Friends Groups

Friends groups are organizations dedicated to supporting specific DCR properties through volunteer work, fundraising, providing programs and events, and advocacy. More than 70 groups are working across the state to enhance our forests and parks system.

Learn more about the following friends groups and how to get involved with their great work by visiting their web sites:

Arborway Coalition

Blackstone Valley Sugaring Association

Boston Natural Areas Network

Charles River Clean Up Boat

Charles River Conservancy

Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Esplanade Association

Friends of Alewife Reservation

Friends of Belle Isle Marsh

Friends of the Blue Hills

Friends of Borderland

Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands

Friends of Breakheart Reservation

Friends of City Square Park

Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center

Friends of Halibut Point State Park

Friends of Hemlock Gorge

Friends of Lowell Dracut Tyngsboro State Forest

Friends of Lynn & Nahant Beach

Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation

Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range

Friends of the Myles Standish State Forest

Friends of the National Monument to the Forefathers

Friends of Upton State Forest

Friends of Wachusett Mountain

Friends of Whitehall

Friends of Willard Brook

Friends of Wollaston Beach Reservation

Friends of Wompatuck

Island Alliance

Maudslay State Park Association

Revere Beach Partnership

Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy

Thoreau Society/Friends of Walden Pond

Contact information for other friends groups involved at DCR parks will be coming soon. In the meantime, to learn more about how to become involved with an existing friends group at your favorite park or how to start a new one call 617-626-4964.

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