APRIL 2024 PROGRAMS
at Fresh Pond Reservation
Offered by the Cambridge Water Department
Events at Fresh Pond Reservation are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult.
If registration is required, you will receive information on parking when you register. Registration information is in program announcements.
Rabies Vaccination Clinic (Dogs Only)
at Cambridge DPW, 147 Hampshire Street
Saturday, April 6
9:00 to 11:00 am
Hosted at Cambridge Department of Public Works (DPW)
147 Hampshire Street, Cambridge MA
Required by Massachusetts General Law, all dog over the age of 6 months needs to be up to date on their rabies vaccinations; this is also a requirement to receive a Cambridge license tag (required for off-leash at Fresh Pond). Unspayed/Unneutered Dogs $30 and Spayed/Neutered Dogs receive a discounted rate of $10. Cash or check only. For further information, please call the Animal Control office at (617) 349-4376
36th Annual Friends of Cambridge Athletics CityRun 5K Race
Sunday, April 7
Starts 9:00 am
Starts and Finishes on the service road behind the water treatment facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
This 5k loop around Fresh Pond takes place entirely within Fresh Pond Reservation, along historic trails and pathways and verdant woods. The run is all in nature – no cars!
Registration Fees
Race Fee: $35 (Day-of: $45)
College Students: $25 (Day-of: $35)
CRLS Students & Under-18: Free
Walkers $35
Charitable Fund Raiser Race
Fees benefit Friends of Cambridge Athletics, a 501(c)(3) supporting student athletes and teams at CRLS and providing scholarships to deserving scholar athletes, and the Andrea Harvey Memorial Fund, a non-profit advancing education and raising domestic violence awareness and offering scholarships to CRLS students.
Total Eclipse of the Park
Monday, April 8
2:00 to 4:40pm
Meets at Fresh Pond's Kingsley Park
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
93.1% of the sun will be covered up at exactly 3:29pm, join us for a Solar Eclipse viewing party to experience something that won’t hit Cambridge with this magnitude again until 2079! Festivities include live music by Trail Mix from 2:30-4:30pm, free commemorative solar eclipse glasses (ISO safety certified), and interactive displays and experiments. Bring your own chair or blanket if you want to sit back and relax, and enjoy the party with your community and feel the wonder of a near-total solar eclipse. Info at: https://www.cambridgema.gov/citycalendar/view.aspx?guid=ffba9e20cd2b4887a35875a7a3992fca
Walter J. Sullivan Water Purification Facility
Monday, April 8
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Meets at Front Door of the Water Treatment Plant
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
Come learn how the Cambridge Water Department purifies drinking water for your tap after it’s conveyed from nearby Fresh Pond into our facility. You’ll have the chance to speak with water treatment staff, see the equipment in action and check out our water quality lab! For more information, contact Ranger Tim at (617) 349-6489 or tpuopolo@cambridgeMA.gov. Please call ahead if coming with a large group.
Fresh "Ponding
Thursday, April 18
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Meets on site at Black's Nook
a Drop-in Style Program - Come any time between 11 and 2!
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
What is "ponding"? Ponding is the act of looking through a scoop of "pond muck" to find all the beautiful things living in it! Every square inch of a healthy pond should yield something alive. Tadpoles and turtles and nymphs, oh my!
Part of the Cambridge’s Earth Month celebrations, meet the Cambridge Rangers on-site at the boardwalk of Black's Nook (trail map here: https://bit.ly/2G1b3DE) at Fresh Pond Reservation. We'll have the buckets, bins, nets, microscopes, magnifying glasses, and nature guides... you just need to show up and see what you can find living in these waters. It's a (micro) jungle out there! Contact Ranger Tim at tpuopolo@cambridgeMA.gov
(Almost) Earth Day Cleanup
Sunday, April 21
10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Meets at the Ranger Station (by the clock tower facing the pond)
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
Since 1970, April 22nd has been declared as Earth Day and a national day of service toward cleaning up our planet. We’ll have the gloves, we’ll have the bags, you just bring the help as we rove through some areas for a little “Spring Cleaning” and give back to our environment. Volunteer for nature!
For more information, contact Ranger Tim at (617) 349-6489 or tpuopolo@cambridgeMA.gov. Please call/email ahead if coming with a large group so that we can prepare.
***THE RESERVATION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM DAWN TO DUSK!***
The Ranger Station and public restrooms are now open from 7 am to 7 pm. In addition, portable restrooms are available in the parking lots.
For questions about Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, send an email to friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com
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MEMBERSHIPS AND DONATIONS
Although Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation is an all-volunteer organization, we do rely on contributions for some of our activities. These include paying professionals to lead special programs, maintaining this website, and buying supplies for our conservation work on the Reservation.
Membership fees are $10 per year, retroactive to January 1. If you would like to join us, please mail a check made out to Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation to the address below. If you care to make an additional donation, we thank you, and promise to put it to good use.
Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation
31 Mount Pleasant Street
Cambridge MA 02140-2613
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