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FAR Annual Meeting
January 31, 2008
• Slideshow of Highlights of 2007
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• Community Involvement and Activities– Ecology Camps, Science Classroom– Stewardship and Community Service– Spiritual Practice/Gatherings– Art– Nature Inventory and Appreciation– Local History
• Current and Future of the Reservation– Silver Maple Forest– Muskrat Marsh– Storm water basin Constructed Wetland– DCR Master Plan implementation– Stewardship Challenges: Fire, Trash
• FAR Regrouping– October 25, 2007 Community representatives meet to discus
future stewarding and educational activities
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Ecology Camp, Summer 2007
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• 10 youth, ages 16-19• 5 days a week, 7 weeks• Youth Opportunities Boston, FAR partnered• Skills learned water quality monitoring, trail maintenance, wetland restoration, environmental issues…
Ecology Camp, Summer 2007
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Brownsberger visits award picnic at camp
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Supervisor Chernika Corbitt oversees YOB behavior at Camp
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Cambridge Middle School Students Study Nature Curriculum at Alewife
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Cambridge Public Schools third graders studying Habitats last June at Alewife Reservation. Three
Cambridge schools were recipients of a grant funded program between CPS and Habitat Audubon.
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Bird Blind Project by Advanced Science Class at Cambridge Ridge and Latin High School
Julia J. Berg and Sumbul Siddiqui • We observed 8 of the 20 most common bird species
over a two week period. Our goal was to determine "How human presence (represented by a loud radio and surrounding urban area) affects the bird species population at Alewife Reservation?" We then asked, How does this compare to bird population with minimal human activity in the area, represented by a bird blind?
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Youth Opportunites Boston Surveys Communters for the Uses of Alewife Reservation
These surveys were taken around the Alewife Transportation Redline stop by Youth Opportunities Boston: Alandra Sheffield,
Junior Polanco, Lillian Dias, Indira Tate, Alex Gaudette. Surveyed >200 people
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Montgomery and Watson at FAR Community Service Day
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Excel Academy cleans Alewife Reservation — October 30, 2007 Stephanie Lee, Shannon Coyle, Teachers
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Excel cleans Blair Pond with Ellen Mass
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City Year event
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Former Mayor Michael Sullivan, Ellen Mass FAR, and Leroy Heard YOB
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Scouts, Arlington Troop 302
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Bill Ackerly, Stewart Sanders, Ellen Mass, Mark Kirk put up boxes with DCR built boxes throughout Reservation
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City of Cambridge/FAR partner on Drain Project with Eagle Scouts on
Drain Stencil Project. City Brochure made.
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Annual Solstice and Vernal Equinox Ritual Service, 1st Parish UU Cambridge
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Redwood Forest Advocate, Andy Barnet. Concert and Festival to
benefit Silver Maple Forest
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NEW Poster of the Alewife Arts Mural for $10. The gorgeous 18x24
inch high resolution color mural poster is primarily of the western end of the Reservation, spotlighting the ecosystems of the Reservation.
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Sara Leon presents art show at Habitat Audubon Society in Belmont.
Alewife Reservation paintings. Proceeds to benefit forest campaign.
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FAR Biodiversity Book, Biodiversity in th Alewife Reservation Area, includes maps.
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FAR sponsors annual Edible Wild Plant Walks. Annual Mushroom walk by Boston Mushroom Club.
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Dave Brown Wildlife Walk
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One of many Peter Alden walks, Author of Audubon Guidebooks of New England
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Fauna and Flora• Dave Brown 2008, New Survey findings
#Species Coordinates Evidence Behavior
1 Red fox 0322604E/4696074N
Tracks Undetermined
2 E. coyote 0322499E/4696120N
Scent mark Marking
3 River otter
0322420E/4696208N
Haul out, scat
Eliminating
4 River otter
0322437E/4696209N
Haul out, scat
Eliminating
5 River otter
0322450E/4696222N
Haul out, scat
Eliminating
6 River otter
0322458E/4696241N
Haul out, scat
Eliminating
7 Red fox 0322492E/4696228N
Tracks Undetermined
8 E. coyote 0322562E/4696190N
Tracks Hunting
9 E. coyote 0322615E/4696172N
Tracks Hunting
10 Gray fox 0322586E/4696160N
Tracks Hunting
11 Fisher 0322591E/4696200N
Tracks Hunting
12 Bird of prey
0322629E/4694204N
Pluck site Feeding on bird kill
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Redwood Forest Advocate, Andy Barnet. Concert and Festival to
benefit Silver Maple Forest
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NEW Poster of the Alewife Arts Mural for $10. The gorgeous 18x24
inch high resolution color mural poster is primarily of the western end of the Reservation, spotlighting the ecosystems of the Reservation.
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Sara Leon presents art show at Habitat Audubon Society in Belmont.
Alewife Reservation paintings. Proceeds to benefit forest campaign.
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FAR Biodiversity Book, Biodiversity in th Alewife Reservation Area, includes maps.
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Deer photos at Alewife by Monotomy birder
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Deer photos at Alewife by Monotomy birder
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Otter Tracks
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Huestis-Hill Farm at Uplands: Oldest farm
in Belmont
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Silver Maple Preservation
Current View
Planned Development
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Rare Woodland
Habitat
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Silver Map Forest Key
Advancements in 2007
1. Legislative action in behalf of forest, HB212. Civil Action Suit against zoning board decision3. Regional postcard acquisition request to Govenor
Patrick (1500)4. State House Hearing (above), testimony by
legislators, FAR, and others5. Tidelands status of uplands challenged at DEP6. Lawn signs distributed in Belmont
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View of Alewife Reservation and Woodlands
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Muskrat Marsh Improvement
• Lesley University• Bulfinch Company• U.S. Dept. Agriculture• Reginal Conservation Commissions• Neighbors groups• Massachusets Wetlands Restoration
Program• Horsley and Whitten, Environmental Services• Volunteer Engineer
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FAR receives MA Wetlands restoration program Priority list
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FAR organizes Five agency and group partners work 2005 on Muskrat Marsh Studies
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City of Cambridge Stormwater Wetland at Alewife Reservation. Constuction Planned 2009
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DCR Master Plan, waiting for design plan and implementation
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DCR’s Alewife Brook West Bank Greenway Plan, 2007
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Meeting with FAR, DCR Commissioner Rick Sullivan, others. Called by Rep.
Brownsberger.
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Pictures from Charles River Reservation in Watertown.
Our dream of boardwalks, observation platforms, signs, and benches.
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West Cambridge
Highlands area Blair Pond on
Belmont Border neglected.
Turning to Mud Flats
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Fire Size of baseball field south of Little River, April 2006
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Dumping at Silver Maple Forest
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Taskforce Restructuring
• 14 interesting groups respond to FAR call for expanding and restructuring
• Schools/Education• Art• Wetlands Restoration• Forest Preservation• Recreational Access• Wildlife Projects• Research• Stewardship
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FAR raises $12,000 at Summer Shack for Mural Project
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You are needed to help with
FAR and the Reservation’s path into the future