1. Report from Phil Barber
a. Grand Junction Bridge Photo.
b. Photo from near the Charles River in the Destroyed Nesting Area.
2. Plans.
a. Marked up 1997 / 1999 Destruction Plans.
b. Plans from the 2016 outrage.
3. Destruction since 1982.
a. Grand Junction Bridge photo.
b. Photo from near the Charles River.
4. Summary.
1. Report from Phil Barber
Phil sent us the following photos from Spring and Fall 1990, respectively, featuring his beautiful Golden Retriever:
a. Grand Junction Bridge Photo.
b. Photo from near the Charles River in the Destroyed Nesting Area.
2. Plans
a. Marked up 1997 / 1999 Destruction Plans.
This marked up plan did not make the condensed reports because it was not in the proper format.
I have converted formats, and it is now in a format good for all three media.
The Destroyed Nesting Area is at the far right, bounded by the BU Bridge (to its right), the on ramp to Memorial Drive (above it), the Grand Junction Railroad (barely visible to right of DNA as portions of to nearly vertical lines), and the Charles River, below the DNA.
b. Plans from the 2016 outrage.
Here is the actual destruction plan for the outrage which was mostly accomplished in January 2016 by Cambridge and the Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation. The most important part not accomplished then is the Wild Area and the Destroyed Nesting Area / Goose Meadow.
The Grand Junction is the two lines running from the bottom middle up and to the left to about a quarter of the map from the right.
These plans show only one tree not destroyed out of a thick woods.
The MDC Draft Plan document has three vertical arrows under and to the left of the BU Bridge. These are pointing out the planned highway in the Charles River connecting the two halves of Boston University’s proposed turf.
3. Destruction since 1982.
The Golden Retriever is resting on the down river abutment of the railroad bridge, the eastern edge.
The first photo is taken from the nearest part of the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge, essentially at the bottom boundary of the DNA and the Grand Junction. This point is considerable above the DNA.
Visible in the picture to the right is the Charles River. It forms a bay on the far side of the Grand Junction Bridge, leaving the Wild Area a small portion between it and Memorial Drive.
Here is the area behind the dog as it looked in May 2016.
And the area to the left, slightly further behind the dog.
April 2016, this goose is attempting to nest below the point of the photo, in an area devoided of ground vegetation. She is the white shape at the base of the right side of the V shaped tree combination.
April 2016, perhaps another goose attempting to nest, directly in the line of sight of the photo.
Here is a view in December 2016 of the bay taken from the area behind the dog in 1990.
b. Photo from near the Charles River.
Phil’s second photo is taken from a point just above the Charles River and to the left of the Grand Junction Bridge.
Here is a 2017 photo of the location of this photo in the Destroyed Nesting Area.
At the top is the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge. The dog was on the far abutment of the bridge, toward its left in the photo. The Charles River is visible below the bridge. The second dog photo was taken near the river to the right.
The worst destruction has been done mostly FOR THE DCR by the falsely named Charles River “Conservancy” and by lazy railroad workers with the very clear blessing of the DCR. The creator / head of the "Conservancy" group has recently retired, having achieved a great deal of destruction while lying of “Conservancy.”
Here is a view from the BU Bridge which puts the current locations of both of Phil’s photos into better view. The destruction was achieved by government paid state and local bureaucrats, who, with the Cambridge City Council are working to make things even worse on the Charles River.
And here is a view of the denuded hillside beneath the Grand Junction in May 2016.
Formerly lush with vegetation.
And here is a repeat of the first photo in this series, Phil’s oldest photo of the DNA, published a few days ago, taken very close to the tracks, December 1982, looking down either the above portion of the hillside under the tracks or a few feet away.
This was a little more than a year after the first Charles River White Geese were brought to the Charles River by employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority at their environmentally commendable water treatment plant. Their watch dog passed away; so they got white geese to sound the alarm.
And the Cambridge City Council shows its “environmentalism” by pretty much non stop yelling at the other guy. They even have the nerve to give the impression they are standing up to Climate Change. The terrible stuff is done as fast as possible and as secretly as possible.
Plus please remember the April 24, 2017, order 1 outrage, in which the Cambridge City Council voted to support the destruction of 56 mostly excellent trees at the Magazine Beach Recreation area. That vote was taken very promptly after a bunch of incumbent City Councilors led a rally supporting their sainthood on environmental issues on the steps of Cambridge City Hall.
The Cambridge City Council named the Cambridge Police Station after a City Manager damned by three levels of Court because he destroyed the life of a Black Female Cape Verdean department head, Malvina Monteiro. They also claim to be pro Women’s Rights. One incumbent and possibly two were removed from office by the electorate.
Trial Judge’s opinion: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/judge-issues-decision-denying.html. She included extended quotes from the testimony of the guilty City Manager, Robert Healy.
Appeals Court panel’s Opinion which they refused to call an opinion as a means of showing their contempt for the City of Cambridge: http://charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/appeals-court-decision-in-monteiro.html.
So they keep destroying, and YELLING AT THE OTHER GUY.
