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Tag: Karl Haglund

  • Thursday, January 16, 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm – The Fight Before the Flood: Rural Protest and the Debate Over Boston’s Quabbin Reservoir

    In 1919, state engineers proposed solving Boston’s water supply crisis by damming the Swift River, flooding a western Massachusetts valley and evicting 2,500 people. The contentious six-year debate that followed does not fit the standard story of urban conservationists versus rural peoples, as many valley residents defined themselves as rural and conservationist, and thus offers scholars a chance to see fresh nuances in early twentieth-century land management, rural life, and urban development. The Massachusetts Historical Society welcomes Jeffrey Egan of University of Connecticut, with comment by Karl Haglund, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, on Tuesday, January 16 from 5:15 – 7:30, at 1154 Boylston Street in Boston. To RSVP: email seminars@masshist.org or call (617) 646-0579.

  • Tuesday, March 10, 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm – Fear of an Open Beach: The Privatization of the Connecticut Shore and the Fate of Coastal America

    The Massachusetts Historical Society will present a free lecture on Tuesday, March 10 at their offices at Massachusetts Avenue in Boston.  Andrew W. Kahrl of University of Virginia will speak on Fear of an Open Beach: The Privatization of the Connecticut Shore and the Fate of Coastal America.  Comments will be made by Karl Haglund of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. This essay traces the rise of private beaches along the Connecticut shore and the efforts of municipalities to protect exclusionary laws from the effects of civil rights movements. It argues that overdeveloped coastlines have been the product of racial and class segregation; thus, the battle over public access to the nation’s shoreline during the 1970s sheds light on the roots of the environmental crisis facing America’s coast.

    Please rsvp by emailing seminars@masshist.org. You may receive advance copies of the seminar paper.

  • Saturday, May 1, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Esplanade Spring Walk

    Put on your walking shoes Saturday, May 1, from 10 am – 12 noon, and join The Esplanade Association’s spring walk, guided by Karl Haglund, noted historian and author of Inventing the Charles River.  Mr. Haglund, who also serves as the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Project Manager for the New Charles River Basin, will delight you with fun facts about the Esplanade as you take in the sights and sounds of the park.  Meet in front of the Hatch Shell, rain or shine.  You may contact Justin Burke at 617-227-0365 for more information, or log on to www.esplanadeassociation.org.

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