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A Breakheart tradition continues with our New Year's Day hike. You made a resolution to get more exercise. What better way to start the year than with a brisk hike over Breakheart's roads and trails? OK, maybe you made a resolution to eat more chowder this year. We can help with that as well! We will have free Kelly's clam chowder and hot drinks as a reward for you efforts upon your return to the visitor center.

Classes resume at the normal time today for all Saugus Public Schools.

Nature related story, craft and snack. Suitable for pre-schoolers.

Many wild animals normally associated with distant wilderness have in recent years filtered back into their ancestral ranges and are now living close to us in metropolitan parks such as Breakheart Reservation. However, so secretive are many of these animals that their presence is rarely suspected. Although they are hard to observe directly, anyone familiar with the evidence these animals leave behind can determine their presence. This slide/video program at the Chris Dunne Lodge in Breakheart will introduce the tracks and sign of species such as Eastern coyote, red and gray foxes, deer, fisher, otter, ermine and even bobcat, all species that can be found in the metropolitan parks. David Brown, who writes the is a tracker-naturalist of long experience with a lifelong attachment to Breakheart. For additional information, call: 781-710-3129 or email: breakheart1@aol.com

This program will take us outside to find and identify animal tracks. If there is snow, we may be lucky enough to discover the trails of coyote, fisher, deer, otter and other wild animals normally associated with the distant wilderness, but which in recent years have taken up residence in Breakheart and other metropolitan parks. In the event of lack of snow, we will search for other signs of animal presence, such as scat, digs, feeding sign, burrows as well as tracks in mud along the Saugus River. About 2 miles at most will be covered at a slow pace; dress accordingly with warm clothes and snow/waterproof boots. David Brown, is a tracker-naturalist of long experience with a lifelong attachment to Breakheart. For additional information, call: 781-710-3129 or email: breakheart1@aol.com

Join us either in addition to our tracking hike or just to enjoy an old fashioned early Sunday supper of ham and beans, hot dogs, desserts and beverage for $5.00 a person. Dave Brown will answer any lingering questions you may have about tracking animals in Breakheart For additional information, call: 781-710-3129 or email: breakheart1@aol.com

Many wild animals normally associated with distant wilderness have in recent years filtered back into their ancestral ranges and are now living close to us in metropolitan parks such as Breakheart Reservation. However, so secretive are many of these animals that their presence is rarely suspected. Although they are hard to observe directly, anyone familiar with the evidence these animals leave behind can determine their presence. This slide/video program at the Chris Dunne Lodge in Breakheart will introduce the tracks and sign of species such as Eastern coyote, red and gray foxes, deer, fisher, otter, ermine and even bobcat, all species that can be found in the metropolitan parks. David Brown, who writes the is a tracker-naturalist of long experience with a lifelong attachment to Breakheart. For additional information, call: 781-710-3129 or email: breakheart1@aol.com