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Massachusetts Forest and Park Friends Network Park Serve Day Participants April 21, 2012 At a Park near you The Department of Conservation and Recreation reported 4.797 volunteers working in 53 parks and forests throughout the Commonwealth on Park Serve Day 2012. Whether doing conservation work, cleaning up trash or preparing parks for recreational users, every one of you who showed up deserves a big thank you. You make all the difference! See you in 2013, Friends Network faciliators Park Serve List for 2012: Alewife Reservation Ames Nowell State Park Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Belle Isle Marsh Reservation Blue Hills Reservation- Ponkapoag AMC Cabins Borderland State Park Bradley Palmer State Park Breakheart Reservation Callahan State Park Carson Beach Charles River Reservation - Brighton Pool Charles River Reservation - Cutler Park Reservatio Charles River Reservation - Dealtry Pool Charles River Reservation - Hatch Shell Charles River Reservation - Hemlock Gorge Charles River Reservation - Herter Park Charles River Reservation - River Street Waltham Chicopee State Park DAR State Forest Douglas State Forest Dunn Pond State Park Great Falls Discovery Center Lake Quinsigamond State Park Lynn Shores and Nahant Beach Reservation Mack Plaza and Victorian Garden Maudslay State Park Middlesex Fells Reservation Middlesex Fells Reservation - Sheepfold Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation Myles Standish State Forest Nashua River Rail Trail Nickerson State Park Otter River State Forest Pope John Paul II Park Purgatory Chasm State Reservation Salisbury Beach State Reservation Savin Hill and Malibu Beach Schooner Ernestina Scusset Beach State Reservation Shawme - Crowell State Forest Toohig Park Upton State Forest Wollaston Beach Wompatuck State Park Zelandi Square Park - Revere .

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