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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Over a hundred hikers,
including a number of Fall River residents, joined Trustees
superintendent Mike Labossiere on a 4.5-mile walk from Slocum's River to
the Buzzards Bay Brewery in
Westport on Super Bowl Sunday, 2008. Formerly known as Island View Farm,
Slocum's River Reserve includes mature woodlands, agricultural
fields, and pastures that slope down to the western bank of the Slocum's
River. Two miles of trails cross the Reservation and connect to trail
easements over an adjoining sixty acres of private land. The Reservation
protects more than 3,000 feet of frontage along the Slocum's River
(named for Joshua
Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world) .
Adjoining private farmland and pastures produce alfalfa and
horticultural nursery stock and are used to graze livestock. The
Trustees of Reservations and
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT)
jointly own and manage the property.
Other heart healthy walks by the Trustees have included
animal
tracking,
cedar
swamp, the Go
Deep Walk, the Mowry
Path, the
Promised Land, a,
trailbuilding walk, a
cross-country
ski trip, a walk through
Interlachen,
a stone
wall walk, and a 13-mile
Big Walk. For directions or information on programs, please call
508.679.2115 x10 or e-mail them at
bioreserve@ttor.org. |
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(Top row) Property Manager Michael Labossiere of Trustees of Reservations leads the group of over 100 people along an easement near Slocum's River in Westport and then through woods. (Middle row, left) Nilsa Garcia-Ray, President of Gallery X in New Bedford who lives and works in Fall River, is helped across a stream by Tom Ryden, a member of the Paskamansett Pizza and Paddlers Club. (Middle row, right) Doug Tweedy, host of the Abbey Grill in Fall River, walks with the group through the nearby woods. (Bottom row) Erica Sahlin, right, Director of Ambulatory Services at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources looks at a bird's nest that Nilsa Garcia-Ray found on the walk. (Bottom row, center) Hikers get a chance to see some farm animals up close while crossing the Ernie Waite farm in Westport before reaching the Buzzards Bay Brewery nearby. (Bottom row, right) Jim and Joan Hornsby of Fall River debark the bus that returned the group to the parking lot on Horseneck Road. |
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