What kinds of activities are available along the waterways?
• Swimming at Shannon Beach (Upper Mystic Lake, Winchester). • Boating at Blessing of the Bay Boathouse, Somerville; Spot Pond, Stoneham; or Horn Pond, Woburn. • General recreation, including biking, running, picnicking, birding. What wildlife lives in the Mystic River Watershed? The Mystic River Watershed encompasses numerous habitats including forest, meadow, field, wetland, rivers, lakes, and ponds, and is therefore home to a wide diversity of wildlife. • Mammals such as fox, raccoon, beaver, muskrat, and opossum, and the occasional coyote or fisher. • Birds, including raptors such as redtailed hawks and eagles, songbirds, shorebirds, and wading birds. • Reptiles, such as garter snakes, painted turtles, and snapping turtles. • Amphibians, such as frogs, toads, and salamanders. • Fish, such as blueback herring and alewives that swim upstream from the ocean each year to spawn.
• Swimming at Shannon Beach (Upper Mystic Lake, Winchester). • Boating at Blessing of the Bay Boathouse, Somerville; Spot Pond, Stoneham; or Horn Pond, Woburn. • General recreation, including biking, running, picnicing, birding. What wildlife lives in the Mystic River Watershed? The Mystic River Watershed encompasses numerous habitats including forest, meadow, field, wetland, rivers, lakes, and ponds, and is therefore home to a wide diversity of wildlife. • Mammals such as fox, raccoon, beaver, muskrat, and opossum, and the occasional coyote or fisher. • Birds, including raptors such as redtailed hawks and eagles, songbirds, shorebirds, and wading birds. • Reptiles, such as garter snakes, painted turtles, and snapping turtles. • Amphibians, such as frogs, toads, and salamanders. • Fish, such as blueback herring and alewives that swim upstream from the ocean each year to spawn.
