Appendix A. Plan Contributors. Name Affiliation Area of Expertise Department of Conservation and Recreation Allen, Kevin Office of Cultural Resources Historic Curatorship Program Austin, Pat Watershed Management Water quality Backman, Andy RMP Program Planning Baecker, Jim RMP Program Planning Bates, Tom Blue Hills District Operations Bender, Tom Bureau of Ranger Services Visitor education and safety Bertrand, Dan Office of the Commissioner Legislative relations Brown, Maggi Bureau of Ranger Services Visitor education and safety Cavanagh, Paul RMP Program Planning Castle, Mark South Region Operations and infrastructure Church, Peter South Region Management and operations Comeau, Jim Land Acquisition and Protection Program Land acquisition Crawshaw, Don Engineering Ponkapoag dam replacement DiPietro, Paul Office of Water Resources Water quality Echandi, Alexandra South Region Natural resources Farina, Barbara Architecture Section Blue Hills’ buildings Fiesinger, Anne Office of External Affairs and Partnerships Outreach Fisher, Sean Office of Cultural Resources Archival material Fox, Wendy Office of External Affairs and Partnerships Media relations Gianferante, Dave Golf Courses District Manager Management and operations Greene, Judy Office of Cultural Resources Historic property maps and plans Haak, Brian Bureau of Engineering Infrastructure and engineering Harris, Jeffrey Office of Cultural Resources Archaeological policy Hart, Rachael Office of Dam Safety Dams Hollenbeck, Kevin West District Manager Natural resources Harlow, Bob Permitting (former) Park administration and permitting Helfeld, Ruth Landscape Architecture Section Houghton’s Pond ball field project Jaccopo, John Blue Hills District Operations Jahnige, Paul Greenways and Trails Program Trail planning and maintenance Kimball, Richard Blue Hills District Operations Kirwin, Ken Bureau of Engineering Traffic studies and regulations Kish, Patrice Office of Cultural Resources Cultural resources LaLond, Jack Operations Coordination Metropolis Rink agreement Lloyd, Nathanael GIS Program GIS Lowell, Rob Bureau of Engineering Storm water management Lowry, Kathleen Universal Access Program Universal access MacKenzie, Bob Blue Hills District Management and operations MacKinnon, Ray Bureau of Ranger Services Visitor education and safety McCarthy, Tom Universal Access Program Universal access Moran, Barbara Office of External Affairs and Partnerships Web content O’Brien, Julia Bureau of Planning and Resource Protection (former) Planning, property history Orfant, Joe Bureau of Planning and Resource Protection Planning Ouelette, Steven South Region Forestry Assistant (former) Natural resources Overton, Samantha Field Services, Administration, and Policy Urban parks Pearly, Brian Permit Program Manager Use agreements Plocinski, Loni GIS Program GIS and planning Continued on next page. 137 Appendix A. Plan Contributors. (Continued) Name Affiliation Area of Expertise Department of Conservation and Recreation (continued) Powers, Sean Houghton’s Pond Waterfront (former) Beach operations Provencher, Shaun RMP Program (former) Cultural resources Rayworth, Tim NE Region Environmental Education Coordinator Interpretive planning Rowcroft, Jessica RMP Program Cultural resources Salomaa, William Office of Dam Safety Dams Sorenson, Elizabeth ACEC Program ACECs Straub, Jim Lakes and Ponds Program Pond ecology Survillo, Susan Bureau of Ranger Services Visitor education and safety Tipton, Nat RMP Program Demography/visitor surveys Tworig, Richard Ponkapoag Golf Course (former) Golf course operations Warchalowski, Heather Coastal Ecologist Ecology Yeo, Jonathan Bureau of Water Supply Protection Water quality Other Affiliations Backlin, Adam U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA Recreation impacts on herpetofauna Beaulieu, Tim n/a Blue Hills herpetofauna Breines, Raphael East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, CA Recreation impacts on herpetofauna Calnan, Lt. Kevin T. Massachusetts State Police, Milton Public safety Condon, James n/a Blue Hills herpetofauna Connolly, Marianne Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) MWRA facilities in the Blue Hills Elliman, Ted New England Wild Flower Society Plants Fullerton, Becky Appalachian Mountain Club AMC library and archives Garland, Larry Appalachian Mountain Club Cartography of AMC Camp Harper, Lynn NHESP Rare species Hemberger, Allen Massachusetts DEP – SERO 21E sites Huguenin, Tara NHESP Rare species Iacovino, Frank Massachusetts Port Authority Air traffic over the Blue Hills Jacobs, Judy Lehrer Friends of the Blue Hills (FBH) Public input Kadis, Irina Salicicola Plants of the Blue Hills Levreault, Stephen Randolph DPW Pump Station #6 Lukens, Andrea Massachusetts Audubon Society Trailside Museum McCasland, Don Blue Hills Weather Observatory Observatory history and programs Mello, Mark Lloyd Center for the Environment Rare insects Minton, Trish Appalachian Mountain Club – Ponkapoag Ponkapoag Camp Newby, Paige Brown University Historical ecology Palmer, Thomas n/a Plants of the Blue Hills Rawinski, Thomas USDA Forest Service Flora, forest ecology Rocklen, Carly Neponset River Watershed Association Purple loosestrife control Smith, Norman Massachusetts Audubon Society Natural history and MAS facilities Stuart, Chloe NHESP (former) Rare species Swain, Pat NHESP Natural communities Towle, Charles Curry College Water quality Twining, Jonathan Eastern Nazarene College Water resources and wildlife Woolsey, Henry NHESP Rare species Zupkus, John Massachusetts DEP – NERO 21E sites 138 Appendix B. Public Participation. In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 21: Section 2F, community forum also submitted written comments. the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Blue Because of this, the number of individuals who Hills Planning Unit was developed in conjunction provided input cannot be determined. with a public participation process to ensure that interested parties had an opportunity to review the Public Comment on Draft RMP draft RMP and offer input in its development. This Notice of a public meeting to present the draft appendix identifies the public participation process Resource Management Plan for the Blue Hills used to inform and review this RMP. Planning Unit was published in the November 22, 2010 Environmental Monitor. The meeting was B.1. THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS convened at the Ponkapoag Golf Course’s club Input into Development of the RMP house, Canton, on December 7, 2010. Thirty-four registrants attended this meeting, which ran from Public input into the development of the Blue Hills 7:00–8:30 PM. RMP began in the summer of 2009. A notice of a public meeting and of the DCR’s intent to prepare a Notice of availability of the draft Resource Resource Management Plan for the Blue Hills Management Plan was published in the December 8, Reservation was published in the July 8, 2009 2010 Environmental Monitor. The public comment Environmental Monitor. Additional announcements period on the draft RMP ran from December 9, 2010 were made on the DCR web page, and press releases – February 7, 2011; 238 sets of written comments were provided to the Quincy Patriot Ledger. were received during this period. An initial public meeting was convened at the B.2. CHANGES TO THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE Trailside Museum, Milton, on July 29, 2009. BLUE HILLS RESERVATION RESOURCE Approximately 70 people attended the meeting, which ran from 6:30–9:00 PM. MANAGEMENT PLAN On September 23, 2009, The Friends of the Blue All comments received during the public comment Hills (FBH) convened a community forum to period were given consideration. Many included “brainstorm opportunities to improve Blue Hills proposed recommendations. Those consistent with Reservation management” (Anonymous 2009). Over DCR’s mission and policies, and Massachusetts’ 60 participants attended this session. On September regulations and laws were considered for inclusion 30, 2009, representatives of the FBH met with a in the final draft. Many have been added to this plan. DCR Resource Management Planner to discuss Suggested recommendations best implemented by an ideas and comments from the forum and provided agency or organization other than the DCR were not the planner with written summaries and notes from included, nor were recommendations applicable only the forum. to properties outside of the Blue Hills Planning Unit. Written input on the plan was solicited at the initial Most comments concerned proposed changes in trail public meeting, the FBH forum, through the use. These ranged from support for opening all Environmental Monitor announcement, on the DCR sections of the reservation to mountain bikes, to web page, and in press releases. Between July 8 and opposition to opening any additional trails to December 21, 2009, 40 individuals, organizations, mountain bikes. Trail use recommendations or agencies submitted written comments. contained in this plan reflect Goals 1 and 2, as stated in Section 1.4. These goals are: Comments made at public meetings and those submitted in writing are not independent. Some Goal 1. Make recreation sustainable and speakers at the public meeting also submitted written appropriate for the Blue Hills Environment. comments, often to reiterate or expand upon their Goal 2. Protect those natural resources most verbal comments. It is unknown how many at risk from misuse, overuse, obsolete attendees of the public meeting also attended the practices or avoidable environmental change. community forum, or how many attendees of the 139 A description of the decision-making process