Herter Park Green Infrastructure Laboratory
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With support from the BSA Foundation and the Harvard Allston Partnership Grant, CRWA launched the Herter Park GI laboratory in spring of 2019. In partnership with the Friends of Herter Park and Charles River Conservancy, this project has helped create an opportunity to engage the residents of Allston-Brighton (including local middle school students) with CRWA field science, stewardship efforts, and education and outreach at Herter Park.
The residents of north Allston-Brighton have been learning about green infrastructure and as a result become informed stewards of Herter Park and the Charles River. |
Allston-Brighton Green Streets Guidelines
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In 2007, CRWA partnered with the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation to develop a Green Streets Guide for Allston Brighton through extensive collaboration with neighborhood residents. Through conducting community workshops for three pilot streets, the design guidelines provided a menu of green street retrofits intended to improve streets for walkers and bicyclists, make public parks more accessible, and improve water quality in the Charles River by treating stormwater runoff.
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Magazine Beach Restoration Project
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In the fall of 2016, CRWA began partnering with community groups and state and local governments to restore wildlife habitat at Magazine Beach and improve water quality in the Charles River. This project integrates with a park improvement project planned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) that will make improvements such as adding a rain garden to collect and filter runoff from the parking area. CRWA has worked with the Magazine Beach Partners, the Charles River Conservancy, the City of Cambridge, and more than 500 community volunteers to remove invasive weeds and restore existing stormwater treatment wetlands at the park. CRWA also collaborated with the Cambridge Green Schools Initiative of Cambridge Public Schools and Mass Audubon to offer on-site educational programming for elementary and middle school students. CRWA, the Magazine Beach partners, and DCR worked together to design and install five educational signs throughout the park.
This project was generously funded in part by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. |