CHARLES  RIVER  PARKLANDS  UPDATE
January 2002
Archives—Table of Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

• Solstice Bridge Lighting a Success
• Help Pass the Environmental Bond Bill
• Save the Date: Parklands Cleanup Saturday April 20th
• The MIT Press to publish major book on the invention of the Charles River Basin this fall - become a sponsor

Solstice Bridge Lighting

Many thanks to all of you who braved one of the coldest nights of the year to see the solstice bridge lighting on December 21st! Over 200 people ventured out to the Weeks Bridge for the stunning view, hot beverages and cookies, and a brief ceremony.

CRC Board Member Paul Walker was our Master of Ceremonies, introducing a powerful line up including Ali Noorani, President of the Boston Greenspace Alliance, John Moot of the Friends of Riverbend Park, Chris Hardy, Lobbyist for Mass Audubon, and Renata von Tscharner, CRC President.

You may have listened in on the WBUR Morning Edition interview, in which Bob Oakes discussed the need for parkland and bridge restoration with Renata von Tscharner. [ photos of illuminated bridges ]

Help Pass the Environmental Bond Bill

Contact your state representative now to help secure funding for environmental programs and services across the commonwealth! Please see Mass Audubon's website for the details on H.4213, the Environmental Bond Bill: www.massaudubon.org/News_&_Action/news.html#env_bond

Earth Day Cleanup April 20th

Please save this date for this Basin-wide park clean up - we need volunteers! We are coordinating with several other organizations and sponsors to make this the biggest Earth Day Clean Up yet! If you are interested in participating please call the CRC office staff or email: crc@thecharles.org.

Inventing the Charles River

This richly illustrated comprehensive history of the Charles River Basin by Karl Haglund is moving swiftly towards publication. The MIT Press is completing the editorial process and beginning design work. Marketing efforts are well underway for the book's release in September later this year, and a conference is planned for October. Now, the Conservancy is launching a capital campaign to subsidize the cost of the book and make it accessible to the wide audience we want to reach. For more information on how to support this publishing effort, please call the CRC office staff or email: crc@thecharles.org.

Charles River Parklands is published by The Charles River Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of the Basin parklands of the Charles River.

[See new contact information.]
Email: crc@thecharles.org

 
© 2002, The Charles River Conservancy.