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Edward M. Lambert Jr.

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251 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
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Boy in PoolDCR Summer Season Underway

Waterfronts Welcome Swimmers

DCR summer recreational season is underway with the opening of waterfronts across the Commonwealth. Lifeguards begin staffing inland and ocean beaches on weekends, while parks and campgrounds staff up for camping, interpretive and educational programming, boating, OHV and ATV use, sailing, golfing—and, of course, summer concerts and movies at the Hatch Shell and beyond. - more-

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Patrick-Murray Administration & City of Cambridge Acquire Major Greenways Link for Watertown-Cambridge Greenway

DCR Summer Season Gets Underway: Waterfronts Welcome Swimmers

Nahant Beach Reservation Rehabilitation and Parking Update

Recreational Advisory: Pleasure Bay Causeway Closures Necessary to Make Pleasure Bay Bridge Repairs

DCR Updates Safety Protocols for 20th Anniversary of Radio 92.9’s EarthFest 
DCR Announces Opportunity to Restore the Historic Speedway Administration Building

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $1 Million Grant to DCR and Buzzards Bay Coalition

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DWSP Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC Final Report)

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