On May 12, 2007, Education Coordinator Linton Harrington and Property Manager Michael Labossiere of The Trustees of Reservations led a group of thirty hikers on "The Big Walk", an annual 13 mile, six-hour hike spanning the full length of the 13,600-acre Bioreserve. Walkers began in the Freetown-Fall River State Forest near Profile Rock and continued on a series of paths and roads ending in the Copicut Woods in Fall River. Other heart healthy walks by the Trustees have included the Cedar Swamp, the Go Deep Walk, the Mowry Path, the Promised Land, a, trailbuilding walk, a cross-country ski trip, a walk through Interlachen and a Stone Walk. To learn more about the Trustees and their activities, check the calendar on their web site, call 508.679.2115 x10, or e-mail them at bioreserve@ttor.org.
 

(Top row, left) Trustees of Reservation Education Coordinator Linton Harrington and Property Manager Michael Labossiere ask for a show of hands of those who have done the Big Walk in previous years. (Top row, center and right) Michael Labossiere show the hikers one of the markers that will be used to temporarily mark the trail for the group before they head onto the trailhead at Profile Rock State Park in the Freetown State Forest. (Middle row, right) Hikers pause for a rest stop atop the old quarry at Assonet Ledge. (Bottom row, left) Hikers Joan and Jim Hornsby of Fall River climb one of the steeper trails. (Bottom row, center) Student intern Kevin Cabral listens as fire tower operator Barry DePina describes the 14,000 acres of the bioreserve that can be seen from the Copicut tower at the end of the hike. (Bottom row, right) Hiker cross a rustic bridge over the stream emerging from Doctor's Mill Pond within the Fall River city limits.