Cedariver
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Cedariver
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 A stretch of river in the reserve |
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| location | Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 22.3 ha | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 9 ′ N , 71 ° 20 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 2004 | |
| administration | The Trustees of Reservations | |
| particularities | Formerly Baker Reservation | |
The Cedariver Nature Reserve (formerly Baker Reservation ) covers a total of 55 acres (22.3 hectares ) along the Charles River . It is located near the city of Millis in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and is administered by The Trustees of Reservations organization.
history
The Baker family ran a small farm here from 1939 until the 1970s. Polly Baker made sure that the land was conserved after the operation was closed. When she died in 2002 at the age of 94, she transferred the property and the structures on it to the Trustees of Reservations as part of her inheritance, which is why the reserve was originally named Baker Reservation . Further sub-areas followed in 2004 through donations from the Baker family, after which the area was renamed Cedariver .
Protected area
Today's sanctuary in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, consisting of open spaces, wooded sections, and trails along the Charles River , offers approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) of hiking trails along the riverbank and is just a small part of several, totaling more than 500 acres (2 km² ) nature reserves in the area of the city of Millis. It is mainly used for nature conservation and is home to red-tailed buzzards , turkeys and deer as well as goldenrod , Eupatorieae and the black-eyed Susanne . At the same time, it forms part of the flood control system of the United States Army Corps of Engineers . The protected area is accessible free of charge.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Property History. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed November 6, 2013 .
- ↑ About Cedariver. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed November 6, 2013 .
