 Acorn Drive, Cambridge, MA.

Tue, Nov 18, 7-9pm: Dying Green film

At First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Ave., Belmont, across from the Post Office.

Film on Conservation planning with Community Service in mind and memorializing loved ones. Information: 617 484-1054 or 617-415-1884. (flyer)

"Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, this film explores one man’s vision of using green burials to conserve land. Dr. Billy Campbell, the town’s only physician, and his efforts have radically changed our understanding of burials in the United States. Dr. Campbell’s dream is to conserve one million acres of land. Dying Green focuses on the revolutionary idea of using our own death to fund land conservation and create wildlife preserves."

Nov 21-23: FAR Sponsors Ecology Conference at Tufts

Biodiversity for A Livable Planet
Restoring ecosystems to reverse global climate change

Tue, Oct 28, 3:00pm: Cambridge Public hearing: Five scientists speak out on Alewife floodplain, forest and climate change (flyer) (bios)

A public environmental hearing is scheduled for the last week in October to bring forward scientists who testified throughout the DEP trials to speak in an Environmental Hearing about Alewife floodplain, wildlife and storm water runoff or water rises throughout the Alewife watershed.
831 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.

Mon, Oct 20, 7am-9am: Silver Maple Forest Protest

This protest after the week-end activities of bike ride and river walk will demonstrate the extent to which the neighborhood cares about their floodplain, climate change and future generations to have the honor and joy of possessing a forest and wildlife refuge.

Call for more information: 617-520-4720 for details.

By car: Enter on Acorn Park Drive; go to the parking lot to park; walk North to the protest area.
By public transportation: From the Alewife T station, walk North to the bridge; walk West through Alewife Reservation to Acorn Park Drive; walk North to the protest area.

Mon, Oct 20, 5:30pm: Cambridge City Council Considers Silver Maple Policy Order (text)

A Policy Order on the floodplain forest at Alewife will be presented and discussed. Many are needed for this Order and to speak to the silver maples.

Please call on the morning of the meeting (beginning at 9am) or come early to 831 Broadway, where the issue will be heard. The forest is being cut before the Building Permit has been issued.

Sun, Oct 19, 2:00pm-4:00pm: Little River History Nature Walk with Anne Marie Lambert
nature walk

Come join a beautiful Fall nature walk along Little River in Cambridge and Belmont, and learn about geology, Native American history, and farming. Cosponsored by Belmont Citizens Forum, Friends of Alewife Reservation, Mystic River Watershed Association, and the Coalition to Preserve the Belmont Uplands. The walk will take place rain or shine. Dress accordingly. (flyer)
Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot, 15 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge, MA.

Sat, Oct 18, 11:00am: Silver Maple Forest Bike Ride (flyer)

Join Friends of Alewife Reservation, Green Cambridge, and the Silver Maple Forest Alliance for a 3.4 mile family friendly bike ride. This short ride will last about an hour and showcase the regional natural resource that is the Alewife Reservation area. The Silver Maple Forest, which is under threat of being clearcut, will be the center of the ride.
Meet at the Alewife T entrance near Jerry's Pond.

Fri, Oct 17, 7am-9am: Silver Maple Forest Protest

By car: Enter on Acorn Park Drive; go to the parking lot to park; walk North to the protest area.
By public transportation: From the Alewife T station, walk North to the bridge; walk West through Alewife Reservation to Acorn Park Drive; walk North to the protest area.

Mass. Rivers and Wetlands Month Calendar

Mass Fish and Wildlife produces a loaded calendar for Ma. rivers and wetlands activities. http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/der/riversandwetlandscalendar2014.pdf

FAR urges everyone to keep up with this state agency department and calendar to know all of the marvelous opportunities throughout Massachusetts for those that live in the state and visit it.

Friday, Oct 10, 7am-9am: Rally at the Silver Maple Forest

Friends of Alewife (FAR) and Green Cambridge (GC) sponsor a presence rally at the Silver Maple Forest on Acorn Park Drive. Please make a sign for the rally. (suggested slogans) We need you, your friends and group contacts to join. Attendance determines what other events we will plan.

Friday, Oct 10, 12noon–1pm: Silver Maple Forest Alewife Alliance meeting

Meet at the Lesley University Porter Exchange Building, Mass Ave, 2nd Floor. The Alliance is comprised of environmental organizational representatives, convened by the Lesley Department of Natural Science and Mathematics Department. Groups participating include MA Sierra Club, Mystic River Watershed Association, FAR, GC, Fresh Pond Residents’ Alliance, MA Peace Action, and Climate Action Liaison Coalition. The group meets to provide support for the Silver Maple Campaign, particularly scientific reports and educational work and student involvement.

Sun, Oct 12, 12:00noon-2:00pm: HONK parade -- Silver Maple Forest contingent (flyer)
honkfest.org
see HONKfest.org

Silver Maple Forest Alliance seeks participants and volunteers to assist stilt dancers, march in the parade, or hand out flyers to the crowd. 617-520-4720 or 617-415-1884 to volunteer or for more information. Join us for this fun and important public action.

You can just walk in the March/Parade on October 12, but if you want to do more (such as wear a costume, help with puppets or stilt dancers, hand out literature to the crowds on the sidelines, or carry one of our giant Alewife fish puppets) please fill out this Volunteer Form.

Meet at Davis Square in Somerville (map) and march to Harvard Square in Cambridge

Monday, Oct. 13, 12noon-1pm: Rally at the Silver Maple Forest

Friends of Alewife (FAR) and Green Cambridge (GC) sponsor a presence rally at the Silver Maple Forest on Acorn Park Drive. Please make a sign for the rally. (suggested slogans) We need you, your friends and group contacts to join. Attendance determines what other events we will plan.

Monday, Oct 13, 5pm– 7pm: National Lawyer’s Guild training/strategy session

Second National Lawyer’s Guild training/strategy session at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn Street for more participants in the forest presence campaign.

Tuesday, Oct 14, 7pm: Selectmen meeting at Belmont.
Sun, Oct 5, 1:00pm-3:00pm: Alewife Reservation And Silver Maple Forest Walk With Dave Brown
Dave Brown

Professional wildlife assessor who has made Alewife Reservation a special priority and concern. He will lead all interested wildlife lovers and forest enthusiasts on a one linear mile trail walk down Little River to the silver maple forest and to Little Pond in Belmont. He understands flora and fauna at Alewife and knows thoroughly our ecosystems and the Reservation's needs. Join us this Sunday at 1 for a 2 hour walk.

For more information: 617 415-1884 or cell: 617 290-4864.

Tue, Oct 7, 5:00pm-7:00pm: Conscientious Resistance Information

The Boston Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will inform us about conscientious resistance actions.

The meeting is at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge (map). Hosted by Green Cambridge (617-520-4720) and supported by Friends of Alewife Reservation.

Thu, Oct 2, time changed to 6:00pm: Vigil at the Silver Maple Forest in Belmont on Frontage Road with Fred Small (flyer)
Silver Maple Forest Alliance banner
Stand with us for the trees!
Clear cutting to begin soon

Vigil with folk singer Fred Small and friends, environmentalists, and neighbors to preserve the silver maple forest at Alewife Reservation after 10 years of advocacy.

Location: At the edge of the forest, on either Alewife Frontage Road or Acorn Park Drive (which has less traffic.) Enter from Lake St. or from Route 2 East. (map)

Call 617-415-1884 to volunteer to drive vigil participants there. Please invite your contacts and involved environmental friends to plan and participate in a vigil of their own making.

Sat/Sun, 13,14, 2pm: Urgent! Letter writing

Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Gordon

photo: Environmentalists Protest The Silver Maple Forest Project

Ben Beckwith begins the silver maple letter writing campaign outdoors at the Alewife Reservation. Join him with music and pen to illustrate the worth of this unique urban wild.

Come write urgent letters to selectmen, councilors and legislators to halt or delay any permitting for O’Neil Properties to destroy and build 300 units on the silver maple forest until there is more information from the publication of a city-wide climate Vulnerability Assessment Study of the Upper Alewife Basin area (Cambridge, Belmont, North and West Cambridge, East Arlington and Somerville) in the Mystic River watershed. This Study release is scheduled for November and is delayed 3 times,opening the door to more floodplain permitting. We will ask for a halt to all permits on and around the floodplain. Also, we write to promote education and planning in north and west Cambridge among councilors and selectmen for a regional approach to protecting those at 3-5 feet above sea level in the Alewife vicinity where several thousand units are being built. Refreshments will be served. Ben Beckwith will be coordinating the letter writing and play inspiring songs. The four letter-writing events are sponsored and hosted by Friends of Alewife Reservation. Contact office at 617 415-1884. Look for rain dates on the FAR web calendar, above.

If you can't make it to one of these sessions or would rather do it on your own, here is a are sample letters to:
Silver Maple Forest Preservation Letter to Representative David Rogers, by Ben Beckwith
Silver Maple Forest Preservation Letter to Martha Coakley, by Walter Kittredge

We meet by the large restored wildflower meadow by picnic benches on Acorn Park Dr. (map)

Thu, September 4, 7pm–9pm, SILVER MAPLE FOREST MEETING OF SPONSORS

At Lesley University, 29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA. (map)

Further planning for silver maple forest preservation actions based on Silver Maple Forest Campaign by local environmental groups.

Sat, Aug 23, 10am–12pm: Alewife Reservation and the Silver Maple Forest Walk with Dave Brown, professional assessor
Dave Brown
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flyer)

Ages 10 and older welcome! Wear full covering, hats and repellent and bring water bottle. (flyer)

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 introduce wildlife tour participants the high environmental value of these wild creatures and their Reservation habitat for humans and non-humans, and their rarity. (We have sightings of 21 mammals and over 90 bird species). The Alewife Reservation is a major environmental educational resource for universities, schools and passive recreation, and demonstrates by its natural resources richness, the municipal and global need for strong conservation protections, if we are to conserve ourselves for today and for future climate change and over development. 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. These walks will bring the urgency for municipal and state attention to the largest untouched urban wild in the Boston area. There is little time left to preserve this rare forest and its wildlife and to protect citizens from extensive flooding with climate change.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Thu, Aug 14, 6pm: Friends of Alewife Reservation Board Meeting

Meet at the Friends of Alewife office.

Sun, Aug 17, 2pm: Silver Maple Forest letter writing session with activist-musician Ben

Ages 10 and older welcome! Materials and snacks will be available for letter writing, with some guitar playing. (flyer)

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Sun, Aug 17, 4pm: Wildlife and Historical walk with Anne Marie of Belmont

Ages 10 and older welcome! Bring a water bottle. Wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. (flyer)

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Tell the Cambridge City Council
  • Delay all permits in the Silver Maple Forest area until the Climate Vulnerability Assessment Study has been interpreted.
  • Join with the Arlington Board of Selectmen and the Cambridge City Council in purchasing the Silver Maple Forest.
Contact information
Write or call the Belmont Board of Selectmen
Until Belmont requests preservation of the forest, the state cannot do anything to help make that happen. To enable the state to get involved, ask them to:
  • Comply with DEP guidelines in regards Uplands development with new 100 year storm events (more)
  • Delay all permits in the Silver Maple Forest area until the Climate Vulnerability Assessment Study has been interpreted.
  • Reassess all permits that show on FEMA maps as 100 year floodplain and floodway areas.
  • Join with the Arlington Board of Selectmen and the Cambridge City Council in purchasing the Silver Maple Forest.
Board of Selectmen member contact information:
  • Andres T. Rojas   contact form   Phone: 617-993-2610
  • Mark A. Paolillo   contact form   Phone: 617-993-2610
  • Sami S. Baghdady   Phone: 617-993-2610   email
Cambridge Community Preservation Committee
Friends of the Alewife Reservation has petitioned the Cambridge Community Preservation Committee to set aside funds to help purchase the Silver Maple Forest for conservation land.
  • Email that you support setting aside funds to purchase the Silver Maple Forest (model letter)
  • August 5, 6pm: attend the hearing on allocation category percentages to support setting aside funds to purchase the Silver Maple Forest.
    Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA
Contacts:

Tell the Arlington Board of Selectmen
  • Delay all permits in the Silver Maple Forest area until the Climate Vulnerability Assessment Study has been interpreted.
  • Join with the Belmont Board of Selectmen and the Cambridge City Council in purchasing the forest.
Contact information:
  • Byrne, Steven M., Chair   781-910-7041   smbyrne1987@gmail.com
  • Curro, Jr., Joseph A., Vice Chair   781-641-4190   jcurro@alumni.tufts.edu
  • Dunn, Daniel J.   617-710-4081   dunster@dandunn.org
  • Greeley, Kevin F.   781-648-1973   Greeleycom@AOL.com
  • Mahon, Diane M.   781-646-9038   dianemahon@verizon.net
Tell the Arlington Conservation Commission
  • Pass a resolution against the further development of the Alewife flood plain.
  • Join with the Belmont Board of Selectmen and the Cambridge City Council in purchasing the forest.
Contact: 781-316-3012   730 Mass Ave. Annex, Arlington, MA 02476
(model letter to the Arlington Conservation Commission)
(Belmont Conservation Commission 2007 ruling citing numerous infractions of the Wetlands Protection Act)
Sign the petition
If you haven’t yet, add your name to the online Save the Silver Maple Forest petition and share it with your network!
Send Postcards
You can stop by the FAR office at 186 Alewife Brook Parkway to pick up free postcards you can send to Andreas Rojas, Chair of the Belmont Board of Selectmen and David Maher, Mayor of Cambridge.
Contact The Planning Team
For more information and to volunteer for the silver maple forest campaign, contact:
  • Mike Connolly: 857-236-1901- Cambridge
  • Ellen Mass: 617-415-1884 - Cambridge
  • Quinton Zondervan: 617-388-3799 - Cambridge
  • David Landskov: 781-646-7114 - Arlington
  • Anne Marie Lambert: bcfprogramdirector@gmail.com- Belmont
Damaging flooding hits North Cambridge at Alewife

Letter from city Housing Authority assessment on floods (letter)

Silver Maple Forest Notification Letter To State On Climate Change Impacts 2014

From Belmont Storm Water Working Group - Anne Marie Lambert (letter)

Cambridge Policy Order on Silver Maple Forest, passed 2014-07-28

(text of order)

Silver Maple Forest Rally and Parade on June 28, 2014

Silver Maple Forest letter from FAR 2014-07-15

(letter)

Belmont Conservation Commission denial, December 2008

(letter)

Wed, Jul 9, 7pm: FAR Board Meeting

Meet at the FAR office.

FAR letter to DPW on Water Quality

(letter)

Green Cambridge letter to State Senators the Silver Maple Forest

(letter)

Wed, Jul 9, 7pm: FAR Board Meeting

Meet at the FAR office.

silver maple forest
Save The Silver Maple Forest
Rally And Parade

Sat, June 28th, 10am-12noon at Alewife MBTA Station

(more)

Links to other Organizational sites:

Sat, Jun 15, 1pm–3pm: Edible Wild Plants by Jules Kobek
marsh

Identify edible, medicinal, and other useful plants growing in the Alewife Reservation. Find out what plants and teas have been used for food, medicine, dyes, cordage, and other useful things. Dress appropriately for the weather (rain gear or sun hat), muddy trails (waterproof shoes or boots), and ticks (long pants tucked into socks, long-sleeved shirts). Bring drinking water and bug spray.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Sat, June 21, 8am: Birding with John Sharp

John continues his bird watching treks through the North Trail, but especially the storm water wetland. See sightings.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Sat, Jun 28, 10am-12noon: Rally to preserve the silver maple forest
rally flyer

(flyer) (press release)

Meet at MBTA Alewife Station.

Thur, June 19 - Sat, June 21: "Into The Mystic"
The First Annual Environmental Art and Film Festival

(more)

people drawing at a table
Alewife FAR Drawing Session with Janet Hobbes, May 10
Fri, Jun 6, 4pm: Nature Walk @ Alewife with Dave Brown
plants and water

(flyer)

Join animal tracker and naturalist Dave Brown to explore the wildlife at Alewife Reservation. Especially for employees of the area, but all are welcome.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Sat, Jun 7, 1pm-3pm: All Abilities Walk with Kathy Johnson
nature walk

This all ability walk takes us to Yates Pond where many wading birds reside, turtle sun themselves and fish thrive. Black crowned night heron and Great Blues are there and share with cormorants and geese. Nesting areas can be seen. Kathy knows her birds as kindred spirits and animals to be protected. (kharmony47@gmail.com or FAR office 617 415-1884)

Meet at the Bridge over Little River and entrance near Alewife Station.

Sun, June 8, 10am–12noon: Stephen Gillies walks the North Trail with many sightings

Stephen is an avid gardner and astute naturalist. Steve is highly familiar with the North Trail and has worked on its maintenance and cares deeply about the area. He has many tales to tell and great humorist. Favorite guide to many. He will lead a group in a general ecological awareness tour of the Reservation down the North Trail with much chatting about what has been seen and importance of good stewardship along the trail, and what might be planted there. Steve has led some work crews to maintain the path and is a volunteer for Friends of Alewife Reservation as well. This is an easy 2-hour walking tour for all ages. Call: 617-415-1884 for more information.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Sat, May 31, 10am-5pm: Large Boston Regional Greenovate Conference

Attend a regional conference on our New England area present and future Climate changes and Options for the Boston Metropolitan Region at Harvard Medical School's Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. Grassroots organizations are heavily involved. (information and registration)

Sun, June 1, 10am–12pm: Little River Nature Walk with Anne Marie Lambert of Belmont
nature walk

(flyer)

After a long winter, it's a great time to see the river and surrounding habitat as migratory birds return and hibernating animals emerge. It is also a great time to write government leaders about the importance of this area for wildlife habitat and for stormwater management to prevent flooding in the local area. We will travel along the river, meadow, and forest habitat which is home to wildlife such as red fox, coyote, river otter, mink, cottontail rabbit, voles, snapper turtles, and over 40 residential birds such as hawks, wild turkey, blue heron, cat birds, hummingbirds, and goldfinches. If needed bring high boots for mud and puddles.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Environmental Boot Camp May 17-18 offered for Environmental Champion Building in Massachusetts

See the Environmental League of Massachusetts offer.

Cambridge's Screen Free / Screen Wise Week, May 5-11, 2014

The 5-2-1 Action Group and its parent group, Cambridge's Healthy Children Task Force, invites you to join us in celebrating national screen-free week. This weeklong event in the city is designed to support and inform thoughtful choices about screen-time. Have a look at the week's menu of screen-free fun and see what meets you or your family's schedule and interests. This weeklong campaign has been created to remind all of us of the many ways to play, interact, relax, and be creative without digital devices, TVs, or screens (including smartphones).

Everything during the week has been volunteer-organized and volunteer-run and is free. (flyer)

Sat, May 24, 10am–12noon: All Abilities Walk around Alewife Reservation watershed area   wheelchair accessible sign

Alewife T area ponds and river channel walk led by long time FAR monitor, Kathy Johnson, grounded in bird behavior understanding and familiar with permanent living species at Alewife Reservation. Meet at Alewife Reservation entry bridge just north of Alewife Station Passenger Pick up. Share observations of herons, swans, turtles, geese, commorants, ducks and all of Kathy's friends. Contact: 617 955-7421. Bring binoculars.

Meet at the Bridge over Little River near Alewife Station just north of Passenger Pick up.

Sat, May 17, 10am–12pm: Birding With John Sharp

John Sharp, of the Menotomy Bird Club, will lead a birding expedition in Alewife Reservation.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot in Cambridge.

Sat, May 17, 1pm–3pm: Edible Wild Plants by Jules Kobek
marsh

Identify edible, medicinal, and other useful plants growing in the Alewife Reservation. Find out what plants and teas have been used for food, medicine, dyes, cordage, and other useful things. Dress appropriately for the weather (rain gear or sun hat), muddy trails (waterproof shoes or boots), and ticks (long pants tucked into socks, long-sleeved shirts). Bring drinking water and bug spray. Next Edible Wild Plants is 6/15 same time and same place.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot in Cambridge.

POSTPONED: Indigenous Ecological Urban Presence with Prof. David Morimoto
Sat, May 10, 10am–12pm: Learn To Sketch What You See In Nature with artist Janet Hobbes (flyer)
nature walk

Sketching urban wild natural resources at Alewife Reservation as part of Screen Free Week in Cambridge. We'll sketch trees and plants in the area. Teacher will work with adults and children on their drawings. Bring a pencil or sharpie pen and a small sketch book. Contact Janet at: 617 354-6449 or FAR at 617 415-1884.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot in Cambridge.

Sat, May 10, 9am-3pm: Youth Climate Conference at MIT wants you - grades 7-12

A fantastic climate change leadership summit for HS and JH students is happening Saturday, May 10, from 9am - 3pm at MIT in Cambridge. The day is free and includes two dazzling keynote speakers and a wide array of workshops...a great hip hop artist...plus free lunch, lots of exhibits and a free photo booth! How cool is that??! Come learn new skills, talk with leaders, and get psyched! Check out the website full of yummy info plus the flyer.

Global Climate Convergence


Global Earth Day to May Day 2014
People, Planet, Peace over Profit
globalclimateconvergence.org

More Parks Funding needed in Massachusetts

Register your support for legislative funding now FAR encourages its members to act now and help bring greater funding to DCR's Alewife Reservation and to its parks throughout the state. (more)

See http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/DHSP/Msyep/Opportunities.ashx page 3 for the description of Summer Ecology Camp at Alewife Reservation.

flyer
Teens: Deadline is May 8th!

2014 Mayors Youth Summer Employment Program (MYSEP)
Pick up applications at the High School or at 51 Inman St.

Sat, May 3, 10am-12noon: Nature Walk at Alewife Reservation with Professor Morimoto (flyer)
nature walk

Natural Science and Mathematics Director, Dave Morimoto will lead a group throughout the Reservation.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot in Cambridge.

Mon, May 5, 6:00pm-8:00pm: Storm Water Wetlands at Alewife Reservation - More Tours from Duke Bitsko of Bioengineering

Learn more!       Register online today!

Wed, April 30, 7pm–9pm: FAR By-Law Planning Board meeting
FAR logo

First Board meeting of the year will discuss by-laws and ways to empower ourselves and needed work for 2014 and 2015. Board and Advisory planning. Areas needing volunteers. Areas needing experts. Outreach roles. Interconnectedness with other groups and organizations.

Visitors are welcome. For more information, call FAR at 617‑415‑1884.

Meet at FAR office at Fresh Pond Mall.

More DRC events (flyer)

Call FAR for more information at 617 415-1884

Sat, Apr 26: DCR's Park Serve Day - Online Registration is Now Open
Massachusetts Park Serve Day

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) invites you to attend DCR’s 8th Annual Park Serve Day, Saturday April 26, 2014 at parks across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Online registration is now open for those who wish to register prior to the event. (more)

Fri, Apr 25, 4pm-5pm: Arbor Day
Arbor Day poster
(full size poster)

Come plant trees with Forrester Research, Inc. and Friends of Alewife reservation.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation Parking Lot.

Thu, Apr 24, 10:00am-11:30am: Kid's Sensational Spring Walk at Alewife Reservation
Maggi Brown, interpretive ranger, brings families up North Trail at Alewife Reservation
Maggi Brown, interpretive ranger, brings families up North Trail at Alewife Reservation

Welcome families. Awaken your senses at Alewife Reservation. Join us on a spring discovery walk as we look, smell, listen, taste and touch the signs of spring before us. We'll play some sensory nature games along the way. Dress for wet and muddy trails. No baby strollers please. Family fun for ages 8 and up. 1.5 hours. Free and open to the public.

Sun, Apr 20, 10am-12noon: Nature Walk at Alewife with Dave Brown
Dave Brown flyer
(full-size flyer)

Join animal tracker and naturalist Dave Brown to explore the wildlife at Alewife Reservation.

Meet at the Alewife Brook Reservation parking lot at Cambridge Discovery Park at 100 Acorn Park Drive in Cambridge. Just off of Route 2 coming East.

For more site information, visit the DCR website for Alewife Reservation. For other information, call FAR at 617-415-1884.

Wed, Apr 19, 10am: Nature Walk for All Abilities with Kathy Johnson wheelchair accessible sign
FAR logo

Kathy Johnson is a daily Alewife Reservation monitor with her scooter and sharp eye. Birds and animals have become her friends, and she understands them intuitively, knowing when and where nesting time requires caution and quiet. She will bring participants to Yates Pond April 19 at 10am canilever bridge to observe herons, comorants, and possibly swans. She knows the birds’ habits and will identify each one with personal familiarity. Then travel down the Reservation multi-purpose path to the storm water wetlands where the varied marshes and islands begin to indicate a diverse habitat for bird life.

Meet at the Alewife Brook Reservation parking lot at Cambridge Discovery Park at 100 Acorn Park Drive in Cambridge. Just off of Route 2 coming East.

For more site information, visit the DCR website for Alewife Reservation. For other information, call FAR at 617-415-1884.

Announcing: Summer Ecology Camp 2014
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 9, 2014
FAR logo
(full-size poster)

July 7 - August 15, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-3pm

Do you like wildlife and outdoors? The Summer Ecology Camp at Alewife Reservation will immerse you in a rare urban wild where you can learn about plants, animals and insects. You will develop various green job skills, such as landscaping, orienteering, land and water assessment, water quality testing, etc. (details)

Press Release of 2014 Spring Events sponsored by Friends of Alewife Reservation
April 26 is International Seed Day (more)
Sat, Apr 12, 4pm-6pm: Birding at Alewife with John Sharp
John Sharp
(full-size flyer)

John Sharp has been leading trips for Menotomy Birds for many years, and recently brought groups out to the roosting air show at Alewife. He will take you on an unforgettable birding walk and assist in identification and behavioral characteristics of various birds that frequent the Alewife Reservation. Beginners are welcome.

Meet at the Alewife Brook Reservation parking lot at Cambridge Discovery Park at 100 Acorn Park Drive in Cambridge. Just off of Route 2 coming East. (map)

For more site information, visit the DCR website for Alewife Reservation. For other information, call FAR at 617-415-1884.

Sun, Apr 13, 10am: Nature Walk with Stephen Gillies
Stephen Gillies flyer
(full-size flyer)

Stephen is an avid gardner and astute naturalist. He will lead a group in a general ecological awareness tour of the Reservation down the North Trail with much chatting about what has been seen and importance of good stewardship along the trail, and what might be planted there. Steve has led some work crews to maintain the path and is a volunteer for Friends of Alewife Reservation as well. This is an easy 2-hour walking tour for all ages.

Meet at the Alewife Reservation parking lot at Cambridge Discovery Park at 100 Acorn Park Drive in Cambridge. Just off of Route 2 coming East. (map)

For more site information, visit the DCR website for Alewife Reservation. For other information, call FAR at 617-415-1884.

Sat, Apr 12, 4pm-6pm: Birding at Alewife with John Sharp
John Sharp
(full-size flyer)

John Sharp has been leading trips for Menotomy Birds for many years, and recently brought groups out to the roosting air show at Alewife. He will take you on an unforgettable birding walk and assist in identification and behavioral characteristics of various birds that frequent the Alewife Reservation. Beginners are welcome.

Meet at the Alewife Brook Reservation parking lot at Cambridge Discovery Park at 100 Acorn Park Drive in Cambridge. Just off of Route 2 coming East. (map)

For more site information, visit the DCR website for Alewife Reservation. For other information, call FAR at 617-415-1884.

Press Release of 2014 Spring Events sponsored by Friends of Alewife Reservation
Urgent: Response Needed Today for 2015 Ways and Means Committee Environmental Allocations
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No to DCR Budget Reductions. Alewife Reservation needs the assistance. The next Interpretive Ranger Walk April 24th at 1pm. The House Ways & Means budget would cut DCR State Parks & Recreation by $1.7M, including the rangers who lead these walks.

TODAY, please send one email or make one phone call to your State Representative. (more)

Sat, Apr 5, 10am: Little River History Nature Walk
photo of Frederick Law Olmstead
Frederick Law Olmstead

Join Frederick Law Olmstead to learn about gological, Native American, and farming history, and the various pollution challenges since the 18th century.
Meet at the Acorn Park Drive parking lot. Open to the public. (flyer)

Sat, Mar 29, 1pm – 3pm: Alewife Reservation mutli-purpose walking trip with Kathy Johnson
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Alewife Reservation mutli-purpose walking trip with Kathy Johnson

When: Sat, March 29, 1pm – 3pm

Where: Alewife Reservation Entry Bridge and FAR garden behind Alewife T stop (map) Car parking inside Alewife T garage

Description: We explore two very accessible waterways confluence of Little River and Yates Pond around Passenger Pick up at Alewife T to see what birds we can find and how they are faring from wintering here or returning after long migration. Relatively easy physical event. Wheelchair users will be able to join and participate fully and anyone with physical limitations. Beginners who want to learn about birds , their habits and how we humans are connected at Cambridge's Western most edge. Amazing findings. See FAR Columns in the Arlington Advocate for my stories. Great spots for artists who enjoy sketching or painting water birds and photographers. Wear warm clothing, a hat, binoculars and guide book.
Sponsored by Friends of Alewife Reservation: Call 617 955-7421 for more information. (flyer)

Spring Arrives A Little Early for Some
a robin eats sumac berries
A robin caught eating some sumac at Alewife Reservation recently. Courtesy Kathy Johnson

Just a couple of days ago I saw dried leaves and underbrush near the creek or channel, historically, "Alewife Brook," which runs beside and into Little River from North Cambridge. I thought how colorless and cold it looked in spite of shining blue skies, and it was only 20 degrees.(more)

Sat, Apr 26, 9:00am: Alewife Earth Day Cleanup and DCR Park Serve Day

Friends of Alewife Reservation and Green Cambridge will host a park cleanup along Alewife Brook and Little River in coordination with DCR Park Serve Day on Saturday, April 26 from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. The day is also in honor of International Seed Day. All supplies will be provided. Volunteers should meet outside the Alewife MBTA station at the passenger pickup area. (flyer)
Contact: www.friendsofalewifereservation.org or
(617)-415-1884 or info@friendsofalewifereservation.org

This event is part of Mystic Community Earth Day 2014.

March 17, 6:30: Learn more about the Watersheds in Boston

Malden Public Library, March 17, 6:30
Sponsored by Metropolitan Area Planning Council (more)

Medford Arts Center Call for Artists - Deadline April 15, 2014
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The Medford Arts Center (MACI) is seeking artists of various media for the first annual juried “Into the Mystic” Environmental Art and Film Festival for June 20-22, 2014 which will be held at Hyatt Place, 116 Riverside Ave., Medford. The opening reception is Friday, June 20th, from 6-9 pm. The festival is a collaboration of MACI, Green Medford, Mystic River Watershed Association, The City of Medford’s Office of Energy and Environment, and the Friends of the Mystic River.

(details)

Snowy Owl Released on Plum Island
snowy owl released on plum island

Mass Audubon's Norm Smith released a Snowy Owl at Plum Island that he had trapped at Logan Airport. As is always the case with Norm Smith, it was a compelling event. There were at least 200 people on hand for the memorable occasion.

(more, including videos)

Sustainability: Systems and Solutions
graphic of buildings, winidmill and solar panel

2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities & Campuses Conference
April 17, 2014
Umass Lowell Conference Center

Join with FAR on Solutions for Sustainable towns and cities in New England. (conference info and registration)

Murmurings Air Show at Alewife Reservation
frame from video of starling flight
video: Kathy Haines

FAR and Menotomy Bird Event - December 21, 2013
Host: John Sharp
Click picture to watch.

Fluffed up Snowy Owl -- a rare sight.
Fluffed up Snowy Owl
photo: George Mclean

Click picture to see it larger.

Video: Claire Cummings
photo of Claire Hope Cummings

A video interview with Claire Hope Cummings, laywer, author, journalist and environmentalist. Founder of the Sacred Land Foundation, now the Cultural Conservancy. Author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds.

"[I]t's about … reconnecting spirit, nature, and culture and we have to have all three." (video)

Dead Canada geese by the storm water wetland/oxbow
dead canada goose

Bruno Carderelli, engineer at Kleinfelder Co. holds one of three dead Canada geese, whose cause of death remains uncertain.

By March 5: Bid on a night for two at Irving House to benefit the silver maple forest
photo of front yard of Irving House

Treat yourself to a “stay-cation” or treat your visitors, $225 value. (more)

Ellen Mass, FAR President
Ellen Mass, FAR President
Urban Wildlife, Environmental Engineering, and the Alewife Reservation

February 26th, 2014 at 7:00-9pm (flyer) (program)
University Hall Amphitheater

Lesley University
1815 Mass. Ave, 2nd floor

Join us to hear two dynamic speakers discuss their work on the Alewife Reservation, a unique urban wild located in the heart of , Arlington and Belmont. Stay after the speakers to learn more about the Friend’s of the Alewife Reservation and how you can get involved.

Duke Bitsko is the Interdisciplinary Director and staff Supervisor at the Bioengineering Group of Salem with backgrounds in engineering, landscape architecture and earth sciences. He will discuss his work designing Cambridge’s newly-engineered storm water wetland at the Alewife Reservation, the largest of its kind in New England, including marshes, islands, and over 100,000 wetland plants.

David Brown is a lifelong teacher and naturalist with more than 20 years experience interpreting the trails and signs of mammals and birds of New England. David has been exploring and leading naturalist tours of the Alewife Reservation for about 10 years. David will discuss his professional assessment of the Alewife Reservation's animals and birds, completed with with a MA Fish and Wildlife grant, and well as the value of the Reservation, its animals, and its surroundings, especially the core Silver Maple Forest.

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Regulation and Sustainability

Tuesday, February 4th, 6:00 to 9:00
Cambridge Innovation Center, Kendall Square, Cambridge

Erica Mattison, Legislative Director for the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM), will be one of the speakers at the event "The Role of Regulation in Furthering Sustainability". Her remarks will focus on how businesses, labor, and environmental advocates are working together to make the case for progressive environmental policies and environmental agency funding. (more)

Maggi Brown, interpretive ranger, brings families up North Trail at Alewife Reservation
Maggi Brown, interpretive ranger, brings families up North Trail at Alewife Reservation
DCR Programs Coming Up early Spring throughout the Commonwealth

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A Concert for the Silver Maple Forest:
A benefit for the Belmont Uplands

Saturday, March 1st, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Belmont Unitarian Universalist Church

404 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA
Help Save the Silver Maple Forest. Check in or invite friends on this Facebook event page.

Featuring: The Loomers with foodbaby opening (more)
photo of The Loomers photo of foodbaby

Giant Route 2 Apartment building sign going up on Route 2

Giant Route 2 Apartment building sign going up on Route 2
Meeting February 18th, Community Development Senior Center

FAR and Carol appeal to the following for letters before this Friday: Ward 9, North Cambridge Stabilization, Friends of the Mystic, Sustainable Arlington, Sustainable Belmont, neighborhood groups in North Cambridge.
Send letters: Lpaden@cambridgema.us
(more)

Talks on Wildlife and Biodiversity of Alewife Reservation

Lesley University Amphitheater, Wednesday, Feb. 26th, 7pm.
Sponsored by Lesley University and Friends of Alewife Reservation
Refreshments and slide show. (more) (flyer)

flooding in Discovery Park
Cambridge Need to Delay and Investigate Hotel Plan at Alewife (Department of Environmental Protection site visit)

DEP site visit at Alewife. 10 citizen appeal brings attention to the FEMA 100 year floodplain and floodway. (more)

flooding in Discovery Park
Flooding at Discovery Park - Alewife Reservation

(more)

Sustainable Belmont Working to Preserve Uplands

December 2013 by Quinton Zondervan, President, Green Cambridge
"While we rarely face water scarcity here, in Belmont, we have seen an increase in extreme weather events, Hurricane Sandy most recently. These events pose threats to our water systems and our physical property…" (more)

2013 FAR Forum at Lesley University
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April 25, 2013 FAR Forum at Lesley University

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New Year Message

Happy Holidays! (full message)

Accomplishments in 2013

  • 12 wildlife walks.
  • 5 poetry/history walks.
  • 2 DCR walks by Boston regional interpretive ranger.
  • New England native garden completed with 62 species of native plants donated and purchased.
  • Regional and state storm water/wetlands completed with FAR support, advocacy and 2 public forums. Grand state opening held by city and state.
  • FAR Forum with Green Cambridge and with Lesley University on silver maple forest.
  • FAR support of silver maple legal case comes to end.
  • FAR and 10 citizens appeal permit for a new Cambridge hotel on floodway in Discovery Park, next to newly restored meadow.
  • 2 Frederick Law Olmstead walks.
  • Regional biodiversity plant survey by Harvard curator and supported by FAR with events surrounding research.
  • Invasive species grant project completed and continues in 2014.
  • Endangered Species (Gentiana Andrewsii) submitted second year .
  • FAR and Green Cambridge protest silver maple forest at Alewife T Station passenger pick up with regional participation.
  • City Open Space Hearing with Councilor Minka V.B in regards silver maple forest and Alewife floodplain.
  • FAR sponsors DCR Park Serve Day with Mystic River Watershed Association and 120 attendees from 5 universities and private companies.
  • Winter cleanup homeless encampments with Lesley University students.

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FAR Newsletter Winter 2013

(newsletter)
In This Issue…

  • Birding Trip This Saturday - 3:30pm - Alewife Reservation
  • Wildlife Specialist Speaks on Alewife Reservation Wildlife
  • Groundbreaking Study by Harvard University and Smithsonian
  • Uplands Geology Makes Development Difficult
  • Lesley students and Friends clean up Alewife Reservation
  • DIG BOSTON
  • From Julia
  • Study to assess Cambridge's climate change vulnerability
  • Environmental Pride of the City- New Wetlands
  • Invasive Species Removed at Wetland Meadow
  • Young heron hampered with plastic or other material around beak at Yates Pond
  • High Electromagnetic Fields Threaten Alewife nature areas
  • Floodplain Description from 2002 DCR Master Plan

The Winter Solstice: A Turning Point

Paul M. Roberts Buzz and Ruby
"We have just observed the Winter Solstice, long celebrated by people as seen in the Winter Revels. It means even more to raptors; is a turning point for raptors in the northern hemisphere. It can mean the difference between life and death…" (more)

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Photos of a pair of Hooded Meganser

(photos) by Kathy Johnson

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Jan 29 rescheduled to Feb 26, 2014
Wildlife Specialist Dave Brown Speaks on Alewife Reservation Wildlife

Join FAR on January 29th February 26 at 7 at Lesley's University Hall Amphitheater to meet others who love Alewife Reservation and want to share many ways to steward and to educate about its rich biodiversity and wildlife. (more)

DCR Winter Walks in Boston Area

(flyer)

photo after cleanup
Photo by Amy Mertl
Lesley students and Friends clean up Alewife Reservation

Friends of Alewife Reservation sponsored a clean up of Alewife Reservation, for which students from the Art Institute of Boston, students and professors from Lesley University, naturalist Walter Kittredge and other friends showed up and collected cubic yards of trash for disposal by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. (flyer)

Silver Maple Solstice Celebration at Alewife Reservation

December 14th at 3pm, Saturday (After the 1:00pm Wildlife Walk with Dave Brown, Cambridge, Ma)
Dance around the Fire and Celebrate the Return of Light to our Mystic/Alewife communities.
Location: Alewife Reservation Parking Lot, Acorn Park Drive.

photo of river and trees after leaves have fallen
photo: Derek Kouyoumjian
Silver Maple Forest Article in DigBoston

DigBoston writes about Alewife Reservation&s silver maple forest and floodplain forest and people making a difference. (a href="http://digboston.com/boston-news-opinions/2013/11/news-to-us-silver-maple-saviors/">article)

DCR North December Calendar

Many things to do and parks to explore. (flyer)

FAR Slide Show of Alewife Reservation: History - Past, Present and Future

Full history by Michael Arnott, AMC. (powerpoint slideshow)

map of Belmont Uplands and Silver Maple Forest
Uplands Geology Makes Development Difficult

by Lucia Lovison Golob, Engineering Geologist and GIS Instructor
"For centuries, the Alewife Brook Reservation and adjacent Belmont Uplands were protected from urban development by their special wetland hydrology and geology…" (article)

Picture of the Great Meadow
Alewife Reservation Fall Clean up

Meet at the Alewife Reservation at 11:00 am on Saturday Dec. 7th! (rain date the 8th) (flyer)

Dress warm and bring a bottle of water. All are welcome!

Directions: From the Alewife T-stop passenger pick-up area, cross the street and walk slightly north (right).

Report: Dave Brown wildlife walk - November 16, Saturday

"I have not been in the reservation for many years and was so amazed by this jewel of nature right in my neighborhood…" (more)

Reminiscences at Alewife Reservation

"I wanted to tell you how impressed I was with an 'in person' visit to the cleared out (phragmites) pathway that leads to Discovery Park…" (more)

Study to assess Cambridge's climate change vulnerability

"Prolonged heat waves, rising sea water levels, flooding, and severe storms are all among the possible purviews Cambridge will be looking at in a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment…" (article)

FAR letter to Planning Board on Alewife permitting

"Friends of Alewife Reservation and its Board of Directors wish to inform you of our growing concerns surrounding the Alewife Reservation and its development proposals from The McKinnon Company and its many Firms, and any additional Firms that the City is permitting in the area…" (letter)

Three Environmental Groups Testify to Conservation Commission in Cambridge against Hotel Development

"We ask you to consider that the 2013 Cambridge Vulnerability Study was to be completed at the end of December, but will be completed at the end of June 2014. and that the implications may be far and wide…" (press release)

Peregrines in spectacular flight - Air Show at Rindge Towers at Alewife

"I sat mesmerized by two silhouettes doing things I had never seen before, not over this period of time with this intensity…" (more)

Sustainable Cities Collective

Sustainable Cities Collective (sustainablecitiescollective.com) includes the best stories of what we are doing in and around our world cities and towns.

Botanical walk at Alewife at FAR Kiosk, Acorn Park Drive, Alewife Reservation
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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.
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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.

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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)
 
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