Some people have asked what is happening with the Club's proposed construction... The Club has not come back to the Wetlands Commission (WPC) yet with the alternative sites analysis as required by the town bylaw.

FOB Lecture Series #1: Water and Geology of the Brookside Area

Friends of Brookside will host Joe Duggan, Town of Wellesley Water and Sewer Superintendent, for the first in a series of talks focused on the Brookside Area.

Tuesday November 15th
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Wellesley Free Library
Wakelin Room


Please make an extra effort to come and learn about the precious resource located right where we live and play. The Rosemary Brook Watershed plays an important role in our town's water supply. Mr. Duggan will speak from his experience as superintendent on the town's infrastructure and the area's geology. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. Refreshments will be served.

If you have specific questions regarding our water please send them to friendsofbrookside@gmail.com by the end of day Nov 9th. Questions will be consolidated and forwarded to Mr. Duggan in advance.

Wetlands Map of Wellesley

Check out this interactive map for the town of Wellesley. You can enter an address and see if there is any wetlands, stream or other water bodies in the vicinity. It is meant as a quick reference.

http://gis.wellesleyma.gov/wetlands.html

Wetlands Meeting: August 4, 8:20PM

The Wellesley Country Club is on the Wetlands Agenda at 8:20pm on August 4th. The proposed project is the reconstruction of the 12th hole within the 100 ft buffer zone.

Turtles Force Runway Closing at Kennedy Airport

Turtles do what they have always done before humans built airports, runways and all that we call human civilization. Check the story below and the picture showing hundreds of turtles!

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/turtles-force-runway-closure-at-kennedy-airport/

Wellesley Country Club - Brookside Road in Needham

The Wellesley Country Club has been reported dumping within an isolated wetland and its associated 100-foot buffer zone jurisdictional under the Needham Wetlands Protection Bylaw (Article 6). Hearing at Needham Conservation Commission on June 23rd.

Check out a previous story associated with the Wellesley Country Club dumping without a permit on Brookside Road in Wellesley.

http://wellesley.patch.com/articles/country-club-issued-cease-and-desist-by-wetlands-protection-committee

Year of the Turtle - 2011

Conservationists have declared 2011 Year of the Turtle. The biggest threat to turtles are not other wild life, but humans. If you drive by Brookside Road in Wellesley, you will see the Turtle Crossing signs that tell you to slow down. This is a time that turtles cross the road into the Wellesley Country Club Golf Course and lay their eggs. The turtles have been here way before the golf course was constructed and they keep doing what they have been doing for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, turtles are moving closer to being in danger of extinction every year.

We urge you to slow down, and let the turtles go their way.

For more information check this out:

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/conservation/herps/turtle_calendar.htm