Cedariver

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

A section of the river in reserve

The nature reserve Cedariver (formerly Baker Reservation ) covers an area of ​​55 acres ( 22.3 ha) along the Charles River. It is located in the town of Millis, Massachusetts in the United States and is managed by the organization The Trustees of Reservations.

History

The Baker family business at this location from 1939 to the 1970s, a small farm. Polly Baker made ​​after cessation of operation to ensure that the land was preserved. When she died in 2002 at the age of 94 years, she appropriated the land and the buildings thereon in the context of their heritage to the Trustees of Reservations, which is why the reserve originally named Baker wore reservation. Other sections were followed in 2004 by donations from the Baker family, after which the area was renamed Cedariver.

Sanctuary

The today from Frei areas, woody sections and paths along the Charles River existing protection territory in the metropolitan region Greater Boston offers approx 1 mi (1.6 km) hiking trails along the riverbank and forms only a Tiny Component of several, a total of an area of ​​more than 500 acres (2 km ²) comprehensive nature reserves in the area of the city Millis. It is intended primarily to nature conservation and is home to, among other things Rotschwanzbussarde, turkeys and deer as well as Goldenrod, Eupatorieae and the black-eyed Susan. At the same time it forms part of the flood regulation system of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The reserve is accessible for free.