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DCR OFFERS ACTIVITIES FOR FEBRUARY SCHOOL VACATION WEEK
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION TO HOST PUBLIC MEETING ON REOPENING OF MELNEA A. CASS RINK
DCR SOLICITS PUBLIC INPUT ON TRAIL PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE MIDDLESEX FELLS RESERVATION
DCR SETS BOAT INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR THE QUABBIN RESERVOIR FISHING SEASON
DCR SEEKS OUTSIDE OPERATORS FOR FIVE ICE RINKS
DCR HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SUMMIT IMPROVEMENTS
DCR OFFERING ACCESSIBLE WINTER RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
DCR SPONSORING PUBLIC FORUMS TO DISCUSS DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS ON FOREST STEWARDSHIP
DCR CELEBRATES START OF THE WINTER RECREATION SEASON WITH "FIRST DAY" HIKES IN 16 PARKS
DCR CELEBRATES REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT KELLY OUTDOOR SKATING RINK IN JAMAICA PLAIN
DCR OFFERS PARKS-RELATED HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST OR CONSERVATIONIST
DCR’S “PARTNERSHIPS MATCHING FUNDS PROGRAM” SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECTS IN THE PARKS
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATES FUNDING FOR DCR’S CONNORS MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL IN WALTHAM
DCR HONORS ARTISTS WHO PAINTED “IRON RANGERS” IN STATE PARKS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
DCR ICE RINKS BEGIN PUBLIC SKATING HOURS
DCR SETS MAY 1 AS APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS IN STATE PARKS
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $119,333 IN URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANTS
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION AWARDS VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANTS $77,421 will be distributed to 45 communities across the Commonwealth
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS NEW BASEBALL FIELD AT HOUGHTON’S POND IN MILTON
NATIONAL STATE PARK DIRECTORS HONOR MAPLE-SUGARING PROGRAM IN DCR’S BLACKSTONE RIVER AND CANAL HERITAGE STATE PARK
DCR OFFERS “CYCLING FOR SENIORS” ALONG NORWOTTUCK RAIL TRAIL IN HADLEY
DCR RECEIVES $4.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS FOR TREE-REPLANTING IN THE WORCESTER AREA
DCR HOSTING FREE SEPTEMBER SOCCER CLINICS
DCR REOPENS SHANNON BEACH PLAYGROUND
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF WESTPORT RIVER DREDGING
MEDIA ADVISORY: DCR CLOSING SOME BEACHES TO SWIMMING DUE TO THREATS POSED BY TROPICAL STORM DANNY
DCR CLOSES SHANNON BEACH AND PLAYGROUND FACILITY
DCR REOPENING QUABBIN RESERVOIR TO PRIVATE RECREATIONAL BOATS
DCR SENDS 20 FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP BATTLE BLAZES IN ALASKA
DCR COMPLETES REHABILITATION OF RIVER STREET BRIDGE
DCR HOSTING ADDITIONAL FREE TENNIS CLINICS
DCR AND MWRA CLOSE QUABBIN RESERVOIR TO PRIVATE RECREATIONAL BOATS FOR 45 DAYS
DCR HOSTING ADDITIONAL FREE SOCCER CLINICS
DCR DEVELOPING A RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE BLUE HILLS RESERVATION
DCR LAUNCHES THIRD ANNUAL GREAT PARK PURSUIT
STATE OFFICIALS TAKE STEPS TO CONTAIN THE COMMONWEALTH’S FIRST CONFIRMED INFESTATION OF ZEBRA MUSSELS
JULY 4th CELEBRATION A HUGE SUCCESS AT DCR’S HATCH SHELL
DCR HOLDING FREE BASEBALL CLINICS
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO VISIT DCR CAMPGROUNDS FOR GREAT VACATION OPPORTUNITIES
DCR SWIMMING POOLS OPEN THIS SATURDAY
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION SENDS 21 FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP BATTLE BLAZES IN NORTHERN QUEBEC
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE NEPONSET RIVER ESPLANADE
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS FINAL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS FOR BU BRIDGE REHABILITATION
DCR REOPENING LONGFELLOW BRIDGE SIDEWALK
DCR WILL CLOSE CHICKATAWBUT ROAD TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON SUNDAYS
DCR BRINGS HERITAGE LANDSCAPE INVENTORY PROGRAM TO ADDITIONAL CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY TOWNS
Patrick Administration Awards Recreational Trail Grants Across The Commonwealth
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION HOSTS FREE SOCCER AND TENNIS CLINICS
DCR CUTS RIBBON AT PONKAPOAG DAM
DCR LAUNCHES “HEALTHY HEART TRAILS” INITIATIVE
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS RENOVATION PLANS FOR THE CRAIGIE DAM BRIDGE AND CRAIGIE DRAWBRIDGE
DCR SEEKS ARTISTS FOR “IRON RANGER” DONATION CONTAINERS IN THE PARKS
DCR HOSTING ACCESSIBLE RECREATION FAIR AT ARTESANI PARK IN BRIGHTON
SEVERAL DCR RECREATION AREAS WILL BE UNSTAFFED THIS SEASON DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES REOPENING OF MT. GREYLOCK ROAD
DCR HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING IN LENOX TO DISCUSS UPPER HOUSATONIC RIVER ACEC
DCR BEGINS REPAIRS ON BU BRIDGE
DCR CREWS BEGIN LAYING ELECTRIC CABLE UNDER MT. WACHUSETT ROAD
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ALONG STORROW DRIVE AND SOLDIERS FIELD ROAD
DCR TO CLOSE ONE LANE OF STORROW DRIVE IN BOSTON DURING 2009 HATCH SHELL EVENTS
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF FOREST STEWARDSHIP
SCHOONER ERNESTINA RETURNS TO MASSACHUSETTS
DCR URGES WATER SAFETY AS SPRING AND SUMMER LURE BATHERS
DCR DELAYS OPENING OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAILS
GOVERNOR PATRICK JOINS MORE THAN 4,000 VOLUNTEERS
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS CHARLES RIVER RESERVATION FOOTBRIDGE PROJECT
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES DCR’S UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAM HONORED BY MACY’S
DCR DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN $5 MILLION IN PAYMENTS TO WATERSHED TOWNS
DCR SELECTS CURATOR FOR HISTORIC HOUSE IN MAUDSLAY STATE PARK
DCR IS CALLING ALL YOUTH GROUPS - Spots for youth group recreational activities remain at Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields
PATRICK ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES SPRING VACATION PROGRAMMING AT DCR PARKS
DCR’S NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS COMPETING FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT
DCR BEGINS DEMOLITION WORK AT CONNORS MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL IN WALTHAM
DCR ANNOUNCES 2009 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AT THE HATCH SHELL
ON THE ESPLANADE
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT DESIGN FOR REHABILITATION OF NEPONSET RIVER BRIDGE
“PARK SERVE DAY” CALLS VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLEAN-UPS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
DCR APPLAUDS FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
DCR SELECTS CURATOR FOR BASCOM LODGE IN MT. GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION
Secretary Bowles Designates Upper Housatonic River as Area of Critical Environmental Concern
DCR TO HOST GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW SWIMMING POOL IN WALTHAM
FISHING SEASON AT WACHUSETT AND QUABBIN RESERVOIRS OPENS THIS MONTH
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR CANTON AIRPORT SITE
DCR TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR MOORING LOTTERY
DCR’S MONTHLY STREET SWEEPING BEGINS APRIL 1
GOV. PATRICK’S PUBLIC OFFICE HOURS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FEATURE DCR COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN
DCR AND BOSTON HARBOR ISLAND ALLIANCE HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS GEORGES ISLAND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
DCR CHOOSES CURATORS FOR HISTORIC STATE PROPERTIES IN PLYMOUTH, TOPSFIELD, AND EASTON
FORESTRY PRACTICES PRAISED IN ANNUAL AUDIT
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NONANTUM ROAD
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT DESIGN FOR REHABILITATION OF THE MYSTIC VALLEY PARKWAY BRIDGE IN SOMERVILLE
DCR’S BLUE HILL SKI AREA PLANS SNOWBOARD JAM THIS WEEKEND
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS RECONSTRUCTION OF MAGAZINE BEACH PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
DCR REOPENS LONGFELLOW BRIDGE TO ALL TRAFFIC
DCR AIMS TO ENHANCE BIKE/PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ACCESS
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PATRICK ADMINISTRATION’S BRIDGE REPAIR PROGRAM
DCR TO REPAIR SEVERE POTHOLE DAMAGE ON BOWKER OVERPASS IN BOSTON
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Aims for National Register of Historic Places
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT DESIGN FOR REHABILITATION OF CHENEY BRIDGE
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS REHABILITATION PLANS FOR THE MT. VERNON STREET BRIDGE AND PATTEN’S COVE
DCR ALLOCATES $755,000 FOR NEW PARKS PROJECTS
Matching funds awarded to 21 capital projects across the Commonwealth
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS REHABILITATION PLANS FOR THE BU BRIDGE AND CRAIGIE DAM AND DRAWBRIDGE
DCR HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE PATRICK ADMINISTRATION’S BRIDGE REPAIR PROGRAM
OPEN BURNING SEASON BEGINS IN MASSACHUSETTS
DCR SPONSORS ACCESSIBLE RECREATION FESTIVAL
DCR SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING ON THREE MILE RIVER WATERSHED
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