The Bay Circuit Alliance

On March 8th, 1990, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management hosted a meeting in Boston to plan the future of the Bay Circuit Project. A dozen groups and individuals with previous project experience attended. Also attending were representatives from the National Parks Service (NPS) Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program. The result was the formation of a grassroots coalition of organizations devoted to establishing a long distance recreational trail in the Bay Circuit Corridor.

In early 1992 the Bay Circuit Alliance was incorporated as a non-profit organization. Currently, the all -volunteer organization consists of four statewide, seven regional, and twenty-nine local member groups. Day-to-day management is conducted by a Chairman, a Trail Maintenance Advisory Committee, and many local volunteers. A six person Executive Committee sets policy and oversees the work of the Chairman. The chart below lists the current Bay Circuit Alliance organizational members.

 

Bay Circuit Alliance Member Organizations as of 12-01-10

Acton Conservation Trust

Concord

Andover Trails Committee

Andover

Andover Village Improvement Society

Andover

Appalachian Mountain Club

Boston

Ashland Open Space Committee

Ashland

Boxford Trails Association

Boxford

Coastal Trails Coalition

Newburyport

Concord Div. Nat. Resources

Concord

Concord Land Conservation Trust

Concord

E. Bridgewater Conservation Commission

E. Bridgewater

Easton Conservation Commission

N. Easton

Essex County Greenbelt Assoc. Inc.

Essex

Essex County Trails Assn

Ipswich

Framingham Conservation Commission

Framingham

Friends of Medfield Forests&Trails

Medfield

Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

Acton

Hanson Trails Committee

Hanson

Ipswich Bay Circuit Committee

Ipswich

Kingston Conservation Com.

Kingston

Lincoln Land Conservation Trust

Boston

Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust

Lowell

Mass. Audubon Society

Lincoln

Board of Health

Middleton

Neponset River Watershed Assn.

Canton

Newbury Bay Circuit Committee

Newbury

Pembroke Open Space Committee

Pembroke

Sharon Friends of Conservation

Sharon

Sherborn Bay Circuit Committee

Sherborn

Southborough Open Land Foundation

Southborough

Sudbury Conservation Commission

Sudbury

Sudbury Valley Trustees

Sudbury

The Trust For Public Land

Boston

The Trustees of Reservations

Leominster

Town of Acton

Acton

Town of North Andover

North Andover

Walpole Trails Committee

Walpole

Wayland Conservation Commission

Wayland

West Bridgewater Open Space&Rec

West Bridgewater

Westford Conservation Trust

Westford

Wildlands Trust of SE Mass

Duxbury

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