For the fifth consecutive year, the Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) Youth Conservation Corps has worked on building a trail along the south end of Cook Pond to create a rustic walking path and reclaim and create public access to this beautiful space. During the summer of 2016, the crew worked near the Henry Lord Community School, restoring and creating the Amity Nature Trail at Cook Pond along the shoreline. The pathway extends from the south end of the Henry Lord property north to the boat ramp at Henry Street with permission from the Fall River School Department, the SouthPointe Rehabilitation Center, and the MA Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation Area providing more than half a mile of access to a beautiful wooded natural area with views of the Pond along the way. The long term Mass in Motion Fall River plan is to continue around the circumference resulting in a three and a half-mile walking loop around the Pond. Click here for a two-minute video of the completed path. For information about plans to develop a path around Cook Pond, contact Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2405. (Top row photos by Julie Kelly; bottom photo by Marcia Picard)

(Top row) Fall River Department of Community Maintenance staff member Kevin Raposa pounds in a base post before Don Casey and Brian Marcellino install a new sign at the end of Amity Street with a map of the Pond and the trail. (Bottom rows) Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) Supervisor Cedric Josey walks the length of the path from the entrance at the end of Amity Street north to the Henry Street boat ramp, passing views of the Pond along the way before turning back to the entrance for another great view of the Pond.