Is Bear Hole Watershed a safe place to explore and recreate?
Incidents of hard crime have been more or less non-existent in recent years. Hard crime being incidents such as shootings, stabbings, murder and rape. More recent issues include bonfires, destruction of habitat, abuse by off road vehicles and illegal dumping. Although on Monday, September 20, 2010 a vehicle was set ablaze (a felony in Massachusetts) at an isolated area on Great Plains Road near the junction of Morgan Road. The fire was reported by Massachusetts State Police – Troop E on the Turnpike at approximately 10pm. The Turnpike parallels Great Plains and crosses Morgan. The vehicle was registered out of state. This incident is being labeled as suspicous while also being a rare incident of “hard crime” for Bear Hole.
