FEBRUARY
2012 PROGRAMS
at
Fresh Pond Reservation
These
events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in
the company of an adult.
You will receive information on parking when you register.
Registration information is below.
Animal
Tracks and Sign
Date:
Saturday, February 4
Time: 1 to 3 pm
Meeting Place : Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville
Place
650 Concord Avenue
Many
wild animals that we may think of as living only in remote wilderness
have in recent years filtered into urban settings and are using
parks like Fresh Pond as hunting grounds and refuges. Although
these animals, hiding in the night or in foliage, are seldom seen
directly, their presence can be detected by the tracks and sign
they leave behind. A program of slides and plaster casts, led
by tracker David Brown, will familiarize you with some of this
evidence so that you can look for them yourself. If the conditions
are good, we will also go outside to look for prints in the snow,
so please dress according to conditions. You must register for
this program.
A Virtual Fresh Pond Walkabout
Date:
Monday
February 6
(Snow Date Monday February 13)
Time: 6 to 7:30 pm
Meeting Place : Water
Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Cambridge
Watershed Manager Chip Norton will lead us on a virtual tour of
the Reservation's new and future restoration projects, from the
comfort of the Water Department's conference room. Using photos,
maps, and illustrations, he will describe the challenges and goals
of these efforts to keep our drinking water pure and to create
healthy natural habitats for plants and the animals that live
among them. Bring your questions! You must register for this program.
Lichens
are Everywhere!
Date:
Saturday, February 11
Time: 1 to 3 pm
Meeting Place : Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville
Place
650 Concord Avenue
Elizabeth
Kneiper, a naturalist with a special interest in lichens, will
introduce us to the characteristics and biology of the plant worlds'
most interesting composite organisms - lichens. Most people hardly
notice them, although they grow on most moist surfaces and give
character to rocks and old trees. We will study a variety of common,
local lichens, using photos and specimens. This program will be
held indoors.
Bats:
Not Rats, Not Blind, Not Rabid
Date:
Sunday,
February 26
Time: 2 to 4 pm
Meeting Place : Maynard
Ecology Center, Basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Some
people are afraid of them, but bats provide us with a huge benefit,
each one eating thousands of insects every night. Nathan Fuller,
an expert on bats, will help us to become better acquainted with
these small flying mammals: their diversity their lifestyles,
and the dangers they face in the 21st century from disease and
climate change.
Please
register for each event that you plan to attend:
You will receive directions and information on parking in response
to your registration.
E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com
or call (617) 349-6489 and leave your name and phone number.
To
receive monthly email program announcements, send an email to
friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com
GROW
NATIVE MASSACHUSETTS
Presents
Evenings
with Experts
First
Wednesdays of the Month: 7:00 -- 8:30 pm
Free and open to all.
February
1 - Creating
Beautiful Gardens Filled with Life
Carolyn
Summers, Author of Designing Gardens with Flora of the
American East
March
7 - Invasive Plants:
Just Too Overwhelming?
Seth
Wilkinson, Founder of Wilkinson Ecological Design
April
4 - Our
Native Pollinators: Intriguing Insects and More
Ellen
Sousa, Author of The Green Garden
May
2 - Sexual
Secrets: Tales of Species, Seedlings, and Sports
Wayne
Mezitt, Chairman, Weston Nurseries of Hopkinton and Chelmsford
June
6 - The Rare Plants of
Massachusetts
Bryan
Connolly, Massachusetts State Botanist
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