JUNE
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.
Biodiversity
Days Bird Walk
Date:
Saturday, June 6
Time: 7:00 to 10:00 am
Meeting Place: Neville
Place Driveway, 650 Concord Avenue
Today
we will walk all of the way around the Pond, collecting information
on bird species, numbers, and nests for our annual Biodiversity
Days database. Beginners are welcome on this easy 2¼-mile
walk. We have binoculars to lend and will show you how to use
them.
The
Trees of Kingsley Park
Date:
Sunday, June 7
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Meeting Place: Ranger
Station, Water Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
This
program is designed for beginners and people who love to look
closely at trees. We will learn to identify Kingsley Park's familiar
trees by their leaves, bark and flowers/seeds. Participants will
leave with a map, a tree list and tracing of 12 different species'
leaves for further study. Tree finder guides will be available
for use during the program.
A
Tour of the Water Purification Facility
Date:
Monday, June 8
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Meeting Place: Water
Purification Facility Front Door
Come
learn how water that falls as rain in the western suburbs is transported
to Cambridge, purified into drinking water in the Walter J. Sullivan
Water Purification Facility, and piped to all of our local homes
and businesses. Members of the Cambridge Water Department staff
will describe the process, answer your questions, and give the
group a tour of the building.
Wildflower
Identification
Date:
Saturday, June 13
Time: 1:00
to 3:00 pm
Meeting Place: Water
Purification Facility Front Door
Come
learn how to use Newcomb's Wildflower Guide to identify early
summer wildflowers. Then we will learn to identify some of the
shrubs and trees we see as we walk around the Reservation. We
will have the guides for you to use, but bring your sharp eye
for detail!
Purple
Loosestrife Biocontrol Monitoring
Date:
Sunday, June 14
Time:1:00
to 3:00 pm
Meeting Place: Water
Purification Facility Front Door
You
can participate in Fresh Pond's Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol
Project by helping collect plant data from the wetland where we
released Galerucella beetles (on May 6) for the third year. No
experience is necessary: we will explain the project and give
you a training session.
An
Evening Walk in the Upper Cambridge Watershed
Date:
Monday, June 15
Time: 6:00
to 8:00 pm
Meeting Place: Water Purification Facility Front Door
Chip
Norton, Cambridge Watershed Manager, will lead one of his popular
walks through Cambridge-owned land in the upper watershed. This
time we will explore property on Route 117 in Lincoln, and will
hike the trail network between Twin Pond and Beaver Pond. This
will be about a 3 mile hike. We will carpool from the Water Dept.
parking lot, leaving promptly at 6 pm, or you can meet us at the
parking lot on Rt. 117 at 6:30. RSVP!
Invasive
Plants Identification
Date:
Wednesday, June 17
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Meeting Place: Water
Purification Facility
Learn
to identify the most common non-native invasive plants that are
having a negative impact on our yards, gardens and natural areas.
Jessica Korecki from the New England Wild Flower Society will
lead this walk on the Reservation using our own weeds as examples.
She will also offer recommendations for ways
of combatting invasive species.
Summer
Solstice Bird Walk
Date:
Saturday, June 20
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Meeting Place: Neville
Place Driveway, 650 Concord Avenue
If
you can't bear to get up at dawn to look at birds, this walk is
for you. Just as people take advantage of the longest days of
the year to continue their outdoor activities, so do birds. They
need the extra hours of daylight to forage for food for their
hungry babies. Beginning birders are welcome. We have binoculars
to lend and will show you how to use them.
Welcome
to Fresh Pond!
Date:
Sunday, June 21
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Meeting Place: Ranger
Station, Water Purification Facility
This
will be a ranger-led tour for people of all ages to discover and
discuss the things they may have been wondering about the reservation
and all the life forms that share it. This will be a leisurely
walk of 2 ¼ miles with lots of pauses. Wear walking shoes
and bring water!
A
Fresh Pond Reservation Walkabout
Date:
Monday, June 29
Time: 6:00
to 8:00 pm
Meeting Place: Water
Purification Facility Front Door
Join Watershed Manager, Chip Norton, on a walk in the Reservation's
recently restored or soon to be restored natural areas. Chip will
use maps and diagrams to help illustrate the goals for these restoration
projects, and answer your questions.
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