Sunday, January 22, 2012
FEBRUARY PROGRAMS AT FRESH POND RESERVATION
These events are free and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult.
Please register for each event that you plan to attend. You will receive directions and information on parking when you register. E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com.
ANIMAL TRACKS AND SIGNS
Saturday, February 4
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Many wild animals that we think of as living only in remote wilderness have, in recent years, filtered into urban settings and are using parks like Fresh Pond as hunting grounds and refuges. Although these animals, hiding in the night or in foliage, are seldom seen directly, their presence can be detected by the tracks and signs they leave behind. Tracker David Brown leads a program using slides and plaster casts to familiarize you with some of this evidence so that you can go out and look for yourself. If the conditions are good, we will also go outside to look for prints, so please dress accordingly. You must register for this program.
A VIRTUAL FRESH POND WALKABOUT
Monday February 6
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Cambridge Watershed Manager Chip Norton will lead us on a virtual tour of the Reservation’s new and future restoration projects. In the comfort of the Water Department conference room, he will use photos, maps, and illustrations to describe the challenges and goals of these efforts to keep our drinking water pure and to create healthy natural habitats for plants and the animals that live among them. Bring your questions! You must register for this program. Snow date is Monday, February 13.
LICHENS ARE EVERYWHERE!
Saturday, February 11
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Elizabeth Kneiper, a naturalist with a special interest in lichens, will introduce us to the characteristics and biology of the plant worlds' most interesting composite organisms – lichens. Most people hardly notice these plants that grow on most moist surfaces and give character to rocks and old trees. Using photos and specimens, we will study a variety of common local species. This program will be held indoors.
BATS: NOT RATS, NOT BLIND, NOT RABID
Sunday, February 26
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Some people are afraid of them, but bats provide us with a huge benefit, each one eating thousands of insects every night. Nathan Fuller, an expert on bats, will help us get better acquainted with these small flying mammals: their diversity, their lifestyles, and the 21st century dangers they face from disease and climate change.
*** This winter and spring Grow Native Massachusetts is offering a series of free nature-related lectures at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. The details are at www.grownativemass.org.
Please register for each event that you plan to attend. You will receive directions and information on parking when you register. E-mail Elizabeth Wylde at friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.com.
ANIMAL TRACKS AND SIGNS
Saturday, February 4
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Many wild animals that we think of as living only in remote wilderness have, in recent years, filtered into urban settings and are using parks like Fresh Pond as hunting grounds and refuges. Although these animals, hiding in the night or in foliage, are seldom seen directly, their presence can be detected by the tracks and signs they leave behind. Tracker David Brown leads a program using slides and plaster casts to familiarize you with some of this evidence so that you can go out and look for yourself. If the conditions are good, we will also go outside to look for prints, so please dress accordingly. You must register for this program.
A VIRTUAL FRESH POND WALKABOUT
Monday February 6
6 to 7:30 pm
Water Purification Facility
250 Fresh Pond Parkway
Cambridge Watershed Manager Chip Norton will lead us on a virtual tour of the Reservation’s new and future restoration projects. In the comfort of the Water Department conference room, he will use photos, maps, and illustrations to describe the challenges and goals of these efforts to keep our drinking water pure and to create healthy natural habitats for plants and the animals that live among them. Bring your questions! You must register for this program. Snow date is Monday, February 13.
LICHENS ARE EVERYWHERE!
Saturday, February 11
1 to 3 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Elizabeth Kneiper, a naturalist with a special interest in lichens, will introduce us to the characteristics and biology of the plant worlds' most interesting composite organisms – lichens. Most people hardly notice these plants that grow on most moist surfaces and give character to rocks and old trees. Using photos and specimens, we will study a variety of common local species. This program will be held indoors.
BATS: NOT RATS, NOT BLIND, NOT RABID
Sunday, February 26
2 to 4 pm
Maynard Ecology Center, basement of Neville Place
650 Concord Avenue
Some people are afraid of them, but bats provide us with a huge benefit, each one eating thousands of insects every night. Nathan Fuller, an expert on bats, will help us get better acquainted with these small flying mammals: their diversity, their lifestyles, and the 21st century dangers they face from disease and climate change.
*** This winter and spring Grow Native Massachusetts is offering a series of free nature-related lectures at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. The details are at www.grownativemass.org.
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