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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“Embrace the Spirit of the Forest”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May is Massachusetts Rivers and Wetlands Month. Friends of
Alewife Reservation is sponsoring a walk and encirclement of the silver maple
forest with the Earth Drum Council and professional performers for a
celebration of its trees, especially the mother tree which has lost many of its
large branches. The title of the celebration is, "Embrace the Spirit of
the Forest". <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is being held to call attention to the preservation of
the watershed functions of the floodplain and woodlands, and to bless the
abundant wildlife habitat, which Friends have assessed as coyote, fox, mink,
otter, deer and 90 species of birds, many of whom nest in the Reservation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Ingathering with public participation at 1pm will invoke
native, pagan and New England cultures that revere natural resources. Drums
will resound around the forest, and each participant will speak his or her
sentiments about the protection of the area and personal experiences there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Each is asked to bring a musical instrument if available. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Publicity for the event states, "The woodlands are
entitled "Belmont Uplands" because they are on the border of
Cambridge, and there is a slight rise in land elevation from the road, but main
area is in Belmont and it is the lowest part of the town. Proponents say,
"It is a center for wildlife and for floodplain absorption, which, for
centuries, since the glacial era, created livable and protective watershed benefits
of tributary sources: ponds, river, streams, floodways, active aquifers,
ground waters, and wetlands, marshes, bog, fen and vernal areas." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Parking at the public Alewife Reservation Lot on Acorn Park
Drive. 1:00 Ingathering in the meadows of Alewife Reservation. Specific
participatory Instructions will be given out. Phone: 617 415-1884, FAR
offices for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Ellen
Mass <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>President<br>
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color:green;font-weight:bold'>Friends of Alewife Reservation</span></font></b><font
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cell: 617 290-4864 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>186 Alewife Brook Parkway #304 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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