Saturday
AUGUST 10
Dave Brown Wildlife Walk
1-3 p.m. Join Tracker-naturalist David Brown, who conducted a pair of wildlife surveys in the park a decade ago,on a wildlife walk on the North trail of the Alewife Reservation. No Cost, All Ages welcome.
Getting Ready to Honk!
3–5 p.m. Join Ranger Jean Rogers and Julie Croston at Fresh Pond Reservation to make dragonfly (Wandering Glider) and damselfly (Blue Fronted Dancer) wings, or an algae hand-puppet, to wear in the Fresh Pond Creatures Contingent at the Honk! Parade on October 13th. For families with ages 5-11; rain or shine. Meet at Fresh Pond Reservation Ranger Station. Offered by Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation and Tobin Friends of Fresh Pond.
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Monday
AUGUST 12
Cambridge Residents: Appeal to City Council for Silver Maple Forest funds
6 p.m. Join Friends of Alewife Reservation’s Quinton Zondervan at Cambridge City Hall, Sullivan Chamber to support this appeal for funds from the Community Preservation Act.
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Sunday
AUGUST 18
Telling Your Natural Story: A Storytelling Workshop
1–3:30 p.m. Come take a short walk with Ranger Jean to learn the stories of nature at Fresh Pond, and then, over tea and cookies, storyteller Amy Tighe will show you how to create and share your own stories. Register at jrogers@cambridgema.gov.
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Monday
AUGUST 19
A Fresh Pond Reservation Walkabourt
6–7:30 p.m. Take a walking tour of recently restored areas at Fresh Pond Reservation and learn about both ongoing and future restoration projects. Watershed Manager Chip Norton will answer your questions about the past, present, and future of landscape management at Fresh Pond. Meet at Purification Facility front door, FPR.
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Sunday
AUGUST 25
Anne Marie Lambert Little RIver Nature Poetry Walk
3-5 p.m. Join Belmont Citizen Forum guide Anne Marie Lambert, who has been leading groups since last year and enjoys sharing perspectives, history and wildlife information.
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Friday
JULY 5
Botany Walk on Grasses and Sedges of Alewife Reservation with Walter Kittredge
Meet at 1:00 p.m. at the lot on Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge., Mass., for this walk. Walter is Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Harvard University Herbaria, a worldwide research collection of over 5 million dried plant specimens. Walter is also the Assistant Curator of the New England Botanical Club Herbarium. Walter has 35 years experience as a botanist and 25 years experience as a Wetlands Delineator consultant. Walter is co-author with Bryan Hamlin of Changes in the Flora of the Middlesex Fells Reservation. Walter leads educational hikes on plant identification and ecology, and created a nature trail for the Dark Hollow Pond Trail which is now called Bear Hill Habitats, Current research focuses on documenting the largest trees of the Fells using the Eastern Native Tree Society methodology. Walter has participated in Biodiversity Days at various DCR properties, and conducts floristic inventories of conservation areas throughout eastern Massachusetts.
Cancelled in the event of rain. For more information please email info@friendsofalewifereservation.org.
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Monday
JULY 8
Online Class on Urban Agriculture through UMass
UMass is offering a 6-week online class called Urban Agriculture: Innovative Farming Systems for the 21st Century, beginning Monday, July 8. This class earns 3 college credits and may count toward the Sustainable Food and Farming Online Certificate. The instructor, Helena Farrell, has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusetts and her course is well-grounded in permaculture principles. The cost is $371/credit. For more information, see: http://www.justfoodnow.org/urbanfarm.htm.Students will learn about innovative production methods and critical social, economic, and environmental dimensions of modern day urban agriculture. Multi-media presentations by the instructor, articles and videos online, and a custom, library research guide provide a strong foundation for students to investigate important topics and evaluate the performance of real life urban farm systems. The course will consist of readings, videos, quizzes, and research assignments in which students critically assess major strengths, weaknesses and issues of 21st century urban farm systems.
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Saturday
JULY 13
SUMMER BIRD WALK at Fresh Pond Reservation
Sunday
July 14
WEEKEND WEEDOUT: BLACK SWALLOWWORT POD PATROL
Monday
July 15
UPPER WATERSHED NATURE WALK (transport to and from Cambridge provided)
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Saturday and Sunday
JULY 20/21
First Outdoors Family Camping Weekend, at Otter River State Forest, Baldwinville, Mass.
These weekend experiences are designed for families who are new to camping and families of all kinds are welcome! Depending on the location, activities may include: Camping Fundamentals, Nature Walks & Plant Identification, Fishing, Archery, Nature Center Exploration, Live Animal Program, Outdoor Cooking and an Evening Campfire Program. Registration information is here on the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Registration preference will be for those families who are new to this program. Additional dates for this program are below:
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July 27 & 28 — Harold Parker State Forest, Andover
Monday
July 29
WATER QUALITY MONITORING at Fresh Pond Reservation
August 3 & 4 — Nickerson State Park, Brewster
August 10 & 11 — Tolland State Forest, Otis
Sunday
AUGUST 4
Daylight Moonlight: Nature Storytime with Children’s Author and Artist, Matt Patterson
11 AM AND 2 PM (TWO READINGS)
Join the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Mass., for a special Nature Storytime with children’s author and artist, Matt Patterson, who will read from his newest book, Daylight Moonlight. This beautifully illustrated book provides a fun way for children to learn about the animals that populate different habitats by day and by night. Matt has painted 22 scenes of the forest, desert, underwater, seashore, wetlands, grasslands, mountains, public parks, and even his own backyard. (Copies of Matt’s book will be available for purchase in the Museum gift shop.)
The museum has many other good programs going on this summer.
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