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CONTENTS

Unwanted Greenery . . .1

President’s Message . . .2

Interpretive Services . . . 4

Trail Snapshots . . . . . . .5

Quabbin’s Lake Trout . . .6

Memorial Day Events . .8

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Member’s Corner . . . . . .9

Thom Kyker-Snowman, DCR/DWSPEnvironmental Analyst – Natural Resources

It begins innocently enough. A few seeds maketheir way into the ballast shoveled onto a sail-ing vessel on its way from England to pick up aload of logs, perhaps “King’s Pines” from aport in colonial Massachusetts. On arrival inport, the ballast is deposited on shore to makeroom for the logs. The seeds germinate andsome of these plants are content to simply finda place amongst the mix of native species thatcover the landscape. So Queen Anne’s Lacegradually appears on the landscape. But asglobal trading expanded, some of these stow-aways (e.g., Kudzu) were better adapted totheir new digs and spread much more aggres-sively, displacing the native flora. But hey, aplant is a plant, right? Green leaves, pretty flowers, sometimes fragrant. Why should wecare where it came from or that it is doing sowell in its new home?

The problem of invasive plants has beenwidely articulated and now makes the newsdaily. Non-native alien species are dubbed

“invasive” when they muscle their way(through prolific seeding or rapid vegetativegrowth) into positions of dominance over thenatives that have evolved over thousands ofyears. There are many examples of the conse-quences of this bad behavior often focused onlosses of endangered species or critical habitatsor agricultural production. For instance, PunkTree or Melaleuca, an Australian tree speciesintroduced in south Florida, has converted500,000 acres of marsh into swamp forest thatis hydrologically altered and devoid of nativeherbaceous species. But what, specifically, arethe problems on the Quabbin watershed andwhat is the Division of Water Supply Protection(DWSP) doing to counteract these?

The Quabbin Reservoir is an unfiltered watersupply, or more correctly, is biologically filteredby the forest that covers the vast majority ofthe watershed, a cover that research has shownto provide the best possible protection. This filter works 24 hours a day powered only bythe sun, but must ride out a wide variety ofdisturbances to do this reliably (e.g., wind-storms, insects, and climate

Summer 2008 Vol.21 No.2

Unwanted Greenery:Alien Invaders in the Quabbin Forest

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Japanese barberry dominates the understory in parts of Prescott.

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changes). It has long been our objective as watershed man-agers to maintain sufficient diversity in our forest to enhanceits long-term resistance and resilience. Terrestrial invasiveplants threaten this diversity when they are so aggressive thatthey prevent other species from growing. Japanese Barberry,for instance, was planted around the homes that once occu-pied the Swift River Valley, and has since spread to monopolizemoist sites on significant areas of the watershed, in partbecause even hungry deer avoid this plant (see photo page 1).

Based on their invasive habits, the “10 most unwanted” species at Quabbin have been identified by natural resourcesstaff, as follows:

1. Barberry (Common and Japanese)2. Oriental Bittersweet3. Japanese Knotweed4. Buckthorn (Common and Glossy)5. Burning Bush6. Non-native Honeysuckles7. Multiflora Rose8. Autumn Olive9. Common Reed

10. Purple Loosestrife

Invasive Greenery continued from page 1

Oriental bittersweet on Webster Road in Quabbin Park

President’sMessageWelcome to the latest edition ofQuabbin Voices I am your new president Mark Thompson. Allow me a moment to tell you a little aboutmyself. I have been a member of the“Friends” for many years and it is withgreat pride that I follow in the foot-steps of Bob Clark as president.

Those are mighty big shoes to fill indeed. I would like to give a tip of the hat to Bob for his service and dedication to FOQ. I am shortly to begin my 20th year as a history teacher atPathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School inPalmer, Mass. For ten consecutive years I hosted the “AnnualLiving History Day” not only to remember the sacrifices thatwere made in creating the reservoir but also as a celebrationof the pristine wilderness that we now embrace.

Quabbin has always played an integral part in my life. As achild my parents would load up the car for picnic days thatalways ended with a climb to the top of the tower for its re-ward of breathtaking views. As a teenager with a new driver’slicense Quabbin quickly became a favorite destination forfriends and fellow frisbee enthusiasts. Exploring the coastlineand hiking the numerous “gates” became a Sunday ritual.

My love of history was fostered by the untold story each cellar hole or stonewall concealed as silent witnesses of a lostera. The picnic area below the Goodnough Dike became myfavorite quiet study spot during college days. There are count-less wonders to be discovered still today. Nature abounds hereand encompasses all who take a minute to sit and listen for awhile forgetting the outside world and all the challenges of life.Quabbin is a place to recharge our inner batteries and see thebeauty in life that often seems to be missing.

I urge all who can to explore the trails, listen to the wind inthe pines, observe the broad spectrum of wildlife, and becomepart of this beauty that is uniquely ours. Each season is a wonder to behold and an experience of a life time. There wasa thrill to seeing a bald eagle for the first time. That thrill stillexists every time I see one of these graceful symbols of ourcountry.

There is a feeling of new energy from the members of theBoard of Directors and I am looking forward to working withall. We have a great combination of experience and dedicationalong with the energy that comes with the new members. Ibelieve we have a Board that can and will work together inorder to bring The Friends of Quabbin into the future. As stew-ards of Quabbin, it is our obligation and duty to preserve thiswilderness and educate young people so that we may handthis wonder down to future generations. I know I am up to the challenge. I hope to see you in the woods!

Mark Thompson

DWSP has been mapping the extent of invasive plant popula-tions for a number of years and has hired summer crews to do both mapping and control work. We are in the process ofsetting the highest priorities for control in a document that will be completed this fall. This Terrestrial Invasive PlantManagement Plan will include such priorities as protectingrare and endangered species from encroachment and main-taining the viability of forest cover in critical areas alongstreams or near reservoir intakes.

The highest priority for control is early detection and eradicationof invasive species when they first arrive in a new area of thewatershed. Removing a few plants is simple, but once invasivesare well-established, control can become extremely difficultdepending on the ways in which the plant reproduces andspreads. Species like Japanese Knotweed can regenerate vegeta-tively from a small remnant of the full plant, so that mowingmay actually result in further spread if the equipment is notkept clean. Timing of control measures can be critical too. A single Purple Loosestrife plant produces a million or more seedsannually. Removing that plant before it matures is important inpreventing its spread.

While cutting,pulling, or smoth-ering (with plasticor heavy mulch)can be effectivefor small popula-tions, these arelabor intensivetreatments thatmust be repeateduntil the speciesno longer reappears. Theseasonal DWSPcrews in 2007and 2008 havebeen carefullydocumenting thecost to manuallycontrol invasives,

a project that can cost thousands of dollars per acre. The recommended treatment for larger infestations may includechemical controls, but herbicide use on a drinking water supply watershed is problematic, even though treatments likelocal spot spraying on cut stumps can be accomplished withextremely low risks to human health.

To address the need for greater public awareness of the invasiveplant issues on the watersheds, the Friends of Quabbin havegenerously purchased copies of “A Guide to Invasive Plants inMassachusetts,” recently published by the Division of Fisheriesand Wildlife. These guides will be given free to anyone whoagrees to assist with the identification of invasive plants aroundthe Quabbin Reservoir (see VC staff and the VC invasive species

display for further details). The DWSP Natural Resources staffhas also scheduled a public workshop on invasive plants atQuabbin on Sunday, September 14 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM.This free workshop will include the identification of the unwant-ed plants within walking distance of the Visitor’s Center, as wellas a discussion of control methods and related issues.

The focus of this article has been terrestrial invasive plants, butthey are just half the story. While colonial sailing ships usedrocks and soil for ballast, modern shipping vessels pump waterinto ballast tanks on their way to a distant port, where theimported water and its accompanying alien flora and fauna arethen pumped out to accommodate the load. Aquariums full ofimported plants are too often dumped in local water bodies, andfreshwater fishing boats and trailers inadvertently collect plantsand animals at one site and move them to the next fishing spot.So far, Quabbin has been spared the scourge of aquatic invasiveplants, although these are an ongoing problem at the WachusettReservoir and other freshwater sites across the state. DWSP staffare working to control this front of the invasion also.

There are many valuable printed and internet resources for further information on invasive plants. A few web links worthvisiting for information on Massachusetts invaders include:

Massachusetts Invasive Plants Advisory Group:http://www.massnrc.org/MIPAG/

The Invasive Plant Atlas of New England: http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/

NE Wild Flower Society on invasive plants:http://www.newfs.org/protect/invasive-plants

“Invasive Species 101,” by The Nature Conservancy:http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/methods.html

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Emily Kyker-Snowman removes the root system of a barberry plant

Eric Ducomb attacks barberry with a brush saw.

InterpretiveServices ReportSummerBy Clif Read

The DCR has launched a new statewide program this summerto encourage visitation at agency facilities across the state. The Parks Passport Program divides the state into seven differ-ent regions, representing a total of 76 sites from beaches toforests to watersheds. Participants receive an official ParkPassport which lists sites on a regional basis and then providesa place for passport stamps which are unique to each facility.Passport boxes are located at each facility, although participantsneed to have the passport and lock combination to access thestamp inside. Some visitors attempt to fill their passports withstamps from each of the participating sites, while others arecontent to focus on a region or on visiting new DCR facilities.

Whatever the interest or motivation, the main purpose of theprogram is to get people outside and involved in the naturalenvironment. The idea of the Passport Program grew out of the No Child Left Inside initiative, a national movementdesigned to reconnect families and children with nature.

With over 450,000 acres of land under its care and management, the DCR isresponsible for some of the most diverse and beautifulproperties in the state and thisprogram fits with its mission “to protect, promote andenhance our common wealth ofnatural, cultural and recreationalresources”. Check out the

program at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/passport or stop by the Quabbin Visitor Center to obtain a free passport and yourfirst stamp.

The Quabbin Interpretive Services Unit is happy to haveAndrew Madison on staff as a Park Interpreter this summerand fall. Andrew is a recent graduate of Salem State Collegewhere he majored in Geography with a special interest in GIS.In addition to his regular duties working in the Visitor Center,Andrew has been working on specific projects, such as: inven-torying geocache sites in the Quabbin Reservation, scanningSwift River Valley real estate photographs, and developinginformational books on town histories for the former Quabbintowns. Please stop by to say hello to Andrew next time youvisit the Center.

This summer has seen a great deal of activity on and aroundWinsor Dam, prompting many questions from visitors aboutthe nature of these work projects. The most visible work wasrelated to maintenance work on the dam itself which involvedinstallation of new monitoring wells, upgrades to the drainagesystem for the dam and the replacement of security gates andassociated structures on the dam. Public access to the damwas restricted from time to time during the operation/move-ment of large equipment, but by and large visitors’ access waslargely uninterrupted.

Two additional projects took place below the dam designed toimprove public access and safety. The Swift River DischargeChannel Bridge was retrofitted to make it fully accessible.Quabbin Section Carpenter Al Detour did a terrific job modifying the bridge to make it accessible without losing the aesthetics of the structure which provides a crossing pointover the Swift River Channel just above the Y Pool.

The Quabbin Section was fortunate to have a crew from theStudent Conservation Association Mass Parks Americorps againthis summer. They spent a 10 day hitch at Quabbin working onimprovements for the trail leading from the rotary at the baseof the dam down the steep embankment to the Swift River.Previously there had been a myriad of trails leading through thered pine forest hillside, resulting in steep, highly eroded trailswith dangerous footing. By channeling the path into a singletrail, redirecting the route to make it a gentler slope and placingterraces along part of its length, the crew created a beautifulnew course. Hikers and fishermen alike have expressed appre-ciation for this great trail improvement.

It has been anotherbanner year foreagles at Quabbinwith eight pairs successfully nestingand fledging a dozenyoung. Both figuresrepresented recordnumbers, eclipsinglast year's newlyestablished records.Loons also had agood nesting yearwith 14 nesting pairs located within the reservoir area. Although there was not a corresponding success rate for hatching and fledging success as the eagles, the loons had a much better year than2007 when only two chicks reached adult size.

Finally, I hope to see you at the Tuesday Tea Picnic on August 26.It is always a fun event—an opportunity to re-establish old friend-ships while creating new acquaintances and a chance to enjoysome great food.

Immature bald eagle soaring by Mass Wildlife photographer, Bill Byrne.Quabbin’s eagle population had a banner year in 2008.



Call forVolunteersThe Friends of Quabbin, Inc.could not operate without theassistance of volunteers who contribute to the organization inmany different ways. From theBoard of Directors to the folkswho assist with other functions,their work is critical to the success of the organization. TheFriends is looking to bolster thegroup of volunteers who helpwith a variety of tasks includingmailings of newsletters andannouncements to members,assisting with set-up and foodservice at events such as theTuesday Tea Picnic, the FOQAnnual Meeting, Memorial DayServices, and being available onan as-needed basis. If you areinterested in joining this group ofvolunteers, please call Ruth Jazabat (413) 594-2474.

SCA Trail Work – Lindsay Kerns (foreground)and Mary Warner (background) place terracetimbers on the Swift River Trail.

Swift River Trail – The Swift River Trail connects the trailfrom Winsor Dam to the river and bridge.

Swift River Bridge – Hikers and anglers can now use the fully accessible bridgeacross the Swift River, just upstream from the Y Pool.

Quabbin Trail Snapshots

QUABBIN FACT!2,600 tons of dynamite were used to

construct the Quabbin Aqueduct. The 25 mile long bedrock tunnel links the

Quabbin Reservoir with the WachusettReservoir and Ware River.

The boats brilliant bow mounted lights clearly illuminatedthe Winsor Dam shelf 12 feet below the surface. Not

too surprising as the State’s largest water supply reservoir,Quabbin, was designed for high quality drinking water and the clarity was much greater than our immediate need.

This was my first lake trout spawning survey and I was anx-ious to see if we would find them back on the old shelf theywere using before the reservoir dropped so dramatically duringthe mid 1960’s. Well, I wasn’t just pleasantly surprised, I wasecstatic. There they were, gathering along nearly the full lengthof the dam preparing to spawn. Slowly cruising around therock crevices created during dam construction.

When boat fishing was opened on nearly two-thirds ofQuabbin’s surface acres in 1952, the Massachusetts Division ofFish and Game quickly moved to establish new sport fisheries.The initial effort was called a “two-story” program featuringlake trout for the cold-water habitat and walleye for the warm-water habitat. Both species would likely need a forage baseand smelt were proposed to fill that role.

You couldn’t design a better habitat for lake trout than Quabbin.Sure the reservoir’s purpose was to meet the growing metropoli-tan Boston area’s need for a high quality drinking water supply.But, that design, applied to the Swift River Valley was equallysuited to the prime habitat characteristics of lake trout, orSalvelinus namaycush as it’s known in the scientific world.Abundant, well oxygenated water year round, including coldtemperatures at or below 50°F during the hot summer months.

Native to North America, primarily Northern New England,northern New York, the Great Lakes, and small portions ofWisconsin, Minnesota, and Montana, lake trout are more widely distributed throughout Canada and Alaska. There is no evidence that they were ever native to Massachusetts, andfew natural lakes or ponds in the state would be consideredsuitable habitat for them. Quabbin, and in fact WachusettReservoirs are, however another matter. When full, both havesufficient cold-water habitat, particularly during the summer

months to sustain large numbers of lake trout. And, at least forQuabbin, sufficient spawning habitat consisting of rock andboulder shoal areas accessed by prevailing winds.

Lake trout are a long-lived truly coldwater species. As summersurface temperatures warm to 70°F or even higher, the coldwater becomes depressed to the deeper levels. Due toQuabbin’s depth, however, with large volumes below 60'and reaching to 150', preferred temperatures with sufficientoxygen occur below the thermocline. Thermoclines, a zone ofrapidly dropping water temperature, develop in deep waterbodies in the northern temperate zone, such as Massachusetts,as the surface waters warm in the summer. The deeper waters, having cooled during winter, are depressed by thewarmer surface waters usually to a depth of 30'– 50' where the thermocline sets up. Below this zone colder and stabletemperatures persist during the summer months.

It is this zone that is preferred not only by lake trout, but alsoits prime forage, smelt. Fish and Game biologists could easilypredict the abundance of this high quality habitat, thus thedesire to introduce lake trout. In addition to high quality summer habitat, lake trout generally spawn in shoal areas in the fall, and Quabbin was believed to have suitable habitat.All these factors would mean that an introduced populationshould be able to sustain itself without the need for mainte-nance hatchery stocking.

Quabbin’s rocky shoreline in many areas, would, by itself,indicate the potential for suitable spawning habitat. Usuallylocated in shallow areas, large rocks and boulders providemany spaces for fertilized eggs to settle and be protected frompredators. Shallows also tend to be buffeted by winds thatinsure high oxygen levels but more importantly keep the eggssilt free prior to freeze up and the long overwinter incubation.

It’s not clear whether Fish and Game biologists expected laketrout to spawn on Winsor Dam or Goodnough Dike. But whenthe first evidence of natural reproduction was discovered in1963, the search for spawning areas began and the Dam was


Lake trout, salvelinus namaycush.Photo from Maine Department ofInland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Lake Trout, Denizens of the Deepby Steve Rideout


found to be important. In many ways, it could have been pre-dicted. The rock faces of the dam provided the crevices todeposit the eggs, and north and northwest winds served tokeep the eggs oxygenated and silt free. In many ways, onecould not have created much better habitat.

All of which brought me around to my first survey. While thedam is great habitat for spawning, and on calm nights is finefor biologists doing surveys, a cold northwest wind in below32°F temperatures is another matter. We used small mesh gillnets to catch the spawners. They were too big to enter the netand get caught conventionally, but consistently would catchmesh in their maxillary or external jaw bones.

We would set the nets, often seeing the lake trout on the damshelf below us, and by the time we had put out three or fournets and returned to the first we could see trout in them. Ourgoal was to capture, record standard biological data, such aslength, weight, and sex, but also to record tag numbers or applytags if none were present. It was all night-time work, startingjust after dark, and continuing sometimes until one or two inthe morning. We gained important management information

to set reasonable length and bag limits so the fishery could besustained without the need for maintenance hatchery stocking.Quabbin is spectacular lake trout habitat, similar in many ways to natural lake populations in Northern New England.Designed for high quality drinking water for people, it suits lake trout for many of the same design considerations. It wasencouraging and fun, most of the time, to see these fish usingthe dam to spawn in late October and early November knowingthat a high quality sport fishery could be sustained naturally.

Quabbin Tributary – the stream just inside Gate 40

You are cordially invited to the

Tuesday Tea Picnicto be held on

Tuesday, August 26, 2008at Hanks Picnic Area, 12:00 to 3:00 PM

Raindate September 2, 2008

Bring your own picnic lunch and something to share

Boat rides for former residents and their descendents

at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM

For boat reservations or further information,

please call the Visitor Center at (413) 323-7221

Swift River ValleyHistorical Society

The Swift River Valley Historical SocietyMuseum will be open for tours on Wednesdaysfrom 1:00 to 4:00 PM through August 27 and

on Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM throughOctober 12. The museum, which houses anexcellent collection of items from the former

Swift River Valley towns, is located at 40 Elm Street in New Salem.

Memorial Day Events 2008


Memorial Day Services were held at Quabbin Park Cemetery on Sunday, May 25.

FOQ Banner Memorial Day–Gabriel LaBombard (left)and Ivey Gilliland, III (right) carry the Friends ofQuabbin Banner in the Memorial Day Services atQuabbin Park Cemetery.

Color Guard Memorial Day– (l to r) Quabbin AssistantRegional Director Dave Small, Senator Stephen Brewerand Representative Todd Smola join the Color Guard atMemorial Day Services at Quabbin Park Cemetery.

The BelchertownCommunity Bandled by ConductorMike Bauer, has become an important part of QuabbinMemorial DayServices.


Blueberry PatchMemoriesMy first memories of visiting the Quabbin Reservoir were on August 2, 1963. I remember this clearly for two reasons.The first was that it was a hot, muggy, and stifling day rightin the middle of a week-long heat wave that brought thestreets of my hometown of Holyoke to a hazy slow motionsurreal setting right off the “Twilight Zone” TV show. The second is because it was my Dad’s thirtieth birthday and he didn’t like birthday cake but loved blueberry pie.

So we packed up the old Ford Country Squire station wagon(which had real wood on the sides) with a picnic lunch andheaded to “The Quabbin” as my Mom was fond of saying. Itseemed to take forever to reach the area, but when we finallymade it and my Dad, who was formally a sergeant in theNational Guard, called his squad to attention and issued useach a coffee can that had two holes punched in each sidewith a shoelace through the holes so that the can could beworn around our necks. When this was completed he led us into the blueberry patches that were located in Hank’sMeadow. We hit the blueberry bushes and in no time we allhad filled our coffee cans to the brim with tiny, dark andsweet blueberries. Some of us filled our cans twice. I remem-ber my Dad calling to the three of us to only eat one can andsave the rest for the pies that my Mom would bake. We ofcourse denied eating any berries emphatically, but what wedidn’t realize was that blueberries left very telltale evidence.My little sister was only three at the time and her job was tohaul the blueberries out to the picnic table where my Momand Meme were setting up lunch. Walking to the picnic

tables I realized that there was actually a breeze and it didn’tseem nearly as muggy as it was in the city.

We had “Dagwood sandwiches” and a huge Coleman picnicjug filled with fresh-squeezed lemonade. I remember being inawe of my uncle as he hefted the huge jug and filled our tincups with the sweet thirst quenching drink. We stayed allafternoon until the sky to the west started to turn black withthunder clouds. We then headed home.

Life has changed considerably since those summer days so long ago, but the Quabbin remains a constant. Hank’sMeadow has grown in considerably but there still are blue-berries to be found. I know because I’ve taken my childrenthere over the years and now I’m taking my grandchildren sothe circle is unbroken and more importantly the blueberriesstill taste great!!! — Bill O’Neil

Member’s Corner

August 26Tuesday Tea Picnic, 12:00–3:00 PM.Hanks Picnic Area in Quabbin Park(rain date 9/2)

September 2Monthly Tuesday Tea, 1:00–3:00 PM.Quabbin Visitor Center (or rain datefor Picnic)

September 13Terrestrial Invaders! – Invasive PlantWorkshop, 1:00–4:00 PM.Presented by Thom Kyker-Snowman,DCR Environmental Analyst. Meet at the Quabbin Visitor Center, fieldportion as well.

October 7Monthly Tuesday Tea, 1:00–3:00 PM.Quabbin Visitor Center

October 21 “Native American Archeology at Quabbin,” 7:00–8:00 PM.Presented by Mitchell Muhlholland,Director of UMASS ArchaeologicalServices. Quabbin Visitor Center

November 4Monthly Tuesday Tea, 1:00–3:00 PM.Quabbin Visitor Center

November 9Forestry Walk with DCR Foresters,1:00–4:00 PM. Meet at the Quabbin Visitor Center

December 2Tuesday Tea Holiday Party, 1:00–3:00 PM. Quabbin Visitor Center

December 7Friends of Quabbin Holiday Party,2:00–4:00 PM. Quabbin Visitor Center

All events are free and open to the public.Call the Quabbin Visitor Center for further information: (413) 323-7221.

Calendar of Events

Friends of Quabbin2008-2009 Officers and Board of Directors

Friends of Quabbin, Inc.Quabbin Reservation Administration Building485 Ware RoadBelchertown, Massachusetts 01007

413-323-7221www.friendsofquabbin.org

Mark Thompson, President 124 Fisher Dick RoadWare, MA [email protected]

Ruth Jazab, Vice President27 Szetala DriveChicopee, MA 01013413-594-2474

William Elliot, Treasurer999 Shutesbury RoadAmherst, MA 01002413-259-1456

J.R. Greene, Chairman26 Bearsden RoadAthol, MA [email protected]

Bob Bousquet, Clerk5 Pine Crest CircleWare, MA [email protected]

Lois Barnes17 Hastings StreetGreenfield, MA [email protected]

Julie Bullock150 West Main StreetWare, MA 01082413-967-4528

Robert Creed5 Kinder LaneShutesbury, MA [email protected]

Paul Godfrey47 Harkness RoadPelham, MA 01002413-253-5686413-545-2842 (office)

Marty Howe98 Lower Beverly HillsWest Springfield, MA [email protected]

Don Lambert186 Moulton Hill RoadMonson, MA 01067413-267-4837

Bill O’Neil24 Old Wales Rd.Monson, MA [email protected]

Steve Rideout457 Wendell RoadShutesbury, MA 01072413-259-9123

Eileen Simonson25 Hitching Post RoadAmherst, MA [email protected]

John Therrien245 Palmer RoadWare, MA 01082413-967-6607

John Zebb261 The MeadowsEnfield, CT 06082860-253-0357

Call for Member SubmissionsThis is your newsletter. We invite members tosubmit stories, articles, or reminiscences aboutthe human or natural history of the Swift RiverValley and Quabbin Reservoir.

Please send e-mail to Bill O’Neil at [email protected], or mail items to: The Friends of Quabbin 485 Ware Road, Belchertown, MA 01007


Quabbin Voices is the periodic newsletter of the Friends of Quabbin, Inc.

The views and opinions expressed in thisnewsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends of Quabbin, Inc.

Editors: Bill O’Neil, Clif ReadDesign: Eileen KlockarsIllustrations: Russ Buzzell

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