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The forest was among the state's earliest acquisitions of logged-over land for purposes of reforestation. It was established in 1916, and named for the Massachusetts State Forest Commission's first chairman, Harold Parker, who died that same year. The Civilian Conservation Corps was active at two camps in the forest from 1933 until 1941.
Andover is also home to the Harold Parker State Forest, the Trustees of Reservations' Charles W. Ward Reservation, as well as a very small portion of Lawrence's Den Rock Park. The town's Conservation Commission and privately non-profit A.V.I.S. (Andover Village Improvement Society) together own around 3000 acres in the town.
Massachusetts, with forests covering 3,060,000 acres (12,400 km 2) (59%) of its land area, administers more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) [1] of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Dec. 22—NORTH ANDOVER — People in ancient times weren't just cold in the winter, they were frightened. With nothing to grow, they were forced to rely on whatever they managed to set aside to ...
Harold Parker State Forest; K. Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest; L. ... Myles Standish State Forest; O. October Mountain State Forest; Otter River State Forest; P.
Within the town, there are portions of the Harold Parker State Forest and Boxford State Forest, as well as the Peabody Reservation, Sanford Reservation and Middleton Conservation Land. Middleton lies just west of Interstate 95, with two very short parts of the highway passing through corners of the town before and after passing through ...
The river was dammed over 200 years ago for a sawmill and grist mill. Although the dam has since disappeared, the large stone walls of its millrace can still be seen in the Harold Parker State Forest and Andover Village Improvement Society Skug River Reservation, [2] as can the old Jenkins Soapstone Quarry abutting the river.
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