DCR Projects

Friends of Upton State Forest DCR Matching Funds Projects

  •  Entrance Gateway Restoration (FUSF funds and EOEEA Public and Private Partnerships grant)
  •   Bridge on Hopkinton Springs Trail (FUSF Trails Committee, Bay State Trail Riders Association, andDCR Matching Funds)
  •   Flagpole and Iron Ranger (FUSF Historic Resources Committee, DCR Matching Funds and private donor)
  •   Porch and universal access ramp on Headquarters Building (FUSF, DCR Matching Funds and private donor)
  •   CCC Records Project (FUSF Historic Resources Committee, DCR Matching Funds, Upton Historical Society and private donors)
  •   Siding on Headquarters Building (FUSF, Joseph Petrowski Memorial Fund and DCR Matching Funds)

Other leveraged funding projects using various funding sources:

  •  Appraisal on inholding property for potential purchase (FUSF, Upton and Hopkinton CPA Committees, Friends of Whitehall, Hopkinton Area Land Trust, Metacomet Land Trust, private donor)
  •   Smithsonian photos (FUSF-raised funds for digitalization of CCC period photos in the collection of the National Museum of American History of the CCC Camp at Upton State Forest)
  •   Two educational brochures (FUSF and Miscoe Hill Technology students)
  •   Local Cultural Council (LCC) Grants and other organizations
    • Erica Wheeler Concert (LCC, FUSF, DCR)
    • Tom Wessels program and field trip “Reading the Forested Landscape” (LCC, FUSF, Upton Open Space, Metacomet Land Trust)
    • Michael Tougias program “Quabbin, A History and Explorer’s Guide” (LCC, FUSF and Upton Historical Society)
    • Robert Thorson program and field trip “Stone by Stone” (LCC, FUSF, Upton Open Space Committee and Metacomet Land Trust)
    • Michael Tougias program “King Phillip’s War” (FUSF and LCC)
  • Third Grade Program “A Day in the Life of CCC” (FUSF, DCR, and Memorial School third grade teachers)