by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Apr 23, 2012 | Friend of the Month
Name: Robert C Walcott Town: Easton (45 years) Volunteer activities: After 20 years of hiking and enjoying the Blue Hills, I finally became a member of the Friends of Blue Hills 4 years ago. In 2008, when the Friends of the Blue Hills launched the Adopt-A-Trail...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
Green Up The Blue Hills Sunday, May 20, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Ponkapoag AMC Cabins Join the Friends of the Blue Hills and the Appalachian Mountain Club for a spring festival of stewardship and fun. Enjoy jazz music, face painting, crafts and weeding games. You’ll...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Apr 13, 2012 | Preservation Campaigns
One reason for the dramatic increase in Lyme disease is that we’ve created ideal habitat for deer; forests like the Blue Hills are crisscrossed with roads and spotted with houses, creating ‘edge habitat’ where deer thrive. Unfortunately, we’ve also removed many of...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Massachusetts Representative David Linsky issued a report on Lyme disease that affirms that “the occurrence of Lyme disease has reached near epidemic proportions in Massachusetts.” Even so, many doctors do not recognize the symptoms and often misdiagnose. ...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Elaine Kerrigan used to love hiking in the Blue Hills. Though she has lived her whole life in Weymouth, just 10 minutes away from the park, she didn’t start exploring here until she was in her thirties. She always enjoyed exercising outdoors, so when she discovered...
