Alewife Brook Reservation

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Alewife Brook Reservation is an urban nature preserve and wetland park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, offering trails, wildlife habitat, and floodplain protection within the Boston metropolitan area.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf state park
urban nature reserve
wetland park
adjacentTo Alewife MBTA station
Fresh Pond Reservation
Minuteman Bikeway
country United States
crossedBy Alewife Greenway
ecoregion New England
hasConservationStatus protected area
hasEcosystemType freshwater wetland
riparian corridor
urban green space
hasFeature Alewife Brook
Alewife Brook Parkway
Little River
floodplain
marshes
meadows
multi‑use trails
stormwater management infrastructure
urban wildlife habitat
wetlands
woodlands
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
locatedInMetropolitanArea Boston metropolitan area
managedBy Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
near Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Belmont, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts
openToPublic yes
partOf Massachusetts state park system
primaryFunction flood control
habitat conservation
recreation
protects floodplain of Alewife Brook
urban wildlife habitat in Cambridge
state Massachusetts
usedFor bicycling
birdwatching
jogging
nature observation
walking

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