Accessible Cold Brook Preserve All Persons Trail Tour
Accessible Cold Brook Preserve All Persons Trail Tour
Date: January 18, 2025Time: 10:00 am
Meeting Place: Event location emailed with registration confirmation.
Leader: Tom Evans
Price: FREE
Attendee Limit: 15
Space is limited so reservation is required. Please reserve below.
Please join us for a free wheelchair-accessible tour of the new half-mile All Persons Trail at the restored Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve led by Harwich Conservation Trust Board President Tom Evans. Enjoy views of Cold Brook flowing freely through the 66-acre Preserve for the first time in over a century and learn how the recent ecological restoration project enhanced the health of the land and water for the benefit of people and wildlife.
In 2001, HCT acquired this property of retired bogs and surrounding upland in the heart of Harwich Port. In the fall of 2015, the Preserve was named in honor of Robert F. Smith, HCT Founding Trustee and President for 27 years. In 2024, after more than a dozen years of planning, nearly a mile of stream and 44 acres of wetland were re-wilded to improve wildlife habitat diversity, wetland health, water quality, and ecological resilience to climate change.
Photos courtesy of Gerry Beetham
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