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For any general questions about the walks, or if you would like to schedule a walk yourself, please contact
FAR office: 617 661-1730

Volunteers and serious Reservation researchers
Volunteers and serious Reservation researchers needed for future plans at Alewife Reservation and its buffers. We ask that you send your interest and concern on these matters to FAR at our e-mail address FAR@friendsofalewifereservation.org

Upcoming Events — June 2008

Belmont Concom - second Tuesday every month Monday, June 9 — 6 pm - 8 pm Gather & Meet Environmental Friends and Reservation Activists at Summer Shack (149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA) Host: Friends of Alewife Reservation. 6-7 pm, Socialize with brief updates on activities since annual meeting Free beer/ wine and appetizers (donated by Bill Ackerly) 7-8 pm, Walk the Reservation to share one another's ecological knowledge * Please RSVP by email (info@friendsofalewifereservation.org) or call 617-415-1884 Invitation to print/post: Microsoft Word    PDF Alewife parking info, below

Alewife — Directions — Places to Park New Alewife Reservation Parking Lot at Discovery Park Driving to the parking Drive west on Route 2 from Cambridge, to Belmont end of Lake Street. Turn left at underpass and immediate left again on Frontage Road to Discovery Park (large sign). Turn right onto Acorn Park Drive and go to end where there is a 20-space parking lot for Alewife Reservation visitors. Park (up to 4 hours). Walking from the parking — to meeting places Walk across bridge back towards Alewife T stop for meeting places to begin birding walks, educational tours or clean ups. Walking from the parking — to Little Pond From the new Alewife Reservation parking lot, go due south towards the river over the old parking lot that was pulled up. Do not walk on private gravel pathway. Go over lumpy ground by locust trees to behind the Bulfinch buildings along the river. Follow that pathway all the way up the river of 5,200 linear feet (one mile) to Little Pond through marsh, shrub, fields and woodlands. (This is an old fishing pathway used for years by local residents who used to swim and fish from the banks. Development and deadly impact threatens the area from an out-of-state developer.) Thanks to the DCR and the Bulfinch Company for building the lot. Dodge Co. Parking Lot — 165 Cambridge Park Drive Driving to the parking When coming into Alewife T area from Alewife Brook Parkway, go to red light. Continue down Cambridge Park Drive straight almost to end, to 165 Cambridge Park Drive. Turn right in second Dodge lot where you see cars parked (large willow trees in back). Park in the back of the lot. Your car will be safe. There is a picnic bench to sit. Dodge has been informed that you might be there. Walking from the parking From Dodge Co., walk down bikepath to Alewife T entrance, T Passenger Pickup, or Alewife Reservation Kiosk (all within 2 minutes of each other). Thorndike Field — parking places Driving to the parking Take Margaret Street from Lake Street in Arlington. You can get to Lake Steet from Mass Ave. or Route 2 going west. (Lake Street runs between Route 2 and Mass. Ave.) Drive to the end of Margaret Street (only one way to turn). There are parking places at the athletic fields (Thorndike Field). Walking from the parking From Thorndike Field, walk to Minute Man meeting place or Alewife Reservation kiosk or T Passenger Pickup (all within 2 minutes of each other).

Summer tours
For special tours of the Reservation with small groups of interested and concerned citizens, a date can be arranged. Call Friends of Alewife Reservation at 617 547-1944

Summer monitoring
FAR has 10 bird boxes throughout the Reservation that need monitoring. The monitoring charts are on the website at: http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/2003_01_nestingboxmap.html
Call FAR volunteer Rachel Philbrick for more information:( 617) 571 2412