NSRWA in the news

Pembroke's Oldham Pond is cleaner from NSRWA efforts

Stormwater contributes to 60% of the pollution of our lakes and streams. The DEP has a proposal for commonsense regs to manage stormwater.

Our watershed ecologist and Massachusetts Bays South Shore Technical Assistant, Sara Grady, PhD, recently made the front page of the Patriot Ledger, as she searched the water's edge for marine invasive species.

We also wrote an article for the local Mariners that was picked up by media across the US. Called "It's Time to Make These History". The article encourages people to change their lawn care practices so they don't need the little yellow pesticide warning sign on their lawns anymore.

 

Read Executive Director Samantha Woods' recent Mariner column, the Economy of Nature.

Playing outdoors is still special today. It's just different than it used to be, according to Kezia Bacon's reminiscence about her childhood outside adventures.

Stormwater runoff is one of the greatest sources of pollution to our rivers. Read: Stormwater Runoff Pollutes All Rivers

Infrastructure includes water, an article by NSRWA Executive Director published in January of 2009 on the need to rethink our how we build our water infrastructure.