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Bring your friends and family to this year’s Cool Summer Fest – and stamp your feet to the rhythms of The Kickin Brass Band! Come early to make your own instruments and costumes and at noon we’ll parade around Houghton’s Pond! The Cool Summer Fest at Houghton’s Pond...

The Blue Hills Reservation is one step closer to being cleaner!  Thanks to all your support, the petition signature drive to update the state's bottle bill has been successful! The Friends of the Blue Hills worked with a large group of other organizations to complete...

Here's what you can do at the Cool Summer Fest! Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Presented by DCR and Friends of the Blue Hills (See this fun summer event description.)   Schedule of Events 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fishing and Catch & Release Pool Miss Money and...

Looking for the perfect gift for someone who loves the Blue Hills?  Whether it’s for a birthday, a graduation, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Father’s Day or any occasion at all, you can now Sponsor a Trail and support the Blue Hills! For $35 or more, you will receive an official...

Friends of the Blue Hills supports updating the Bottle Bill, as described below by Barbara Phinney and Tucker Smith.  We still need 22,000 signatures to make sure this initiative will be placed on the ballot in November.  If you live in Milton, signing a petition is...

Since famed architect Donald Ross designed Ponkapoag Golf Course in 1936, the course has seen better days. Some golfers still love its low cost and have fond memories of learning to golf on this historic course. But over the past two decades, funds for proper...

Team Up with Friends of the Blue Hills to Green Up the Blue Hills! Sunday, June 5, from 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Ponkapoag AMC Cabins Park at Temple Beth David, 1060 Randolph Street, Canton. You are invited to join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a spring festival of...

David Gouthro of Braintree was the first person to complete the Friends of the Blue Hills' Strive for 35 Challenge -- but he wont be the last!  If you register for the Strive for 35 Challenge you'll automatically be entered into a raffle for a basket of FBH...

Thank you for making calls to your Representatives in support of budget amendments to support DCR, the state agency that manages the Blue Hills and all our state parks.  You're calls paid off! We are grateful to all the legislators who sponsored and co-sponsored these...

The House Committee on Ways & Means released its budget for Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15).   Tomorrow is the deadline for Representatives to file amendments. Later this month, the House will take the budget up for a vote, and then the Senate will go through the same...

Position available Friends of the Blue Hills Bi-weekly Hike Leader Mission Friends of the Blue Hills was founded in 1979 with a mission to preserve and protect the Blue Hills Reservation. Thirty-five years later, we're still maintaining the Reservation's 125 miles of...

You can help the Blue Hills just by bringing a reusable shopping bag to get your groceries!  In celebration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, the Fruit Center Marketplace in Milton will donate $2 for every customer who uses a reusable grocery bag in the store that...

You'll soon notice activity on Broderick Stables, located in front of the DCR Headquarters building on Hillside Street (near the police station). According to Bill Hickey, DCR Acting Press Secretary, Broderick Stables was constructed in 1899 as the first structure in...

Three FBH volunteers, Caleb Blankenship (Milton) and Ben Houston (Rockland) were among the FBH volunteers who attended a two day class this month to learn to safely use a chainsaw so they can better maintain the Blue Hills trails and forests.  The training was...

Do you shop at Amazon?  Then you could support the Blue Hills at the same time! Just sign up for AmazonSmile and shop as you normally do.  Amazon will donate .5% of your purchase price.  Plus now until March 31, the Blue Hills will receive an additional $5 for each...

Do you enjoy the Blue Hills Reservation and its 125 miles of trails and 7,000 acres of forests?  While the Reservation is free to enjoy, maintaining it and keeping its forests healthy are not.  Please help us reach our goal to make sure people will continue to enjoy...

You can make a difference THIS WEEK by contacting your legislators to urge them to include the Department of Conservation and Recreation in their priorities that they present to leadership. See sample letter below. Background The DCR is the agency that manages the...