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Tours of the Water Purification Facility Dates:
Monday Evenings: May 2, June 6, July 18, August 22, The
Cambridge Water Department is offering tours of the City's beautiful
Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility. The program will
include a virtual tour of the whole Cambridge watershed, using
the wall-sized map on the second floor: an explanation of 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, and a walk through the purification
areas and the lab. Come, and bring your questions. Fresh
Pond Reservation Walkabouts Chip
Norton, Watershed Manager for the Cambridge Water Department,
will give tours of Fresh Pond Reservation's conservation areas
that have been or are scheduled to be restored. He will answer
your questions, and use maps and diagrams to help illustrate the
goals for these major projects. Walks in the Upper Cambridge Watershed Dates:
Monday Evenings: May 23 and September 26 Join Chip Norton, Watershed Manager, on these walks through beautiful land owned by the City of Cambridge as part of our watershed. We will explore woods, meadows, ponds and streams. Ca-pooling can be arranged. Details of individual trips will be given in the monthly program announcements at Upcoming Programs a few weeks before the dates of the walks. Registration required: fpr@cambridgema.gov or 617-349-6489.
Reservation
Rambles!
Plant
Identification Workshops Dates:
Monday Evenings:May 16, June 20, July 25, and August 15 Join New England Wildflower Society botanists and Fresh Pond Reservation Volunteer Stewards in learning about the plant communities found at Fresh Pond Reservation. These hands-on workshops will include native and invasive plant identification, training on invasive weed removal, and information on how can help out at Fresh Pond..
The Fresh Pond Reservation Stewardship Program Dates
and Times: Mondays 5:30-7:30, Thursdays 2:00-4:00, May-November In
partnership with the Cambridge Water Department, volunteer
stewards help maintain native plant communities while learning
about the ecology of Fresh Pond Reservation. Upcoming projects
include invasive plant monitoring and removal, planting and seed
collecting, bird box monitoring, and monitoring specimen trees.
Tools and training provided. For more information contact:
Cambridge Pod Patrol July
- September
Volunteer
Weekend Weedouts Dates:
September 11 ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET Come learn about volunteer opportunities at Fresh Pond while helping us pull invasive weeds out of the meadows. All volunteer programs meet at the Water Department parking lot volunteer trailer. Tools, training, and snacks provided. All ages welcome. To join us, email Deb at fpr@cambridgema.gov<mailto:fpr@cambridgema.gov> or call 617.349.6489. For the complete Weekend Weedout schedule, go to http://www2.cambridgema.gov/CityOfCambridge_Content/documents/weekend%20weedouts.pdf
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