Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Trail: Photo by Stanley Klein<br />
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Chapter 4: Management Direction<br />
to clear the safety hazards <strong>and</strong> open portions of the refuge in the following<br />
sequence:<br />
(1) The portion of the refuge running along Patrol Road from the former<br />
Main Gate on Hudson Road, past the Air Force Weather Radar Facility<br />
<strong>and</strong> ending at the former North Gate on White Pond Road. White Pond<br />
Road will be opened for foot traffic from the former North Gate to its<br />
southerly juncture with Patrol Road. At least rudimentary parking areas<br />
will be provided at the North <strong>and</strong> Main Gate entry<br />
points. Access on the refuge will initially be limited to<br />
foot traffic use of the Patrol Road through this area.<br />
General use of areas of the refuge off Patrol Road will<br />
be limited to educational <strong>and</strong> interpretive programs,<br />
wildlife observation <strong>and</strong> photography opportunities <strong>and</strong><br />
hunting season use.<br />
(2) The portion of the refuge running along Old<br />
Marlboro Road (also known as Craven Lane) running<br />
from the former Main Gate to the former East Gate at<br />
the Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional<br />
Center, <strong>and</strong> continuing along Patrol Road to the former<br />
North Gate. At least a rudimentary parking area will be<br />
provided at the East Gate entry point. Limited access to the easterly side of<br />
Puffer Pond could be provided in this phase. General use of areas of the<br />
refuge off these former roads will be limited to fishing at Puffer Pond,<br />
educational <strong>and</strong> interpretive programs <strong>and</strong> hunting season use.<br />
(3) A walking trail within the portion of the refuge located south of Hudson<br />
Road. A rudimentary parking area will be provided inside the refuge along<br />
the access road from Hudson Road. General use of areas of the refuge off<br />
the trail will be limited to educational <strong>and</strong> interpretive programs <strong>and</strong><br />
hunting season use.<br />
(4) A trail along the former railroad bed road network through the old<br />
bunker complex beginning at Old Marlboro Road <strong>and</strong> running northerly<br />
along the westerly side of Puffer Pond to old Puffer Road, <strong>and</strong> then<br />
easterly to Patrol Road. General use of areas of the refuge off the trail will<br />
be limited to educational <strong>and</strong> interpretive programs <strong>and</strong> hunting season<br />
use.<br />
(5) Two additional foot trails through the former bunker complex will be<br />
opened for public use. These will begin near the former Main Gate, with the<br />
first running along the southerly <strong>and</strong> westerly edge of the complex to<br />
Puffer Road. The second will run northerly through the mid portion of the<br />
complex to Puffer Road. Puffer Road will be opened for foot traffic from<br />
White Pond Road <strong>and</strong> easterly to its junction with Patrol Road. General use<br />
of areas of the refuge off the trails will be limited to educational <strong>and</strong><br />
interpretive programs <strong>and</strong> hunting season use.<br />
<strong>Assabet</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>NWR</strong>
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