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! bit.ly/4pk9KnI

We’ve cut the ribbon on the more than $1 million rehab of the Constitution Beach Playground in East Boston! Come check out the new, nautical themed park for yourself!

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.

Enjoy free parking at all DCR properties this Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day! And veterans can enjoy more reserved parking all year long with more parking spaces designated for veterans at properties across the park system. For details: bit.ly/DCRParking

This week, DCR celebrates the rededication of Lynn Heritage State Park as Veterans Memorial Park and the installation of a new marker at the property’s Massachusetts Gold Star Families Memorial Bridge. For details: bit.ly/3JKqdCC

Multiple DCR parkways will be closed due to the Boston Half Marathon this weekend. Check the link for details on which roadways will be impacted. bit.ly/3JI8Ylq

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.

Shout out to the staff of DCR’s Great Falls Discovery Center for being named Best Museum by the readers of the @greenfieldrecorder.bsky.social for the 2025 Franklin County Favorites! So the next time you’re in Turners Falls, stop by and check out this amazing place! bit.ly/4o9dV67

Wrap up Archaeology Month this Sunday with a walk of the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp & learn about its significance to Indigenous communities, enjoy children’s books by Indigenous authors, practice archaeological screening, & engage in hands-on activities bit.ly/4o1PJle

@massdfg.bsky.social @massaudubon.org & DCR are proud to conserve 1,325 acres of forests, fields, & wetlands in Winchendon & Ashburnham with the help of Mt Grace Land Conservation Trust. It promotes biodiversity, enhances climate resilience, & creates opportunities for recreation. bit.ly/4oAzvjh

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for the week of October 27th with up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at DCR parks across the state will reach their peak foliage color this fall. bit.ly/4nBRIwy

This Saturday learn the Learn about the cycle of the seasons from the Indigenous perspective with hand-on activities at the Blackstone Visitor Center in Worcester. And next Sunday, take a walk in the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp at Borderland State Park bit.ly/4o1PJle

CThere’s lots of Halloween fun to be had at DCR parks! Join the Neponset River Greenway Council and @NepRWA for the Pumpkin Parade Thursday night! Or swing by the Magical Halloween Castle at Castle Island this Saturday and Sunday! See the link for details! bit.ly/3WRhTUw

We have issued the following advisory for Memorial Drive in Cambridge: bit.ly/4qptFTS

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for the week of October 20th with up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at DCR parks across the state will reach their peak foliage color this fall. bit.ly/4nBRIwy

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

This Saturday, enjoy a fun, free Archaeology month program at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls! Learn the cycle of the seasons from the Indigenous perspective, traditional fishing methods along the Kwenitekw River, help to weave a net, take a photo with a dugout canoe bit.ly/4o1PJle

Lots of temporary changes are coming to Cambridge's and Boston's river roads for the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. Check the link for details to make sure you know what to expect: bit.ly/4haaid0

Thanks for the kind words Dorchester Reporter ! We're thrilled the Greenway offers all users the chance to enjoy outdoor recreation, no matter their ability! www.dotnews.com/2025/neponse...

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for the week of October 13th with up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at parks across the state will reach their peak color this fall. bit.ly/4nBRIwy

The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $7.5 million will be awarded through the MassTrails grant program to support 50 trail projects that will improve and expand the trail network across Massachusetts. bit.ly/4nClDVF

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for the week of October 6 with up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at DCR parks across the state will reach their peak this fall bit.ly/4nBRIwy

October is archaeology month & we’ve got fun, free programming at parks across the state! Learn about the cycle of the seasons from the Indigenous perspective at Houghton’s Pond this Saturday. On Sunday learn about the history of human occupation at Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. bit.ly/4o1PJle

A big thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Growing Wild campaign, which was just awarded the National Association of State Park Directors’ 2025 Innovation Award! bit.ly/3VLendR

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for the week of September 29th with up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at DCR parks across the state will reach their peak this fall bit.ly/4nBRIwy

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: CCS Beach Brigade bit.ly/3I49qK8 DCR bit.ly/4gQagqR

You're invited to the Charles River Conservancy Graffiti Artist-in-Residence Closing Ceremony this Thurs 9/25 (5-7pm) at the Lynch Family Skatepark in Northpoint in Cambridge! Tagged Out: Skate, Paint, Imaginate is a free, all-ages, drop-in celebration of street art, music, & movement bit.ly/3IEhYYf

DCR’s interactive Fall Foliage Map is back for another season of up-to-date leaf-peeping information! Check out this map updated weekly by our forestry team to see when the leaves at DCR parks across the state will reach their peak foliage color this fall. For details. bit.ly/DCRFoliage

The outdoors is for everyone! Starting today, our Universal Access Program’s fall programming guide is available! Designed to offer opportunities for visitors of all abilities w/ adaptive hiking, paddling, golfing & cycling. For more: bit.ly/3K0LpnT

September is National Preparedness Month! So join us & the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to find out if you’re prepared with the proper emergency kit AND insurance documents to weather any situation. MEMA emergency kit recommendations: bit.ly/48cveO0 Floodsmart: www.floodsmart.gov

Celebrate with us as we break ground on the next phase of the Magazine Beach restoration project. This $2.2 million investment will bring the public closer to the river & provide them with a safe and welcoming space to connect, recharge and enjoy. Details: bit.ly/4pgFWsS

Only YOU can prevent Storrowings by keeping your mind on the road and watching for the MANY warning signs. No moving trucks on Storrow Drive, Memorial Drive and Soldiers Field Road.

There are so, so, SO many signs warning that trucks are not allowed on Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road in Boston and Memorial Drive in Cambridge! Please look out for them and find another route for your moving truck or van!

Take the advice of DCR Action News Anchor Jeff Hairdo and don’t get Storrowed when you move to Boston this week! Remember that trucks and moving vans aren’t allowed on Storrow Drive & Soldiers Field Road in Boston and Memorial Drive in Cambridge

Join DCR’s biologists as they band and record the state-endangered salt marsh sparrow and learn how tracking the species helps us keep track of the health of the last saltwater marsh in Boston.

Free Family Flicks in the Park concludes this week with the sing-a-long version of Wicked at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston! Bring a chair, blanket and snack and enjoy some family fun! All shows start at sundown. See below or check the link for details. bit.ly/3Ijw1lu

We apologize for the inconvenience, but Wednesday’s showing of Captain America: Brave New World at Castle Island in South Boston has been canceled due to the worsening weather.

The Gronk Playground is officially open on the Charles River Esplanade after four years of planning, design and construction. A big thanks to the Gronk Nation Youth Foundation for their $1.8 million donation to help make this possible

Come see that there’s more to see at Walden Pond than JUST Walden Pond! Join VSS Kyle as he shows you some of “Walden Pond’s Secret Menu” items for your next visit!

Free Family Flicks in the Park Week 6 kicks off tonight with Captain America: Brave New World at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston! Bring a chair, blanket and snack and enjoy some family fun! All shows start at sundown. See below or check the link in our bio for details. bit.ly/3Ijw1lu

We apologize for the inconvenience, but Thursday’s showing of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at Houghton’ Pond Recreation Area in the Blue Hills has been canceled due to the worsening weather.

We have issued the following advisory for Memorial Drive in Cambridge:

Thank you WellPoint & 98.5 The Sports Hub for honoring our Forest Fire Control Team as hometown heroes! When over 600 wildfires broke out across MA last fall, our firefighters worked side by side with our state and local partners to keep our communities safe and protect our forests.

Free Family Flicks in the Park Week 5 kicks off tonight with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston! Bring a chair, blanket and snack and enjoy some family fun! All shows start at sundown. See below or check the link in for details. bit.ly/3Ijw1lu

Be sure to look for our fishing line & tackle recycling tubes at the Quabbin & Wachusett Reservoirs & Ware River Watershed to prevent dangerous materials from entering the environment. Help our animal friends & check the link for details on the dangers. bit.ly/3HeiprC

Watch our research biologists band an osprey chick at Belle Isle Marsh. Osprey were almost extinct in the state before preservation efforts brought them back. Check the link for a live view of the osprey’s nest that runs from March until the fledglings fly the nest in August! bit.ly/4omHvoS

Free Family Flicks in the Park Week 4 shakes it up & swaps locations so more folks can experience the fun! Bring a chair, blanket and snack and enjoy some family fun! All shows start at sundown. See below or check the link for details. bit.ly/3Ijw1lu

We have issued the following advisory for cyanobacteria in the Charles River:

Tonight’s show at Borderland has been CANCELLED due to weather! Please check back tomorrow for Week Four’s movies and showtimes.