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For Immediate Release Contact: Wendy Fox
February 25, 2008 617- 626-1453

DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR STONY BROOK RESERVATION

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has scheduled a public meeting to present and discuss the Draft Resource Management Plan for Stony Brook Reservation in Boston. The meeting is set for Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Boston Police Department’s District E-18 station, 1249 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park.

Other DCR properties included in the plan are Camp Meigs, Colella Field and Playground, Dale Street Playground, Mother Brook Reservation (also in Dedham), and the Dedham, Enneking, and Turtle Pond parkways. The draft plan documents and assesses the existing conditions of these properties and provides a framework for their management. Public comment will be welcome at the meeting.

Stony Brook Reservation was established in 1894 as one of the first five reservations in the Metropolitan Boston area. With 475 acres, it constitutes the largest protected open space within the City of Boston, and also offers a variety of athletic fields and recreational facilities. The popular Olsen swimming pool, Bajko skating rink, and the Connell, Gelewitz, and Kelly fields are all in Stony Brook Reservation. Users of these facilities are encouraged to attend the public meeting.

The public comment period for the draft Stony Brook Reservation Resource Management Plan closes on March 28. The plan can be downloaded from the DCR website at www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/rmp/rmp-stonyBrk.htm. Maps and a copy of the plan also are available for review, during business hours, at the DCR West District Headquarters, 12 Brainard St., Hyde Park. Additional review copies are available at the Hyde Park, Roslindale, and West Roxbury branches of the Boston Public Library, and at the Dedham Public Library
and its Endicott Branch.