Programs Offered by
The Cambridge Water Department
Spring and Summer 2008

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Two Fresh Pond Reservation Volunteer Programs

The Fresh Pond Reservation Stewardship Program

The Stewardship Program brings Fresh Pond Reservation users together on a regular basis to monitor plants, conduct maintenance activities, and to learn about the ecology and history of the area. Projects that are being planned for this summer include invasive plants removal, Purple Loosestrife nursery monitoring, plant succession quadrat monitoring in the butterfly meadow and Lusitania meadow, bird box monitoring, and more. Fresh Pond Reservation users are getting involved. Come take part! E-mail Hannah Wilbur at fpr@cambridgema.gov to receive weekly updates and schedules.

Pond Partners Program

This Program is for larger groups interested in volunteering for a day or a few days of work. Working directly with Reservation Rangers, Pond Partners help with large-scale projects such as trail maintenance, clean-ups and plantings. For information on current projects and to arrange for a workday email fpr@cambridgema.gov or call 617-349-6489.
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Cambridge Water Department Summer Tours

Tours of the Water Purification Facility
Monday Evenings: June 16, July 21, August 18,
September 15, October 20, November 17
Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge

Tim MacDonald, Manager of Water Operations for the Cambridge Water Department, is offering tours of the City's beautiful Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility. He also will give a power point presentation explaining the process by which water that falls as rain in the suburbs 10 miles west of Cambridge is transported to Fresh Pond and made into pure drinking water for our city. Come, and bring your questions.

Northeast Sector Walkabouts
Monday Evenings: June 23, July 28,
August 25, September 22
Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge

Chip Norton, Watershed Manager for the Cambridge Water Department, will give tours of Fresh Pond Reservation's Northeast Sector, including the recently restored conservation areas that are now open to the public He will answer your questions, and use maps and diagrams to help illustrate the goals for this major restoration project. These two-mile walks will be on paved roads and unpaved paths.

The Cambridge Water Department
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Cambridge, MA, 02138
617-349 6489
www.cambridgema.gov/cwd/