Action Alert for Trailside, Observatory and all State Parks
Please take a moment TODAY to make a big difference to the Blue Hills. This week a legislative committee is creating the state budget by comparing the two budgets created by the House and Senate. Significant funding for the Blue Hills Trailside Museum, the Blue Hill...
Action Alert: Call Your Legislator to Support Our Parks
You can help make sure that our parks – including the Blue Hills – receive the funding that they need. Take Action Please call your legislators and urge them to include the Department of Conservation and Recreation as one of their top budget priorities. To...
Creating a Coalition for a Better Blue Hills
Historic buildings crumbling, no lease security and inadequate funding… these are the issues that we will work to address with other Blue Hills organizations as part of the new Coalition for a Better Blue Hills. The Friends of the Blue Hills has brought together Blue...
Protecting Conservation Land from a Hotel
You probably don’t think of a hotel when you think of parkland, but that didn’t stop an individual from proposing to build a hotel on DCR conservation land near Little Blue Hill. Luckily, Friends of the Blue Hills worked with local and state officials to oppose the...
Hotel on Park Land? Not Happening!
Proposal to build a hotel on Little Blue Hill conservation land: thwarted! You probably don’t think of a hotel when you think of parkland, but that didn’t stop an individual from proposing to build a hotel on DCR conservation land near Little Blue Hill. Luckily,...Upcoming Events
Jun
1
Sat
2019
all-day
Fun Family Storywalk
@ Houghton's Pond Playground
Fun Family Storywalk
@ Houghton's Pond Playground
Jun 1 – Sep 2 all-day
Enjoy Gill Davies’ collection of 26 witty, kid-oriented animal poems ranging from Ants to Zebras. Read along as you stroll through the pages of the book posted on the wooden fence at the playground. Add a unique[...]
Aug
20
Tue
2019
11:00 am
Peek-a-Blue Hikes for Parents an...
@ Houghton's Pond main parking lot
Peek-a-Blue Hikes for Parents an...
@ Houghton's Pond main parking lot
Aug 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Calling all parents and tots! Join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a new season of Peek-a-Blue Hikes for parents and tots. Complimentary water, juice and snacks too. Hikes will be offered every other[...]
Aug
24
Sat
2019
10:00 am
Boots ‘n’ Brews
@ TBD
Boots ‘n’ Brews
@ TBD
Aug 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a “Hiking Boots and Brews” event! The group is designed for young adults who would like to explore the Blue Hills Reservation, meet other people, and sample some delicious[...]