I was at this cherished area at about 11 am on December 3, 2012.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation is allowing commuter rail people to use the last refuge of the Charles River White Geese as a parking lot for work on the railroad.
Here are some photos of the area before the latest destruction.
I will follow with the actual photos in a few days.
Actually, this outrage could explain how this delicate area has been destroyed and destroyed and destroyed and not allowed to grow back.
One excellent example of the outrage is an area where gravel / crushed stone was casually dumped.
2012 / 06-08 / 19 05-13-12, DNA dirt regrowing, natives, highway, geese.
This is a prior photo. See the green spots. Nature is starting to regain itself. So an irresponsible government just casually destroys.
Further away from the camera is significant parking.
2012 / 07-06 / 14 06-24 DNA E intro, native, dirt
The Charles River White Geese were huddled in fear in the artificially created wasteland next to the BU Bridge.
This area has turned into the only part of their 30 year nesting area the Charles River White Geese dare to use.
This is the northern end of the area to which they are confined. They were in this area when I left. When I got there, they were closer to the river. There is a narrow band of introduced bushes between this area and the few undestroyed native bushes and then the area that has been destroyed since the Charles River “Conservancy” started environmental destruction for the DCR. Vehicles are parked in the open area just beyond the native bushes.
2012 / 06-15, DVD 06-26-12 / 09 05-29-12 DNA dirt, geese, E natives, E introd
This is a pretty good view of the area where they were when I first saw them this afternoon. This area is about halfway down the BU Bridge side of the Destroyed Nesting Area. The gray blocks to the right are probably part of the BU Bridge’s eastern extreme.
2012 / 06-08 / 07 05-13-12 DNA Terrace, east, grass and thicket.
This is a good view of the area from near the northern end of the BU Bridge. The bushes on the wood chips are part of a group of bushes creating a terrace at the entrance which was illegally created by Boston University where the BU Bridge meets the on ramp to Memorial Drive. The large tree to the right, showing in this and prior photos, is on the Charles River. There was significant tree destruction in the area which is now undeveloped and holding the frightened, abused Charles River White Geese. The area to the left rear held parking on December 3.
2012 / 07-06 / 26 06-27 dirt, geese, natives, W intro, terrace W highway and parking lot.
There were approximately 12 vehicles parked in the area which was not touched by the outrageous aspects of the BU Bridge repairs. Gravel had been dumped on top of the western of the of two new highways started to “repair” the inexcusable destruction in the BU Bridge repairs. Gravel had been dumped in a wide part of the area which had been previously destroyed after the Charles River “Conservancy” started destroying the environment for the Department of Conservation and Recreation in 2003.
Vehicles were parked everywhere there could be rudimentary, growing vegetation, destroying any chance of it growing now.
The near end of this photo is the western end of the new west highway. It was occupied by parking today.
2012 / 07-07 to 15, 07-26 DVD / 017_16
This is the eastern end of that new eastern highway. The crushed stone on the left has gone from nearly innocuous to very truly intrusive. The area to the right is the hillside under the on ramp to Memorial Drive.
2012 / 06-15, DVD 06-26-12 / 21 06-03-12 DNA E Hwy, Gaggle on Dirt, w native, intro to L, E to R
This the opposite view of that new eastern highway. The dirt on the other side of the undestroyed native bushes now sees significant amounts of crushed stone / gravel. The new highway is now much more significant.
2012 / 03-07 to 15, 07-26 DVD / 016_14A
Gravel had been dumped in a wide part of the area which had been previously destroyed after the Charles River “Conservancy” started destroying the environment for the Department of Conservation and Recreation in 2003.
A very significant area nearest the camera is now heavily crushed stone / gravel. The geese have been driven from their favorite spot under this large tree.
2012 / 06-08 / 13 05-13-12 BU Bridge view, both natives, thicket.
This is a view from the BU Bridge. The black line snaking from middle to left and back to middle is a plastic wall built between the area which was destroyed in the BU Bridge repairs and the area which is now being further destroyed by the Commuter Rail people working with the DCR. The two thick green areas to the right of the black wall are remnants of native vegetation which was everywhere before the BU Bridge destruction and the destruction which started when the Charles River Conservancy started destroying the environment for the DCR. This photo was taken in May 2012 and the native bushes were significantly smaller than in other photos.
The figures in the middle of the brown would be Charles River White Geese and other free animals, probably a lot of Canadas.
The eastern highway is a bare sliver going from left to middle about a third of the way from the top of the photo, and ending at the upper of the two native groupings. Immediately to the right of the upper grouping is now gravel / crushed stone. Vehicles are now parked all over this area. The very top of this photo is the hillside under the on ramp to Memorial Drive. The sharp demarcation between brown and green is the demarcation between the introduced, soon to be massive, bushes and the native bushes which fill that hillside.
This photo is very soon after the planting of the introduced bushes.
This is the core, most cherished part of the last undestroyed home of the Charles River White Geese. There are a lot of vehicles parked her.
2012 / 06-08 / 19 05-13-12, DNA dirt regrowing, natives, highway, geese
This is an excellent view of the area where most of the gravel / crushed stone has been dumped. The smidgens of green are no longer there. It is all crushed stone. The vegetation to the right is the farther of the undestroyed native vegetation in the preceding photo.
Some white geese can be seen in the rear left. This area included quite a few vehicles on December 3.
2012 / 07-06 / 26 06-27 dirt, geese, natives, W intro, terrace W highway and parking lot.
Vehicles were parked everywhere there could be rudimentary, growing vegetation, destroying any chance of it growing now.
The near end of this photo is the western end of the new west highway. It was occupied by parking today.
This is the opposite view of the photo above of the northern end of the artificial wasteland in which the frightened geese are huddling.]
2011 / 09-13 / 18 09-04-11 DNA
MBCR signs were on a number of the vehicles. The main action was on the Grand Junction Railroad. MBCR is the managing agent for the Department of Transportation to run the Commuter Rail.
They were clearly working on the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge, and they were doing it in a manner as destructive as could be for resident animals.
This is the standard routine for work on DCR property. DCR goal is to kill off all animals living on the Charles River Basin. Their euphemism is parkland.
So whatever work is done is warped to destroy life as much as possible.
This is a photo from last year. This entire area was used for parking. You can see the geese huddled under the trees.
2011 / 04-04B Clark / 06 03-29 DNA east of Grand Junction.
Also from last year, notice all the geese under the trees. But also notice the green vegetation just sprouting in April.
Used for parking.
2011 / 04-04B Clark / 17 03-29 Grand Junction, geese, Charles, BU Bridge
This is the current construction zone, April 2011 photo. They are working on the Grand Junction Bridge, straight ahead. There is no need whatsoever to park on and destroy the hillside. The area in the immediately prior photo is bottom right.
Please yell at the governor and the secretary of transportation. The staging area for this work, if the DCR were a responsible entity, would be either:
a. Under the Memorial Drive over pass where there is plenty of room, or
2011 / 03-16 Clark / 01 02-13-11 Rotary from west.
In the photo, the area to the left has been used for parking during the responsible parts of the BU Bridge work. It is under Memorial Drive in a location where grass simply will not work.
The nesting area is straight ahead. The car viewed to the left of the snow on the island is preparing to go up the on ramp which is the northern neighbor of the destroyed nesting area.
2010 / 02-01 Clark / 14, 01-05-10, DNA Kathy and Son
This is a photo from February 2010 taken in the area to which the Charles River White Geese have been forced yet again. Straight ahead is the Memorial Drive overpass. Those cars could readily park under that overpass.
b. north on the railroad where the railroad meets Waverly Street. There is a lot of wide street there. Additionally, there is a large, underutilized parking lot there which could readily and harmlessly be borrowed from MIT with permission,
But the DCR destroys as many animals as they can get away with, in consonance with the equally reprehensible City of Cambridge.
The Governor may be contacted at his on line form at http://www.mass.gov/governor/constituentservices/contact/.
MassDOT may be contacted at their on line form at http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/ContactUs.aspx.
What is Cambridge’s position on the destruction? Well the DCR does nothing without being certain they are in line with Cambridge wishes.
The lying by The Machine about environmental sainthood at the priceless Alewife reservation says exactly where The Machine is coming from, plus the nonstop nonsense spouted by The Machine that the last 13 years do not exist on the Charles River says everything about The Cambridge Machine.
The Cambridge City Council has failed to fire the current City Manager, Robert Healy in spite of very clear court authorization / encouragement to do so. The check to the victim was $8.3 million. They are apparently replacing him with his long time assistant who has been in the middle of the environmental destruction.
Why? Well, Cambridge has the massive, lying Cambridge Machine to cover their backs.
? Well, Cambridge has the massive, lying Cambridge Machine to cover their backs.
