Tom Lautzenheiser, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Mass Audubon
Kate Bentsen, Ecological Restoration Specialist, Mass DER (Division of Ecological Restoration)
Martha Gach, Education Manager, Mass Audubon
The Broad Meadow Brook Restoration Project is a partnership between the City of Worcester, the Division of Ecological Restoration, the Blackstone Watershed Collaborative, and Mass Audubon. The project focuses on an approximately 40-acre, highly degraded wetland system within an urban watershed, embedded within environmental justice communities. The project's goal is to achieve a dynamic, diverse, and self-sustaining stream and wetland ecosystem that provides a full suite of ecosystem services, accessible for the benefit and enjoyment of neighbors, residents, and visitors. Currently in an assessment and design phase, the project includes many challenges and complexities typical of urban watersheds. In this field trip, we will explore sections of the project site to demonstrate important project components and constraints.
Terrain:
The planned walk route is almost entirely level and even, on a gravel surface, for an approximately 1.5-mile out-and-back hike. The majority of this route is wheelchair accessible. Bathrooms are not available in the project area.
Your host will contact registrants with detailed directions (including parking) and in case of weather-related changes.
Due to limited capacity, if you are not able to attend after you register for the walk, please contact admin@massland.org a.s.a.p. so we can open your spot for someone else.
