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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/north-of-quabbin-lessons-in-land
 -protection/
SUMMARY:North of Quabbin - Lessons in Land Protection
DESCRIPTION:Allen Young\nLand Protection Advocate\n\nNewton's pure water or
 iginates in the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts\, yet the area 
 around Quabbin is unfamiliar to most residents except for perhaps birding 
 and fishing enthusiasts.  Allen Young\, land protection advocate and autho
 r of North of Quabbin Revisited: A Guide to Nine Towns North of the Quabbi
 n Reservoir\, will be the featured speaker for the Newton Conservators Spr
 ing Lecture.  He will talk about the unique nine-town area known as the No
 rth Quabbin as well as the Quabbin Reservoir itself\, and about exciting a
 nd sometimes difficult land protection and recreational opportunities ther
 e.  It has relevance for the people of Newton who may appreciate the conce
 pt of saving the rural parts of the Commonwealth that are under so much de
 velopment pressure.\n\nAllen Young\, journalist and author of 13 books\, h
 as lived for nearly 35 years in the North Quabbin Region\, one of the most
  rural areas of Massachusetts. He settled to the town of Royalston (popula
 tion about 1\,000) in 1973 as part of the "back-to-the-land" movement\, ta
 king a job as reporter for the Athol Daily News\, later working as the com
 munity relations director for the Athol Memorial Hospital.  His most recen
 t book is a collection of articles entitled Make Hay While the Sun Shines:
  Farms\, Forests and People of the North Quabbin.  Now retired\, he cultiv
 ates a large vegetable and flower garden\, and volunteers for the Mount Gr
 ace Land Conservation Trust\, dedicated to protecting farms and forests in
  a 23-town area.  He holds a masters degree from the Columbia University G
 raduate School of Journalism and was even briefly a reporter for the Washi
 ngton Post.  In 2004\, he received the Writing and Society Award from the 
 University of Massachusetts English Department honoring a distinguished ca
 reer of commitment to the work of writing in the world\n\nWatch the lectur
 e on video\n\nThe Newton Conservators Lecture Series is cosponsored by the
  Newton Free Library (617-796-1360).
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LOCATION:Newton Free Library\, 330 Homer Street\, Newton Centre\, MA\, Unit
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