Action to Preserve the Silver Maple Forest

The Silver Maple Forest is a core, floodplain forest in Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont is home to wildlife native species including red fox, river otter, red tail

hawks, migrating warblers herons and mink. This forest is in dire risk

of being cut down by the end of the summer, putting all these

populations at risk and destroying the enormous economic and climate

adaptation value of the forest as a protective floodplain and rich in

habitat. Though not located in Somerville, it is a vital “urban wild”

and one of the largest in the Boston area, and the area is utilized by

many Somerville residents. Anyone concerned about mitigating climate

change should be extremely concerned about losing what little forest

remains in Middlesex county.

Join us at the Alewife T stop at 10:00am on 6/28 to speak out, write post cards, sign petitions and be part of a massive puppet-lead parade to the forest to bring attention to this important habitat!

More info at: http://www.silvermapleforest.org/ and
http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/9999_Undated_Archive/9999-Save-the-Silver-Maple-Forest.php