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2013 Piping Plover Season Begins Monday, April 1

Piping Plovers are now returning to nest

 

Press Releases & Media Advisories

May
(5/13/13)

DCR Updates Safety Protocols for 20th Anniversary of Radio 92.9’s EarthFest 

(5/8/13)

DCR Releases 2013 Update of Terra Firma No. 2-Caring For Mature Trees

(5/7/13)

DCR Announces "Stories in Stone" Program for Preservation Month 2013

(5/3/13)

Traffic Advisory: Saturday Morning Memorial Drive Closures for Red Sox Run to Home Base 2013

(5/3/13)

Traffic Advisory: DCR to Close Lanes in Storrow Drive Tunnel to Continue Rehabilitation Work

(5/3/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: Sunday Morning Road Closures for Project Bread Walk for Hunger 2013

(5/3/13)

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

 

(5/2/13)

DCR Announces Opportunity to Restore the Historic Speedway Administration Building

April
(4/26/13)

Traffic Advisory: DCR Closing Paul Dudley White Footbridge to Allow for BU Railroad Bridge Repairs

(4/26/13)

Patrick-Murray Administration Calling On Volunteers for 7th Annual Statewide Park Clean-ups

(4/23/13)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Service for MIT Officer Sean Collier

(4/23/13)

DCR Traffic & Parking Advisory Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Race for Research

(4/17/13) Recreational Advisory: Tenean Beach Playground Closed
(4/17/13)

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

(4/16/13)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Soldiers Field Road Improvements

(4/16/13)

Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel Overnight Left Lane Closures

(4/12/13)

Traffic Advisory: Rolling Lane Closures Along Storrow and Soldiers Field for Emergency Repairs

March
(3/27/13)

Traffic Advisory: Overnight Storrow Tunnel Closures

(3/26/13)

Traffic Advisory: DCR’s Street Sweeping to Begin April 1

(3/22/13)

Traffic Advisory: Westbound Mystic Valley Parkway Closed in Winchester for Safety Pruning

(3/22/13)

Recreational Advisory: Temporary Closing of Connell Pool Necessary for UV System Installation

(3/19/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Lifted at Noon Today

(3/18/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event

(3/15/13)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards First of Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants to 15 Towns

(3/13/13)

DCR Seeks Artists to Paint 99 Iron Ranger Donation Containers in the Parks

(3/13/13)

Traffic Advisory: DCR Accommodates Resident Parking for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

(3/12/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban for Winthrop Shore Drive on Thursday

(3/9/13) *CHANGE* Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Will Be Lifted at 3 p.m. SUNDAY (Not Saturday) for WINTHROP SHORE DRIVE
(3/8/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Will Be Lifted at 3 p.m. Saturday

(3/8/13)

Brookwood Farm’s Saturday Sugaring Weekend Events Cancelled; Sunday Event on as Scheduled

UPDATE:  Saturday and Sunday Cancelled.

(3/7/13)

Kelly Outdoor Rink Closes for Season

(3/7/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Remains In Effect and Advises of Continued Road Closures

(3/6/13)

UPDATED Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event and Advises of Expected Road Closures

(3/6/13)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event 

February
(2/25/13)

DCR Celebrates Continued Partnership at Horseneck Beach 

(2/22/13)

Traffic Advisory: Inbound Storrow Drive Tunnel Lane Closure

(2/21/13)

State Officials Announce Quarantine to Halt Spread of Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Species

(2/21/13)

State Officials to Make Important Quarantine Announcement Relative to Ash Products and Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts

(2/12/13) Traffic Snow Emergency Parking Ban Lifted
(2/7/13) DCR Prepares for Blizzard and Related Severe Weather: Announces Emergency Parking Ban on DCR Roadways
(2/7/13) Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Snow Emergency and Parking Ban for Blizzard
(2/1/13)

Recreational Advisory: Connell Pool Closed for Repairs

January
(1/31/13)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Lane Drop

(1/11/13)

Traffic Advisory: Muddy River Restoration Project--Left Lane Closure on the Riverway Connector  

(1/11/13)

Pedestrian Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Walkway

December
(12/29/12) Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Lifts Snow Emergency Parking Ban
(12/29/12)

Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Snow Emergency and Boston, Revere and Winthrop Parking Ban

(12/26/12)

DCR and Disney on Ice Partner for Free Holiday Vacation Skating Event

(12/21/12)

Traffic Advisory: Lane Closures on the Riverway Connector  

(12/20/12)

Traffic Advisory: Inbound Lane Closure on the Riverway between Huntington Ave. and Brookline Ave.

(12/10/12)

DCR Announces First Day Hikes on New Year’s Day 2013

(12/3/12)

DCR to Award Charles River Reservation Storrow Drive Parking Lot Permit to LAZ Parking, Increasing Revenue for the Commonwealth

November
(11/30/12)

Chicopee Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant

(11/30/12)

Worcester Housing Authority Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant

(11/30/12)

DCR Returns Ravine Road to Two-Way Configuration, Discontinues Locally Requested Traffic Study

(11/30/12)

Pedestrian & Boating Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Locks

(11/29/12)

Traffic Advisory: Chickatawbut Road & Wampatuck Road Closures in Blue Hills

(11/28/12)

Traffic Advisory: Special Olympics Jolly Jaunt Road Closures

(11/27/12)

DCR to Host Three Public Meetings to Review Six Forest Management Projects

(11/19/12)

DCR Celebrates Completion of Salisbury Ghost Trail

(11/16/12)

Traffic Advisory: Chickatawbut Road & Wampatuck Road Closures in Blue Hills

(11/16/12)

Ice Safety Tips from DCR

(11/16/12)

DCR Issues RFEI to Restore the Historic Speedway Administration Building

(11/15/12)

Needham Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant

(11/15/12)

Medford Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant

(11/8/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Waterways Grant For Fall River

(11/8/12) Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Fall River Urban Forestry Grant
(11/5/12)

Recreational Advisory: Immediate-need Repair Delays Steriti Rink Opening by One Week

(11/1/12)

Recreational Advisory: Connell Pool Closes for Repairs

October
(10/30/12)

Following Sandy, DCR Reopens Parks, Indoor & Outdoor Facilities, Lifts Parking Bans and More

(10/30/12)

Traffic Advisory: DCR LIFTS Parking Bans on Revere Beach Blvd & Winthrop Shore Drive

(10/28/12)

Traffic Advisory: DCR Bans Parking Along Revere Beach Blvd

(10/28/12)

DCR Closes Indoor Recreational Facilities, Additional Outdoor Facilities and Institutes a Parking Ban in Preparation for Hurricane Sandy

(10/28/12)

Traffic Advisory: DCR Bans Parking Along Winthrop Shore Drive

(10/27/12)

DCR Prepares for Severe Weather and Possible Flooding from Hurricane Sandy

(10/26/12)

Traffic Advisory: Storrow Tunnel Construction Update

(10/25/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Completion of the Alewife Greenway Bike Path Project

(10/23/12)

DCR Celebrates Rehabilitation of Benedict Pond Dam

(10/19/12)

Pedestrian and Boating Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Locks

(10/18/12)

Traffic Advisory: 30th Annual Boston Firefighters Road Race in Dorchester

(10/18/12)

Traffic Advisory: Mt. Washington Charitable 5K Bay Run/Walk in South Boston

(10/18/12)

Traffic Advisory: Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” in South Boston

(10/18/12) Governor Patrick Celebrates Winthrop Beach Rehabilitation Project
(10/17/12)

Traffic Advisory: Parking Restrictions and Road Closures for the Head of the Charles Regatta

(10/17/12)

THURSDAY: GOVERNOR PATRICK TO CELEBRATE WINTHROP BEACH REHABILITATION PROJECT

(10/12/12)

Traffic Advisory: Walk at DCR Esplanade

(10/11/12)

PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATE GROUNDBREAKING OF BLACKSTONE GREENWAY PROJECT

(10/10/12)

Traffic Advisory: Muddy River Groundbreaking

(10/5/12) Traffic Advisory: Overnight Storrow Drive Tunnel Detours
(10/5/12)

Traffic Advisory: Fireworks Over Charles River

(10/4/12)

Traffic Advisory: Columbus Day Weekend Road Races Closures

(10/2/12)

Traffic Advisory: Midday Storrow Drive Lane Closure

(10/2/12)

Media Advisory: Wachusett Reservoir Dam Opening for Guided Walks

September
(9/20/12)

Traffic Advisory: DCR Road Closures for Hub on Wheels

(9/19/12)

DCR Announces Pedestrian & Traffic Improvements to Kelley Circle in Jamaica Plain

(9/14/12)

Traffic Advisory: Overnight Kelley Circle at Northern End of Arborway and Start of Jamaicaway

(9/14/12)

Traffic Advisory: Boston 13.1 Marathon

(9/12/12)

State Officials Confirm Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Massachusetts for First Time

(9/11/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Race for Research

(9/11/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Soldiers Field Road Improvements

(9/11/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Outbound Roadway Improvements

(9/11/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Outbound Roadway Improvements

(9/7/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Jimmy Fund Walk

(9/7/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: ANNUAL OFFICER JAMIE COCHRANE MEMORIAL RACE

(9/6/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: National Ovarian Cancer Race

August
(8/24/12)

DCR Announces Spray Decks, Wading Pools, Swimming Pools and Beaches to Remain Open through Labor Day

(8/24/12)

State and Federal Officials Celebrate $1.2 Million NOAA Grant to Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

(8/24/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards $50K Grant to Town of Falmouth for Restoration of Public Boat Ramp Access

(8/20/12)

Lieutenant Governor Murray, Congressman McGovern Join USDA to Announce $1 Million for Reforestation in Central MA

(8/17/12)

Lieutenant Governor Murray, Congressman McGovern Join USDA for Reforestation Announcement

(8/13/12)

DCR SENDING 20 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP BATTLE IDAHO BLAZES

(8/10/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Day Blvd. Closed for Boston Triathlon

(8/2/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel

(8/1/12)

Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Maintenance Closure

July
(7/26/12) Governor Patrick Celebrates Opening of New Connors Memorial Swimming Pool Complex in Waltham
(7/26/12)

DCR and Charles River Conservancy Sign Agreement to Build Charles River Skatepark

(7/25/12)

Governor Patrick to Celebrate Opening of New Connors Memorial Swimming Pool Complex

(7/23/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Celebrates Completion of Wachusett Mountain Parkway Rehabilitation and Summit Enhancement Project

(7/23/12)

DCR to Celebrate Completion of Wachusett Mountain Parkway Rehabilitation and Summit Enhancement Project

(7/20/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Event on Southwest Corridor’s Stony Brook Expected to Slow Area Traffic

(7/17/12)

DCR to Offer Accessible Canoeing in Barton’s Cove this July

(7/17/12)

DCR to Offer Accessible Kayaking in State Parks this Summer

(7/17/12)

DCR Announces Accessible Sailing on the Charles River this Summer

(7/13/12)

DCR Sends Twenty Firefighters to Help Battle Fire at Shasta National Forest

(7/13/12) GOVENOR PATRICK CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NORTH BANK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
(7/12/12)

FRIDAY: Governor Patrick to Celebrate Opening of North Point Park and North Bank Bridge

(7/10/12)

DCR Hosts Accessible Summer Activities

(7/9/12) GOVERNOR PATRICK CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF HOUGHTON’S POND BATHHOUSE IN MILTON
(7/3/12)

DCR Celebrates a Week of July 4th Events Statewide

(7/2/12)

DCR EXTENDS SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS TO REHABILITATE AND LEASE HISTORIC UPTON PROPERTY

(7/2/12)

DCR Will Close One Lane in the Storrow Drive Tunnel Tonight

June
(6/28/12)

DCR Parking and Traffic Restriction Updates for 1812 Commemorations in South Boston

(6/28/12)

DCR Celebrates the Reopening of Moynihan Spray Deck

(6/28/12)

DCR Seeks Artists to Paint "Iron Ranger" Donation Containers in the Parks

(6/27/12) DCR Parking and Traffic Restrictions for Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from July 3 - July 5
(6/25/12)

DCR Announces Grand Opening of "Gateway to Greylock" Museum

(6/22/12) DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Boston)
(6/22/12) DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Lowell)
(6/22/12) DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Fitchburg)
(6/22/12)

DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Springfield)

(6/22/12)

DCR Opens the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool for the 2012 Summer Season

(6/22/12)

DCR Road Closures for Prisoner of War – Missing in Action Walk for Freedom

(6/21/12)

DCR Seeks Artists to Paint Iron Ranger Donation Containers in the Parks

(6/21/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: MS Bike Cape Cod Getaway

(6/20/12)

DCR Will Close Left Lane of Storrow Drive Eastbound

(6/20/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Boston Athletic Association 10K

(6/19/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Award of $1 Million in Partnerships Matching Funds Grants

(6/19/12)

DCR Announces Early Lifeguarding at DCR Beaches

(6/18/12)

DCR Awards 2012 Partnership Matching Funds Grant Awards

(6/15/12)

DCR Presents Two Partnership Matching Funds Grants

(6/15/12)

DCR Partnerships Matching Funds Grant Presentation Invasive Species Projects

(6/15/12)

DCR Matching Funds Grant Presentation Friends of Borderland/Ames Mansion

(6/12/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Reversal of Shore Road Direction in South Boston

(6/8/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Day Blvd Closure for Tufts Medical Center Walk and Run

(6/8/12)

DCR's Universal Access Program Hosts Spring Accessible Recreation Fair at Artesani Park

(6/7/12)

DCR Presents Recreational Trails Program Grant Award to Seekonk

(6/5/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel Painting

(6/5/12)

Chickatawbut Road Closed to Vehicular Traffic for Sundays in the Park

(6/5/12)

State Environmental Officials Celebrate Upper Mystic Lake Dam Rehabilitation

(6/4/12)

Upper Mystic Lake Dam Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

(6/1/12)

State Environmental Officials Celebrate June as Great Outdoors Month

(6/1/12)

DCR’s Wachusett Greenways Trail Tunnel and Welcome Center Dedication

May
(5/31/12)

DCR Honors 84 Massachusetts Communities with Annual Tree City USA Awards

(5/30/12)

DCR Making Traffic and Safety Improvements to Intersection in Watertown

(5/25/12)

DCR Summer Season Gets Underway: Waterfronts Welcome Swimmers

(5/23/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Inspection of Pope Hill Footbridge Over Morrissey Boulevard

(5/23/12) DCR Traffic Advisory: Run to Remember Road Race
(5/23/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: General Edwards Drawbridge Closures

(5/22/12)

State Park and Fish and Game Officials Kickoff Zebra Mussel Prevention Effort in Pittsfield

(5/11/12)

DCR’s Terra Firma Technical Bulletin Receives Statewide Preservation Awards

(5/11/12)

DCR Announces Renovation of the Ames Mansion in Borderland State Park

(5/09/12)

DCR Announces Farms and Gardens Program to Celebrate Preservation Month 2012

(5/4/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Several Boston-Area Roads Will Close For Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger This Sunday

(5/3/12)

DCR Hosts Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve Land Acquisition Celebration

April
(4/26/12) DCR Seeking Proposals to Rehabilitate, Reuse, and Maintain Historic CCC Camp Property
(4/26/12)

DCR Announces Opportunity to Restore the Schooner Ernestina: Official Ship of the Commonwealth

(4/25/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Lane Restrictions for Saturday April 28, Sunday April 29 and Sunday, May 6

(4/23/12)

Thousands of Volunteers Lent a Hand for this year’s Annual Park Serve Day

(4/20/12)

DCR Releases Final Report on Fall River Pool Drowning

(4/20/12)

DCR Commissioner Lambert to Present Results of DCR Fall River Pool Drowning Report 

(4/19/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: River Road and Pond Avenue

(4/17/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Prepares to Celebrate 6th Annual Park Serve Day on April 21

(4/12/12)

Framingham Reservoir Drawdown Planned for Dam Inspections

(4/11/12)

DCR’s Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Season Opens April 14th

(4/10/12)

DCR Selects Curators for Historic Coachman’s House Complex in Newburyport

(4/09/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Unveils New Statewide Land Management Plan for DCR Parks and Forests

(4/03/12)

Lt. Governor Murray and DCR Celebrate New Low-Emissivity Rink Installations

March
(3/30/12)

Traffic Advisory: DCR’s Monthly Street Sweeping to Begin April 1

(3/27/12)

DCR and Phillips Candy House Host 20th Annual Spring Egg Hunt

(3/21/12)

DCR Urges Water Safety This Spring

(3/16/12)

DCR Will Allow Parking Along Day Boulevard for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

(3/13/12)

Alford Street Bridge Repair to Impact Traffic on Revere Beach Parkway and the Fellsway (3/17-3/18)

 
(3/06/12)

DCR Accepting Applications for Charles River Mooring Lottery

(3/06/12)

DCR to Conduct Second Controlled Burn at Myles Standish in Plymouth Tomorrow

(3/01/12)

DCR Announces Park Maple Sugar Days

February
(2/27/12)

DCR to Conduct Controlled Burn at Myles Standish in Plymouth Tomorrow

(2/21/12)

DCR Releases Updated Middlesex Fells Reservation Visitor Guidelines

(2/21/12)

DCR and Disney on Ice Partner for Free February Vacation Skating Event: First 100 Visitors to Receive Free Passes to Dare to Dream

(2/21/12)

DCR Encourages Fire Safety: Without Snow, Sparks May Fly

(2/03/12)

DCR Offers Family Friendly February Vacation Activities

(2/03/12)

DCR’s Deadline for Permit Applications from Youth and Adult Teams for Use of Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields and other Recreational Fields Extended through March 1st

(2/02/12)

DCR Traffic Advisory: Sunday Road Closure and Parking Ban

January
(1/27/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the West Brookfield Fire Department and 12 other Towns of the Central Region

(1/27/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Sunderland Fire Department and 13 other towns of the Central Region

(1/24/12)

DCR Celebrates Walter Baker Pedestrian Bridge Enhancement

(1/19/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Offering Cross-Country Skiing, Kick Sledding, and Snowshoeing at DCR’s Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course in Weston

(1/19/12)

Recreation Advisory: DCR to offer Accessible Winter Recreation at Mt. Tom State Reservation

(1/19/12)

Recreation Advisory: DCR offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Outdoor Kelly Rink in Jamaica Plain

(1/19/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Steriti Memorial Rink

(1/19/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Fitzpatrick Rink in Holyoke

(1/19/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Buffone Rink in Worcester

(1/11/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to 10 Towns in the Northeast Region

(1/10/12)

DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Outdoor Kelly Rink in Jamaica Plain

(1/10/12)

DCR Offers Accessible Winter Recreation at Wendell State Forest

(1/10/12)

DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at Brockton Skating Rink  

(1/06/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Towns of Worthington, Granby, South Hadley, Windsor and Lanesborough

(1/05/12)

Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Towns of Freetown, Dover, Gosnold and Edgartown

(1/05/12)

DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Cronin Rink in Revere

(1/05/12) Recreation Advisory: DCR to Offer Accessible Winter Recreation at D.A.R. State Forest

 

 

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