MIDDLESEX FELLS RESERVATION
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Initial Resource Management Plan Public Meeting
POSTPONED due to the forecasted snowstorm
New Date: Monday, January 31, 2011
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
McGlynn School Cafeteria
3001 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford
Directions:
(Note, the school can be a challenge to find using mapquest, google maps or a GPS).
From Boston / South:
Take Route 93 north to exit 32/Route 60.
Take exit 32, then as you come off the Route 60 ramp, bear right onto Route 60 east.
Travel about ½ mile; when you reach the first set of lights – Park Street – take a right onto Park Street.
Travel along Park Street toward its end, taking a left at the blinking light onto Riverside Avenue.
Travel along Riverside Avenue about ¼ mile, then take a right onto Freedom Way.
You’ll arrive at the School complex. Drive past the Andrews School and you will see the McGlynn School on your right. Park is available as indicated above.
From East: Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop
Take Route 16 to Meadow Glen Mall. At the mall, bear to the right. Continue straight through the set of lights to the forced right and proceed to a forced left. Take 3rd left and you may parallel park (please do not leave large gaps). Otherwise, there is parking at the stadium.
From North:
From Route 93 South – take exit #31, Route 16 Everett/Revere. Take a left at the lights, a left at the next set of lights and an immediate left with the car dealer on your right. Take forced right and proceed to a forced left. Take 3rd left and you may parallel park (please do not leave large gaps). Otherwise, there is parking at the stadium.
posted by site admin January 25, 2011
“Warm” Greetings
Is everyone enjoying the snow as much as the cross country skiiers??
A couple of quickies:
(1)
Can you join us this Wednesday, January 26th, 6:30 in Medford???? Please…
The Middlesex Fells Reservation – 2,575 acres spread out over the towns of Malden, Medford, Stoneham, Melrose and Winchester – is, as Callahan State Park – a vast parcel under the umbrella of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. For the past year, those who manage and those who use The Fells have participated in an exhaustive process to determine a Resource Management Plan that provides for and best serves the multi-use activities/participants she hosts. Fellow off-leash dog users and advocates of the Fells can use any and all support that we experienced, pro off-leash dog owners/walkers can offer. Many of these folks supported us when we were negotiating with DCR for off-leash privileges at Callahan. It would be lovely if some of us can return the favor.
There is a meeting this Wednesday, January 26th, 6:30 – 8PM in Medford. At the meeting, DCR staff members will meet with Past Cal-Dog president Joel Feingold among others, along with a present Cal-Dog Board member or two. We would be thrilled and grateful to see and hear from some Callahan folks.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PUBLIC MEETING SERIES
MIDDLESEX FELLS RESERVATION
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Initial Resource Management Plan Public Meeting
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
McGlynn School Cafeteria
3001 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford
(2)
Mutt Mitt Dispensers???
We want to thank DCR caretaker Alan for servicing the trash barrel when circumstances precluded Cal-Dog members from our commitment to maintenance a couple of weeks ago.
In a similar vein, it has been brought to our attention that the DCR courtesy-provided poop bag dispenser(s) at the Millwood entrance and at Eagle Pond are presently inoperable and unable to be filled with Mutt Mitt poop bags.
Please remember to bring your own supply of poop bags to Callahan when you accompany your dog on his/her winter walks.
It’s always a good idea to bring your own poop bags to the park when you bring your dog for some exercise. Bags may be purchased at any pet supply store (i.e. Especially for Pets, PetSmart, etc.), but grocery, produce and newspaper bags are inexpensive poop picker-uppers, and an excellent way to recycle. Additionally, if you have some extra plastic grocery, produce or newspaper bags, why not bring them with you to Callahan? You may be able to share with another who has forgotten his/er own poop bags or one who expected bags to be available in the dispensers. Extra bags can also be added to – and taken from – the fabric bag holder that hangs on the wooden pole near the trash barrel just inside the Millwood entrance.
While we’re talking poop, please, please, please continue to pick up after your dog, and remind others to do the same. Dogs are eliminating on the trails rather than trudging thru the snow beyond the trails, and many owners are ‘forgetting’ to stoop for the poop. C’mon folks. It’s not as if you can’t find it!
Thanks for yor time this time until next time!
Stay warm!
