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Wildlife

Nesting box project

Monitor and Record:
  • Habitat requirements
  • Behavior of birds
  • Changes in patterns
  • Seasonal differences
  • Nesting process
  • Alewife Monitoring
  • etc.

Coordinator:
Bill Ackerly - Bird boxes
603 795 2175


Education

  • Work with classes
  • Plan tours for classes
  • Work with teacher curriculum
  • Prepare Alewife curriculum
  • Monitor birds and fish
  • Promote educational speakers


Fish Monitoring at Mystic Dam

Call:
Beth Meserve
beth@mysticriver.org
781 316 3438

Stewarding

Group cleanup
(last year 40 cleanups)
  • Respond to requests
  • Take one month for Spring, Summer, Fall cleanup
  • Participate in Mystic-wide cleanup in April

Call
Rene Morin
617 512 7455
DCR maintenance
rene.morin2@state.ma.us


Water

  • Monitoring
  • Study of Storm Water Basin Plans
  • Plantings
  • Work with agencies

Call: Patrick Heron
781 316 3438
patrick@mysticriver.org 		Mural Project

Alewife T environmental mural

Community Arts

  • Work with artist and youth groups
  • Public relations
  • Join a committee of business, environmentalists, educators, and artists to make it happen

David Fichter
muralista@earthlink.net
617 491 5816 		Blair Pond Monitoring and Protection

Blair Pond information

  • Siltration study
  • Working with agencies


Garden
  • Planting
  • Watering
  • Clipping
  • General Maintenance
  • Weeding

Call:
Pamela Hart
pamhartlandscape@yahoo.com
617 8688983 		Save our Forest

Campaign to save Alewife Reservation core Silver Maple Forest

  • Research
  • Compile data
  • Popular outreach campaign
  • Visitation to forest
  • Present information on forest resources
  • Do research on forest ecosystem
  • Testify at hearings

Call:
Idith Haber Kesin
idithh@gmail.com
617 932 1724 		Interdenominational

Rituals/Ceremonies

  • Take families to share outdoor experience
  • Forest services by church and other spiritual groups
  • Prayers
  • Possible actions

Maya Apfelbaum
mayafireart@aol.com
978 339 3101