Gathering to discuss the CAM002 CSO, which predates the historic Mass Ave bridge. Volunteers received t-shirts, boatbags, and Kolsvart Swedish Fish. Photo Credit: Arthur Prokosch
Eighty Save the Alewife Brook volunteers met for an Earth Day Clean-up on Saturday, April 13, 2024. We collected trash along the entire length of the Alewife Brook, visiting all six of the Alewife’s Combined Sewer Outfalls, from the Alewife T Station to Mystic Valley Parkway.
David Stoff near Wald Park, fishing for shopping carts. Photo by Ann McDonald.
David Stoff brought his boat out to help fish shopping carts out of the brook. The Department of Conservation & Recreation helped remove a plastic barrel in the brook. That barrel had been there for years.
Vincent Baudoin pulled three shopping carts out of the brook. Photo by Ann McDonald.
Boat meets band. Photo by Clare Nosowitz.
If only you could have seen the expression on one young volunteer’s face when we told her that we had a boat to collect trash in the brook! She was excited for two reasons: because she wanted to clean up the brook and because boats are fun. Alewife Brook should become a boatable brook for the enjoyment of all.
Sunnyside’s Native Plant Meadow
Sunnyside’s Native Meadow. Photo by David White.
The cleanup extended from the Alewife T station downstream to Sunnyside Avenue near the Mystic River. There the neighbors have established a native plant meadow. As can be seen from the sky, the weather was very unsettled for this event.
Thanks to the Department of Conservation & Recreation!
Thanks to Matthew Perry, Kevin Hunter, and Chris from the Department of Conservation & Recreation for coming out to help with our Earth Day Cleanup.
Photos by Ann McDonald.
Thanks to the Volunteers from Cambridge, Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Medford, Boston, Carlisle, & Spencer!
Adam Auster * Amanda Hope * Andy T * Aneil Tripathy * Ann McDonald * Annie Thompson * Arthur Prokosch * Ben Baron * Beth Melofchik * Betsy Lenora * Betty Widerski * Brad Johnson * Brian Graham * Christine Metzler * Clare Nosowitz * Constance Martin * Cynthis Stillinger * David Lough * David Stoff * David White * Diane Connor * Dillon Herring * Doug Brown * Elaine Campbell * Ellen Mass * Ellen Zimmermann * Emma Walter * Eppa Rixey * Eric Cao * Gilbert Martin * George Laite * Gwen Speeth * Hayley Sutherland * Jamie Trent * Jared Robinson * Jason Wadsworth * Javier Matamoros * Jay Bryan * Jen Clay * Joann Keesey * Joe Poirier * Josh Pieper * Kathleen Fizgerald * Kate Wolfe * Kathleen Fitzgerald * Ken Hjulstrom * Kendra Martin * Kristin Anderson * Lilli Smith * Loren Bernardi * Lynn Rosenbaum * Mark Foster * Megen McLaughlin * Melissa McWhinny * Michelle Gulen * Morgan Herring * Nancy Frost * Nelson Tetreault * Nina Paynter * Nuala Barker * Octavia Wadsworth * Pasang Lhamo * Paul Lipsky * Philip Thompson * Pooja Usgaonkar * Robert Collins * Robert Jones * Robin Shaw * Sadie Martin * Scott Levine * Shaina Blitt * Silas Poirier * Sonya Green * Stacy Cleth * Steve Rapp * Susan Denham * Sulchamchi Bedi * Talia Shire * Ulli Rapp * Veronique Bailly * Vincent Baudoin & Family
Thanks to BABAM! for bringing the party with their brass & beat!
The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians played at Bicentennial Park.
Thanks to Kolsvart for supporting us with their generous donation of delicious Swedish Fish from Sweden!
Why are you continually leaving out Alewife Brook where Little River comes in at the Alewife Reservation? What’s happening about this? Thanks for doing the cleanup on the 13th, Seems you really made a dent! . But, on the other hand, Who’s poisoning
the collaborative waters? So glad to see you on the 13th for the half hour. Wish you could have stayed longer. Let me know what is behind the isolation of the major waters (contaminated at that) that flow into Alewife Brook. Maybe ask MyRWA or Andy? Ellen Mass