The Lyman Reserve is a

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in Bourne,

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and

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and is managed by the

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. There are of hiking trails, a beach and is in proximity to the

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Reserve and Red Brook Wildlife Management Area. The area was formerly a private fishing camp, which sits at the mouth of

at Buttermilk Bay. It is home to one of the last remaining groups of sea-run brook trout (" salters") in the

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. Red Brook was established as a preserve in 2001.

References

External links

The Trustees of Reservations: Lyman Reserve

Trail map
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