September 2019 Neponset River Greenway News
Neponset
River Greenway Council meetings are usually held on the
first Wednesday of the month at rotating locations in the
communities of the Lower Neponset River: Hyde Park,
Milton, Mattapan, and Dorchester. On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, we will
meet at 7:00 pm at the Milton Yacht Club, 25 Wharf St., Milton, MA, The
agenda for the meeting is at http://www.neponsetgreenway.org/council/agenda20190804.pdf
Future Greenway Council Meetings
October 2, 2019 Hyde Park Police Station, Hyde Park
November 6, 2019 Port Norfolk Yacht Club
December 4, 2019 Foley Senior Residences, Mattapan
January 8, 2019 Milton Yacht Club, Milton
Upcoming Events Along the Greenway:
Pope John Paul II Park Playground Closed for Construction
From the DCR on August 30, 2019:
Effective
immediately, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has
closed the playground located at Pope John Paul II Park Reservation in
the City of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood due to site preparation
work, which includes the construction of fencing around the park, in
anticipation of demolition of the current facility and the construction
of a new playground. The agency anticipates a public meeting in the
coming weeks to present conceptual design plans and an anticipated
schedule of demolition and construction work.
NepRWA Wine Tasting & Tour, Wednesday, September 11
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Boston Winery, 26 Ericssn Street, Dorchester
Join
us for a fun evening in a historic Civil War-era building in Port
Norfolk overlooking the Neponset River, and hear what the Neponset
Watershed Association does to protect the water, wildlife, and land
along the River and Estuary. There will be tasting pours from a
selection of five wines, appetizers, a wine tour, and a discussion of
the centuries-old craft of wine making.
Tickets are $55 per person and may be purchased by filling out the form on this page.
Neponset River Cleanup on Saturday, September 21
The Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA) is removing trash from water and land to help beautify the area and restore fish and wildlife habitats in Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Milton (exact locations listed below). Any help that you can give with cleaning up or organizing is much appreciated!
Meet at your pre-assigned site. (Walk-in locations to be determined.) at 8:45 am.
All ages are welcome. Age 12 and under require adult supervision.
Bring water, hat, sunblock, work gloves
Wear work clothes (no sandals). You may get very dirty!
Locations are:
Paul's Bridge to Martini Shell, Hyde Park
Blake Estates, Hyde Park
- Ryan Playground & Rice Islands, Mattapan/Milton
- Edgewater Drive, Mattapan
- Pine Tree Brook, Milton
- 2 Granite Ave., Milton
Register here to let NepRWA that you are coming.
Pumpkin Float on Sunday, October 20 or Monday,October 21
Join
the DCR and the Neponset RIver Greenway Council for our annual Pumpkin
Float on Davenport Creek in Pope John Paul II Park at 5:00 pm.
Pumpkins float on the outgoing tide promptly at 6:00 pm. The exact date
will be announced in our October newsletter.
 
Maria, Maggie from the DCR, Jessica and John Preparing to launch pumpkins
mounted the pumpkins on floats and lit them.
Recent Events Along the Greenway:
Mattapan on Wheels, Walker Playground in Mattapan on Saturday, July 20
The
Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition Vigorous Youth sponsored their 9th
Mattapan on Wheels (MoW) Bike-a-thon: Encore! We got a lot of postive
feedback during our 7th annual ride that we took on the Nesponset River
Greenway Trail again, though rides were shortened a bit because of the
extreme heat.
 
Registration
tables before the ride
Great food after the
ride!
Neponset RiverFest, Neponset Park in Dorchester on Saturday, July 20
The Neponset
River Greenway Council joined NepRWA in celebration of the Neponset
River and the beautiful parks and pedestrian paths along the shore,
along with the natural salt marshes and wetlands that support more than
200 species of birds, fish and other wildlife. Many of us dropped by
during and after Mattapan On Wheels. John and Maria Lyons staffed our
table protected from the sun by our new tent.
 
Live music!
Inflatable water slide
Tenean Beach Day, Saturday, August 3
Free food and art on the beach from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
 
New
Greenway Council tent on Tenean Beach
Artistry on Tenean Beach
by Mary
Reardon
by Mary Reardon
With nowhere to hide from rising seas, Boston prepares for a wetter future
By Mary Caperton Morton in August 17, 2019 Science News [link to article]
This interesting article uses a couple of images along our trail.
"...
The winter of 2018 was stormy, even by New England standards. In
January, winter storm Grayson dumped more than 40 centimeters of snow on
Boston. Streets were flooded deep enough to float large dumpsters in
the dark, icy water. ... When the ocean surged 4.6 meters above the high
tide mark, Grayson broke the record set in 1978 for the highest storm
tide. Just two months later, in March, winter storm Riley delivered
another record storm surge. ... NOAA estimates that Boston will see between 12 and 19 days of high tide flooding between May 2019 and April 2020."
ber 2016high tide flood on Tenean Beach
from Boston Harbor Now
by David L. Ryan/Boston Globe/Getty Images
-Jessica Mink, who also took the uncredited images in which she is not present
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