Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Holiday Toys Ride Blue Hills December 6
DCR Blue Hills Reservation
Holiday Toy Drive
or Hike
Sunday, December 6
Toy Drop & refreshments 10 am – 1 pm
Mountain Bike Ride 10 am
Houghton's Pond Hike 1 pm
Meet at Houghton's Pond Visitor Center
at 840 Hillside Street in Milton.
Join the DCR Park Rangers and volunteers from Blue Hills TrailWatch and New England Mountain Bike Association
for our annual holiday toy drive collection. Bring a new
unwrapped toy, then go on a guided or self-guided mountain
bike ride or ranger-led hike. All toys will be donated to
Interfaith Social Services which help families in need
during the holidays. Gifts for children ages 11-16 are
most needed and appreciated.
Call 617-698-1802 for more information.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Apple Season
OK so yes it's been awhile since I really commented on my blog. Life is. While I'm thinking, I've just about hadit with that starving college students story about how that company 'life is good' got started. They're OK now, I won't be funding them anymore. I'll have my own starving college students soon enough. I'd be so lucky that my own would come up with their own pet rock and make us happy for the rest of our days...I guess as parents we never know...
It's (almost )fall now, the air has changed, the tomatoes are finally starting to ripen, the grass isn't growing as fast, nights are bearable, and from what I hear all that freakin rain we got earlier this year is gonna make for a great apple season. Apples fresh off the tree, the varieties, each with a different purpose and micro-season...the Big Apple is next on my list of places to go this week.
I shoulda been an apple farmer.
Maybe I still will.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Comments Needed! Blue Hills Resource Management Plan
Here is a fwd from Blue Hills decision-makers:
Dear Interested Citizen or Stakeholder,
As part of our agency's commitment to engaging the public in dialogue as part of our Resource Management Planning efforts, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) recently provided you with notice of a public meeting we held the evening of July 29 regarding the Blue Hills Reservation.
We were pleased to receive a significant amount of input from the audience at that meeting on how they use the facility, the aspects of it that are important to them, and the elements that they feel should be protected and how. Public comment received at the meeting and subsequently highlights issues for our attention and is an important component of our planning process.
We have posted the presentation that was made by DCR that evening at
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/news/publicmeetings/materials/Blue%20Hills%20RMP%2029%20July%202009%20for%20web.pdf. We encourage you to view the presentation and to provide us with your comments by emailing rmp.comments@state.ma.us or calling 617-626-4974.
Over the next several months, DCR will be preparing a draft plan for the Reservation, which we will post on the DCR website at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/rmp/index.htm, for public review and comment. Then, in late 2009 or early 2010, we will hold a second public meeting, regarding which you will be notified, to obtain additional input on the draft plan. As the final step in the Planning process, we anticipate submitting the proposed Blue Hills Resource Management Plan to the DCR Stewardship Council in early 2010 for their approval.
We appreciate your interest and input.
Sincerely,
Paul Cavanagh
Resource Management Planner
Comments Needed! Blue Hills Resource Management Plan
Dear Interested Citizen or Stakeholder,
As part of our agency's commitment to engaging the public in dialogue as part of our Resource Management Planning efforts, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) recently provided you with notice of a public meeting we held the evening of July 29 regarding the Blue Hills Reservation.
We were pleased to receive a significant amount of input from the audience at that meeting on how they use the facility, the aspects of it that are important to them, and the elements that they feel should be protected and how. Public comment received at the meeting and subsequently highlights issues for our attention and is an important component of our planning process.
We have posted the presentation that was made by DCR that evening at
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/news/publicmeetings/materials/Blue%20Hills%20RMP%2029%20July%202009%20for%20web.pdf. We encourage you to view the presentation and to provide us with your comments by emailing rmp.comments@state.ma.us or calling 617-626-4974.
Over the next several months, DCR will be preparing a draft plan for the Reservation, which we will post on the DCR website at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/rmp/index.htm, for public review and comment. Then, in late 2009 or early 2010, we will hold a second public meeting, regarding which you will be notified, to obtain additional input on the draft plan. As the final step in the Planning process, we anticipate submitting the proposed Blue Hills Resource Management Plan to the DCR Stewardship Council in early 2010 for their approval.
We appreciate your interest and input.
Sincerely,
Paul Cavanagh
Resource Management Planner
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