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Autumn Tree Walk with Bob Leverett at FLCA
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northamptonby Bob Leverett Join Bob Leverett, co-founder of the Native Tree Society, for a walk through the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area to learn about our eastern woodlands. The leaves may have mostly fallen, but trees can still be identified by their bark, their buds, their shape, and their habitat. And once identified, each species tells
Autumn Tree Walk with Bob Leverett at FLCA
North Farms Road entrance to FLCA 61 North Farms Road, northamptonby Bob Leverett Join Bob Leverett, co-founder of the Native Tree Society, for a walk through the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area to learn about our eastern woodlands. The leaves may have mostly fallen, but trees can still be identified by their bark, their buds, their shape, and their habitat. And once identified, each species tells
Walk: History of Land Use at Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area
Cooke Avenue Entrance to FLCA (former Moose Lodge) 196 Cooke Avenue, northamptonWalk/talk with Laurie Sanders From colonial times to the damming of Broad Brook in the late 1980s that created Fitzgerald Lake, the 850 acres of FLCA have undergone momentous changes. Laurie Sanders will lead a walk along Boggy Meadow Rd. to the dam and Cooke’s Pasture, focusing on the economic, social, and environmental history of
- North Farms Rd. entrance is off Bridge Rd., N. off Mountain St. or N. Maple St. in Florence.
- Cooke Avenue entrance is off Hatfield St., which runs behind the WalMart/Big Y shopping center, to the end of Cooke Avenue (former Moose Lodge). Park only on the right side.
- Coles Meadow Road entrance is on the eastern end of FLCA, about 0.7 miles from North King Street (Routes 5/10). Park carefully on the street.