FRIENDS OF THE BLUE HILLS PROTECT • PRESERVE • PARTICIPATE

Fall 2015 Volume 33, Number 4 Blue Hills Liz Tran has been enjoying the Blue Friends event, that was probably from Hills for more than a decade. “I started Liz. She is our volunteer social media Enthusiast Says coming to the Blue Hills while I was guru. “I want to grow professionally by still in high school,” Liz says. “That contributing my social media skills,” Liz Volunteering “Just seems like such a long time ago!” explained. “I don’t get to use my social Because the Reservation was so special media skills in my full-time job, so I Makes Sense” to her, she decided to join Friends of enjoy using them in my spare time.” the Blue Hills and volunteer For Liz, volunteering with the Friends with the organization. of the Blue Hills just makes sense. “I frequent the Reservation “Nonprofit organizations are always a lot, so why not volunteer? looking for volunteers, and I like to I’m an outdoor enthusiast, volunteer for causes I’m passionate so I like to see places like the about. The Friends gives me the Blue Hills be taken care of flexibility to help when I can.” so we all can enjoy it now Liz also volunteers for various events and in the future. My fiancé sponsored by the Friends, including the Chris and I often pick up recent Green Up the Blue Hills and the trash we spot along the way Boots N Brews hike. And her favorite and carry it out - carry in spot in the Blue Hills? “Any spot with a and out is a rule we respect.” view. Probably our favorite spot is Buck Volunteer Liz Tran with her faithful If you’ve seen a Friends’ Facebook post Hill.” Great choice, Liz! friend, Milo. or if you read a tweet inviting you to a

Join Us at Our Annual Celebration! Thursday, October 8 7:00 - 9:00 pm Milton Hoosic Club, 193 Central Avenue, Milton Please join us for the Annual About Our Speaker Celebration of the Friends of the Blue We will also be honoring our Carol Sanchez, the newly appointed Hills on Thursday, October 8! We 2015 Community Partners: Commissioner of the Department of will be celebrating the Blue Hills, our Conservation Bill Baino- Milton Public Schools members and friends, and everything and Recreation, we have accomplished together over the Deborah Felton – Fuller Village will deliver the past year! keynote address L.L. Bean-Legacy Place Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres from and share her Off the Vine Catering, cash bar, silent Melissa Horrs - Quincy vision for how auction, beer tasting from Blue Hills Department of Planning and we can work Brewery, and much more! Tickets are Community Development together for the $35 each if purchased by October Blue Hills. 2, and $40 each at the door. Tickets can be purchased in advance on our website: FriendsoftheBlueHills.org/ Celebration2015. 1 Go Out and Play: Check Every Day!

Over 300 fourth grade ‘Future Problem Some of the Solvers’ from Milton Public Schools posters were helped their community learn about displayed over the Lyme disease this spring. Friends of summer at Milton the Blue Hills teamed up with Bill Town Hall, Baino, a teacher at Glover School, and Cunningham Milton Public Health Director Carolyn Park Hall and the Kinsella to introduce students to the Milton Public signs and symptoms of Lyme disease Library. and how the increase in Lyme disease This is the fourth has been linked to the declining health year that Bill of our forests. Students then shared Baino has worked their new knowledge by designing with Friends of posters to help educate the community. the Blue Hills Sign up for Monthly Giving and You on this event. In May Win a $250 Shopping Spree at recognition of his L.L. Bean! commitment, the If you love the Blue Hills and Friends will be want to support the important presenting him with their Community Fourth grade problem solver work that Friends of the Blue Hills Partners Award at their fall Annual Annabel Dunningston. does to preserve and protect Celebration (see article on page 1). the Reservation, please consider becoming a Blue Hills Sustainer. By making a monthly donation to YES! I want to protect the ! FBH, your tax deductible donation will provide a steady and reliable  Basic Membership – $30  Ponkapoag Protector – $50 source of income for FBH and will  Hancock Hill Hero – $100  Skyline Steward – $250 ensure that your membership never  Chickatawbut Champion – $500  Great Blue Guardian -$1,000 lapses! Of course, you may stop the donations at any time by calling  Other ______781-828-1805 or emailing us at info@ Payment Frequency (Choose one) friendsofthebluehills.org.  Lump sum donation As an added incentive, when you  Monthly donation of $______

enroll in our monthly giving program, # you will be entered into a raffle for a Become a Sustainer:  Yes, have this gift renew automatically $250 gift certificate for L.L. Bean!  I’ve enclosed a check made payable to Friends of the Blue Hills Thank you for your generous support!  Please charge my  Mastercard  Visa  Discover

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Visit us on the web at Please mail to Friends of the Blue Hills www.FriendsoftheBlueHills.org or call 781-828-1805 P.O. Box 416, Milton, MA 02186 for membership, maps and You may also donate through our secure server at FriendsoftheBlueHills.org. schedule information. P.O. Box 416, Milton, MA 02186 Thank you for your generous support!

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Imagine your very favorite place in the Blue Hills…is it the top of Buck Hill? The flowering lily pads on St. Moritz Pond? Fisherman’s Beach at Ponkapoag? Now imagine inviting five friends or family members to join you for a mouth-watering picnic at this beautiful spot, catered by the award-winning restaurant The Plate in Milton! Your prize also includes outdoor entertaining tableware for six donated by Williams-Sonoma at Legacy Place! Raffle tickets are $15 each or 3/$35 and can be purchased online on our secure website: FriendsoftheBlueHills.org/ Celebration2015. (Some restrictions apply, please visit our website for more information.) Every detail will be taken care of…Your only job will be deciding who you will invite! Sunset Hike to the Top of Great Blue

Please join us on Saturday, October 17, from 4-7 p.m. for a spectacular hike to view the sunset during peak foliage Brian MacLean by Photo season. Bring your families, buddies or dates for this self-guided hike to the top of Great Blue. We’ll provide complimentary snacks at the bottom of the mountain to give Is the Blue Hills in Your Will? you energy for the walk up and hot cider and apples at the top. You can even bring a picnic dinner to eat at the summit! By remembering the This is your only opportunity to hike down Great Blue at Friends of the Blue night; after sunset, the ski area lights will be on to guide your Hills in your Will, you way down. will become part of a select group of people For safety reasons, everyone must check in at the ski area committed to protecting at the base of the hill prior to hiking up. Park at Blue Hills and preserving the Blue Ski Area, 4001 Washington St., Canton (Blue Hills Trailside Hills forever... you’ll join Museum South parking lot). The Blue Hills Observatory will the Skyline Society. For be open from 4-7 p.m. and will provide tours and viewing more information about for a nominal charge. the Skyline Society, visit The sunset hike is sponsored by Blue Hills Ski Area and the FriendsoftheBlueHills. Friends of the Blue Hills. org/skyline-society or call Judy Lehrer Jacobs at For more information, visit www.FriendsoftheBlueHills.org 781-828-1805. or email [email protected]. 3 Revealing the Origins of Houghton’s and Ponkapoag

Les Tyrala, a receding glacier and becoming partially FBH: How old are the kettle ponds? local registered or even entirely buried. A trip to Kettle ponds are generally between geologist, has Iceland today would show kettles 10,000 and 13,000 years old. The age given a number actively forming. is determined by radio-carbon dating of special walks FBH: Why are these kettles filled with of the remains of the earliest organic through the Blue water and how big and deep are kettle lake materials in the deepest layers Hills to discuss ponds? of sediment. Radio-carbon dating is the origin of the used as a clock, because it’s unaffected Reservation’s Les: These blocks of ice, ranging in by physical and chemical changes in bedrock and how size from a few acres to as much as a the earth and can be corrected for the glacial age helped to sculpt these thousand acres, melted and ultimately atmospheric changes. rocks. Several years ago, Les appeared left depressions that eventually filled in an article in our newsletter about with fresh water when the local FBH: Are kettle ponds widespread in this topic, and today we are discussing groundwater rose to intersect them. ? a related subject, the formation of In addition Les: As Ponkapoag and Houghton’s Ponds. to the local we go groundwater FBH: What is the origin of these two southeasterly levels, there ponds? to Cape may be some Cod, the Les: Houghton’s Pond and Ponkapoag spring water frequency of Pond are considered glacial kettle entering the kettle holes holes, according to the United States ponds via increases. Geological Survey (USGS) and local fractures This is due to professors. Kettle holes were formed in the Ponkapoag Pond is one of two kettle holes in the Blue Hills. the increasing when blocks of ice from the last glacier underlying thicknesses of deposited sands and became embedded or covered by bedrock. The depths of kettle ponds gravel as we near the now-offshore outwash materials (late stage sands and range from a few feet to tens of terminal moraine, marking the farthest gravels) during the final melting and feet. Ponds, such as Houghton’s and advance of the ice sheet. This ice sheet retreat of the glacier. More specifically, Ponkapoag, are about 15 to 40 feet originated in the Laurentide region of kettles are landforms occurring as deep, while is just shy of Quebec. The U.S. Geological Survey the result of blocks of ice “calving” 100 feet. has calculated that Cape Cod contains (breaking away) from the front of a about 365 freshwater kettle ponds. Honoring Founding Members Buying Something on of the Hilltop Society Amazon? Please join Les on his next walk: This summer, a special group of Your purchases Friends were celebrated as the founding on Amazon could “Taken for Granite” Quincy members of the Hilltop Society. This help the Blue Quarries Geology Walk new club recognizes generous members Hills! Sunday, September 27th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM who have given $1,000 or more to Just go to smile. Sturdy footwear and the ability the Friends of the Blue Hills. Society amazon.com… to climb rugged, narrow trails members were honored at a special designate the are required. Space is limited cocktail party at the home of board Friends of the to 15 attendees, and pre- member Laura Beebe, whose property Blue Hills as the charity to receive registration is required. RSVP to abuts the Blue Hills Reservation. donations… and shop as you normally [email protected]. For more information about the Hilltop would! You only need to designate the Society, please contact Judy Lehrer charity the first time – and the Blue Jacobs at 781-828-1805 or judy@ Hills will benefit each time you shop at FriendsoftheBlueHills.org. smile.amazon.com! 4 Fishing Fest is Great Fun!

Anglers young and old came out for Fishing Fest, and the fish were biting! Staff from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife were on hand, loaning out fishing poles, offering free bait, and teaching the fine art of casting. The Friends of the Blue Hills offered juggling clinics and helped budding artists create butterflies, turtles and fish to take home. Fishing Fest was sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the DFW, and the Friends of the Blue Hills.

Conor Lynch of Milton admires the fish caught by his friend Jack Long also of Milton.

Nick McDonough of Canton proudly shows the fish he caught with Mike Giles from DFW helping out. Jason Wang, Liying Sung, and Shunguang Wang from Carlisle are ready to fish!

Luletta Malcolm of Mattapan caught two fish! The Day family from Roslindale enjoyed fishing and the crafts!

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