Join us for a guided hike the day after Thanksgiving at one of seven DCR properties all across the state! (No gravy consumption required!) Check the link to find the Gratitude After Gravy Hike near you!

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As those leaves keep falling, remember to keep them out of streets, storm drains, ditches, and streams as best you can! They can plug drains & cause flooding; affect water bodies & create algal blooms & can leach nutrients into runoff & pollute water. Try composting them instead!

Watch an entire morning of aerial firefighting training pass in just a minute with this time lapse video of DCR Fire Control’s recent training with the Massachusetts State Police air wing & Massachusetts National Guard at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth.

Watch as DCR Forest Fire Control works with the Massachusetts State Police and National Guard on an aerial firefighting training in Plymouth to make sure all three agencies can efficiently work together when the real wildfires break out.

Tag along with some of our Urban Foresters from DCR’s Greening in the Gateway Cities Program as they show you the proper way to mulch a tree and explain the process of how they choose which trees go where. Check the link for details: bit.ly/497BN4U

Check out how the different kinds of debris was removed from Peddock’s Island during last week’s four-day clean up hosted by DCR and the Center for Costal Studies! For details on how to volunteer:
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