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TASL Census Routes: Neponset River to L Street Beach (Quincy to South Boston) This is intended as a guide only. |
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[Note: to help ensure accuracy of counts, please start the route at the southern terminus, CEN11.] • CEN11: Neponset River —From Southeast Expressway (I-93) take exit 12 to Neponset Circle. Go W on Gallivan Boulevard (Route 203), then left on Granite Avenue. Just before the bridge go right into an industrial parking lot (MassBay MRI). Scan the river as far up as visible. |
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[Note: Due to traffic and divided highway patterns, it is easier to first take Morrissey Blvd from the Expressway (I-93) to UMass and Kennedy Library (CEN8, CEN8a, CEN9). After leaving the UMass campus, turn left on Morrissey Blvd to reach Malibu Lagoon (CEN10) easily.] • CEN8: Savin Hill Cove—Return to Neponset Circle and enter the Expressway (I-93) northbound. Exit at Morrissey Blvd northbound. Take the first right into Columbia Point/UMass. Follow the road to the right, stopping frequently to check the birds in the cove to the right. Pay particular attention to the American Black Ducks roosting on the mudflat opposite you. • CEN8a: Dorchester Bay South—Record everything along the SE shore of Columbia Point for this site. Southern boundary: Across mouth of Neponset, then to point of Thompson Island. Use rocky outcrop in the middle of the channel (halfway to Squantum) as your boundary guide. If this is covered by cormorants, the Squantum crew should be consulted on how many they saw there. • CEN9: Kennedy Library—Proceed to the spot where the road turns NE and the Kennedy Library is just ahead. Scan everything in Dorchester Bay out to Thompson Island. Eastern boundary: Western edge of Pleasure Bay to tip of Thompson Island. • CEN7: Carson Beach South—Drive behind Kennedy Library on the service road and count everything N and NW. Add these number to the next stop. • CEN10: Malibu Lagoon—As you leave the UMass campus, go left (SW) on Morrissey Boulevard. Take a right into the parking lot of Malibu Lagoon and scan. |
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• CEN7: Carson Beach—Return to Morrissey Boulevard and take a right. Make the first available U-turn and head NE. At the rotary take the first right on Day Blvd. Shortly after the MDC Police Station pull into Carson Beach parking lot. Count everything in the southern half of Old Harbor. • CEN7a: L Street Beach—From the next parking lot N count everything in the northern half of Old Harbor. Then proceed along Day Boulevard NE and E. Stop several times and count the birds on the right. The final stop is the parking area at Kelley's Landing. Count everything W of the Pleasure Bay dike. Eastern boundary: Western edge of Pleasure Bay to tip of Thompson Island. |
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last updated: 11/30/2000
url: http://www.gis.net/~szendeh/tcen11-7a.htm