I was out admiring some beautiful ice formations yesterday when I spotted a real treasure, a shrub flowering in December! American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is unique that way. While other plants hunker down for winter,…
On Sunday, November 4, we hosted our 3rd annual Fall for the Fells Trail Race and Fall Festival. Special thanks to title sponsors Whole Foods Market, silver sponsors Tufts University and Caroline Staudt Real Estate,…
The last couple of weeks working on the flora project were exciting and sad at the same time. Going on our last couple of hikes through the Fells- I knew I was going to miss…
DEC 18, 2018 UPDATE! On Facebook Mayor Stephanie Muccini Burke of Medford posted: "I am pleased to share that this evening the City of Medford received notification from Commissioner Leo Roy of the Department of…
Photo credit Marian Siljeholm October 5, 2018 Letter of concern from Ron Morin, Executive Director, Friends of the Fells Please click here to see our position paper on the 90mm Meadow/Hockey Rink Proposal. Dear…
The image above is downy rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera pubescens). This native, New England orchid had not been seen in the Fells for more than 20 years - until Dennis Crouse and Lindsay Beal re-discovered a small population. Bryan…
Yesterday Walter and I hiked up and around Bear Hill in the northwestern part of the Fells. We came prepared this time with a list of mosses that had been collected there in the past,…
June 06, 2018 Wednesday, Sector #6 Middlesex Fells, Cascade Wednesday Walter Kittredge and I go out into the field together to scout and collect mosses and lichens in the Fells and Harold Parker State Forest.…
June 04, 2018- Sector #1 Middlesex Fells- Medford High School, Lawrence Woods This morning I was so very excited to start my day by hiking around the fells for a few hours. I parked…
The Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation is one of 100 local nonprofit organizations to receive a grant of $100,000 through the Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. On May 25, 2016 the Melrose-based organization was chosen…