Interesting Links

Bedford Trails Committee - The Bedford Trails Committee is a subcommittee of the Bedford Conservation Commission and includes representatives from town government as well as representatives from Bedford volunteer organizations, including the Bedford Conservation Land Stewards. This committee oversees trail maintenance projects, leads monthly hikes on conservation land, and will be publishing a Bedford Trail Guide.

Bedford Canoe/Kayak Club- Bedford residents and friends who are interested in exploring and maintaining
Bedford waterways and who also enjoy paddling together beyond Bedford, MA

Bedford Conservation Commission- Information on the Bedford Conservation Commission and the conservation areas in Bedford, including some maps.

Brookline Bird Club - Members of this club are located in the Greater Boston area and often lead birding walks near Bedford, especially at Great Meadows in Concord. Their winter lecture meeting is usually held in Bedford at the Bedford High School.

Cambridge Entomological Club -The Cambridge Entomological Club, founded in 1874, is the second oldest entomological society in the North America. They meet once a month at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology for dinner and a speaker.

Citizens for Lexington Conservation - The Citizens for Lexington Conservation is an organization of over 150 households who are concerned about environmental issues in Lexington and support local candidates for office who are sensitive to these issues. They are also responsible for the town's solid waste center. They support the aquisition and maintenance of open spaces in Lexington and regularly sponsor guided tours of town-owned conservation land..

For the Birds Store - Located in Concord, Massachusetts, they sell wild bird seed and offer a wide variety of feeders, birdhouses and accessories, plus bird related products such as binoculars, field guides, bird baths, and garden sculptures.

Friends of Alewife Reservation - The Friends of the Alewife Reservation lead many nature and animal tracking walks in the Alewife Reservation, inventory and monitor wildlife, and provide wildlife docent training.

Menotomy Bird Club - Menotomy Bird Club is an association of people interested in birds and birding in the Mystic Valley watershed, in particular the areas in and around Arlington, Massachusetts.

Minuteman Bikeway and the Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail - This is a write up by the Friends of Depot Park in Bedford. It extends beyond the paved bikeway through the woods towards Billerica.

Shawsheen River Watershed Association - The Shawsheen River Watershed Association meets monthly at the Tewksbury Library. Their volunteer membership works on river related protection projects, runs river cleanups, and great paddling trips. Several of these cleanups and paddling trips start in Bedford. See their calendar.

Massachusetts Audubon Society - The Massachusetts Audubon Society oversees the Christmas Bird Count in which several Bedford Conservation Land Stewards participate. In addition to many wildlife education programs, their web site gives useful wildlife information.

Massachusetts Butterfly Club - Since 1995, the Massachusetts Butterfly Club has been hosting 'Butterfly Institutes' across the state. Each Institute is a series of weeknight lectures and weekend field trips that are conducted by MBC members for 4 to 8 weeks in May and June.

Thoreau Society - The Thoreau Society, located near Walden Pond runs many training and educational programs in Animal Tracking.