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Milton and Canton Residents Can Weigh in at Town Meetings To Protect Fowl Meadow

by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Blog

On the agenda of numerous town meetings is the proposed development that would harm the portion of the Blue Hills called Fowl Meadow. If you live in Canton or Milton, we encourage you to attend these meetings to encourage our town representatives to protect the...

Write Your State Legislators to Protect Blue Hills Wetlands

by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | May 28, 2013 | Blog

Take Action: Please write to your state legislators to support Bills H.818, H.819 and H.820 which would protect Fowl Meadow wetlands. (See sample letter and legislator contacts below.) Background: A private company has proposed building 276 housing units...

Sen Joyce Amendment To Help Protect Fowl Meadow – Passes Senate

by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | May 25, 2013 | Blog

An amendment sponsored by Senator Brian A. Joyce to protect the critical environment and wildlife of the Fowl Meadow habitat in Milton and Canton has been voted into the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget. “Fowl Meadow is an irreplaceable environmental area of critical...

Thank You for Helping the Senate Pass the Amendment to Update the Bottle Bill

by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | May 24, 2013 | Blog

Many thanks to all of you who contacted your state Senators to support the update of the Bottle Bill. Thanks to you calls, emails and letters, this week the state Senate approved an amendment to the Senate budget that updates the Bottle Bill to include non-carbonated...

Volunteer Spotlight: Pete Tierney

by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | May 23, 2013 | Friend of the Month

Name: Pete Tierney Town: West Roxbury Volunteer activities: Trail work FBH member since: 2011 (I should have joined way before) Favorite Hike: Skyline, although as I explore the many other areas of the Blue Hills I am adding a lot of “favorites.” Favorite...