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A new vision for Boston’s waterfront and climate resiliency Jocelyn Forbush
Boston has a long history of using parks to improve the everyday lives of its residents.
The Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, was imagined as a “green ribbon” sprawl of open space providing an escape from what was then an increasingly industrial, polluted city. It was this idea of using parks as a means for public good and well-being that led to the founding of the Trustees of Reservations in 1891 by Olmsted protégé Charles Eliot.Julia Africa, Cheri Ruane, Gary Hilderbrand, and Chris Reed: Parks are essential especially during the coronavirus pandemic
Barbara J. Erickson, âcatalyst for the conservation movement,â dies at 42
By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 4:55 p.m.
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Barbara Erickson, at a pond at Francis William Bird Park in Walpole.Handout
While leading one of the stateâs most important environmental organizations, Barbara J. Erickson looked back with reverence and ahead with anticipation.
âWe are always passing the baton to the next generation,â she said at the Trustees of Reservations annual meeting in 2019.
Ms. Erickson, who was 42 when she died of cancer on Jan. 15, played a key role statewide among those who preserve the open space jewels of the past and unearth new gems for the future.