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- Meadowbrook Park Cleanup Day
– May 3rd
- Spy Pond Trails Day 2008 –
May 10th
- Exhibit: Photographs of
Arlington's Great Meadows By Harvey Coté – Ongoing
- Annual Meeting held January
28th; remarks by USC President Kevin Knobloch available
- FEMA draft flood zone maps
available
Meadowbrook
Park Cleanup Day
Saturday,
May 3rd 9am-noon
Lend
a hand for a clean-up of Meadowbrook Park. Every spring, we find lots
of interesting trash that has washed down Mill Brook including coffee cups,
baseballs, plastic bottles, tires, carpet scraps, baskets of plastic
flowers, shopping carts, etc.
Meet
on Brooks Ave in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (enter on Sachem Ave from Mystic
St.). Rain or shine. Bring hat, boots, gloves, long pants and
expect to get muddy. Come join us this year and see what has washed into
the wetland.
Sponsored
by the Arlington Conservation Commission and the Arlington Land Stewards.
Spy
Pond Trails Day 2008
Saturday,
May 10th 9am-noon
Please
join us for a day of trail maintenance, controlling invasive plants,
pruning vistas, trash pickup, and generally improving this scenic slice of
public land. All equipment and snacks will be provided. C’mon
down and join the party, rain or shine!
Participation
is open to anyone over the age of twelve. Access to the site is via
the path between the pond and Rt. 2, running between Rt. 60 and Lake
St. Participants should bring sturdy footwear, work clothes, water,
hat and sunscreen, rain gear. Liability waivers will be available and
must be signed by all participants (under 18 need approval from—and are
preferably accompanied by—a parent or guardian).
Recommended
parking: Exit 60 off Rt. 2, head toward Mass Ave on Lake Street, first left
onto Colonial Drive, left onto Roanoke, left and park along Spy Pond
Parkway. For further details, call 781.641.2506, or visit http://spypond.arlington.ma.us
Hosted
by the Spy Pond Environment Task Group, a Vision 2020 Committee made up of
volunteers working in partnership with the town, and a multitude of civic,
sports, youth, and social organizations.
Photographs
of Arlington's Great Meadows By Harvey Coté
Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue
2nd
floor gallery
Through
June 30, 2008
This
ongoing exhibit is open during regular Town Hall hours:
Mon-Wed
8am-4pm, Thu 8am-7pm, and Fri 8am-noon.
Land
Trusts and Climate Change:
A
Pivotal Role for Open Space Advocates
ALT’s
Annual Meeting on January 28th featured guest speaker Kevin Knobloch, President of Union of Concerned
Scientists. Kevin’s remarks on the
relationship between land protection and climate change can be downloaded here.
FEMA draft
flood zone maps
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency has released in draft form its revised
maps of the areas subject to flooding in the Mystic River watershed. The new maps affecting Arlington are
available at the links below. For
more information on the significance of this remapping, see the ALT
newsletter (link at left).
Warning:
these are very large files (8mb each).
Please right-click and “Save As” to download.
Arlington
and Mystic Lakes (Map 417E)
Alewife
Area Cambridge and Arlington (Map 419E)
For other
questions please contact ALT
President Clarissa Rowe at 781-643-3156 or email info@arlingtonlandtrust.org
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