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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...

Project Bird Box Israel Presented by Dr. Motti Charter     Tuesday, March 11, 7:15-8:30 Blue Hills Trailside Museum 1904 Canton Ave, Milton Join award winning scientist Dr Motti Charter from Tel Aviv Israel  to learn about a unique program which uses barn...

Who will the winner be at this year's Winter Fest chili cook-off?  Why you of course!  You'll not only taste chili from four great restaurants - but also enjoy live Irish music, a night hike, crafts and discounted downhill skiing rates.  Did we mention Blue Hills...

If you have subscription to Boston Globe, you'll receive a voucher and can designate an organization to receive free advertising space in The Boston Globe.  Please consider designating the Friends of the Blue Hills! Learn more about the Boston Globe's program. Photo...

We all have so many memories of the Blue Hills.  Here are just a few.  As part of our 35 year celebration, we’d love to hear yours!  We look forward to reading yours in the comments below (or if you'd like - on Facebook or Twitter!) David Murphy (Milton) I remember my...

Friends of the Blue Hills member and volunteer Jim Lafond-Lewis was honored recently by Blue Hills Bank for being a "Hometown Hero."  He received a $1,000 check for charity, and he selected Friends of the Blue Hills to receive the donation.  Jim  was one of 11...

Friends of the Blue Hills volunteer Caleb Blankenship (center) and DCR rangers Tom Bender (left) and Ray McKinnon received awards for  their commitment to the Blue Hills at this year’s Massachusetts Forest and Park Friends Network Conference. Caleb earned this year’s...

Lost and Found on Blue Hill By Judith Wurtman (FBH member living in Boston) [Photo: Judy with her dog, Simon] We were lost. Again.  The trail from the top of Blue Hill should have ended at  Ponkapoag Pond and the parking lot. Instead it ended in a dense mass of thorny...

To celebrate our 35th year anniversary, we’re organizing a 35-place challenge, where people are encouraged to visit 35 places on a list to be entered into a raffle for a prize.  Because we’ve been told “Amazing Race’ is already taken, we need your help with a name!...

Take Action:  Please write to Natural Resource Co-chairs Anne Gobi and Marc Pacheco to urge them to support Bills H.818 and H.819 which would protect Fowl Meadow wetlands. (See sample letter below.) Background:  A private company has proposed building 276 housing...

Two bills would repeal the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.  The Committee on Natural Resources is holding a hearing on these bills on Monday.   The chairs of that Committee need to know that we oppose the bills that would destroy protections for endangered...

For the Friends of the Blue Hills 35th Anniversary, we’re creating a Top 35 list of places to visit in the Blue Hills.  (People who visit all 35 places will be entered into a raffle for a great prize!) Please help us create the Top 35 Things to Do and See in the Blue...