April 26, 2020 - Annursnac

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New grass coming in through old

Today Sulu and I visited one of what might be the last off-leash options for a while, the Annursnac Conservation Land.  The developers of the Stonymeade development, a pleasant circle off Pope Road in Acton, apparently did some conservation handwaving to get their project built, because the Pope Road frontage is in conservation, Google Maps shows the inner part of the circle is in conservation, and there are woods and a field behind it in conservation too.  Sulu and I traipsed through the woods, across the field, and entered the Annursnac Conservation Land. We followed the BCT route through the woods, out to the road, down the road, and then back into conservation land through a clever trail on Alltrails to make a nice loop.


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