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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
On May 12, 2007,
Education Coordinator Linton Harrington and Property Manager Michael
Labossiere of
The Trustees of Reservations
led a group of thirty
hikers on "The Big Walk", an annual 13 mile, six-hour hike spanning the
full length of the 13,600-acre
Bioreserve.
Walkers began in the
Freetown-Fall
River State Forest near Profile Rock and continued on a series of
paths and roads ending in the
Copicut Woods
in Fall River. Other heart healthy walks by the Trustees have included the
Cedar
Swamp, the Go
Deep Walk, the Mowry
Path, the
Promised Land, a,
trailbuilding walk, a
cross-country
ski trip, a walk through
Interlachen
and
a
Stone Walk.
To
learn more about the Trustees and their activities,
check the
calendar on their web site, call 508.679.2115 x10, or e-mail them at
bioreserve@ttor.org. |
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(Top row, left) Trustees of Reservation Education Coordinator Linton Harrington and Property Manager Michael Labossiere ask for a show of hands of those who have done the Big Walk in previous years. (Top row, center and right) Michael Labossiere show the hikers one of the markers that will be used to temporarily mark the trail for the group before they head onto the trailhead at Profile Rock State Park in the Freetown State Forest. (Middle row, right) Hikers pause for a rest stop atop the old quarry at Assonet Ledge. (Bottom row, left) Hikers Joan and Jim Hornsby of Fall River climb one of the steeper trails. (Bottom row, center) Student intern Kevin Cabral listens as fire tower operator Barry DePina describes the 14,000 acres of the bioreserve that can be seen from the Copicut tower at the end of the hike. (Bottom row, right) Hiker cross a rustic bridge over the stream emerging from Doctor's Mill Pond within the Fall River city limits. |
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