Protect
  • North River Mapping
  • Community Preservation Committee Assistance
  • Low Impact Development
  • Greenbush Commuter Rail
  • Route 3 Expansion
  • Weymouth Naval Air Station Redevelopment
Educate
  • Newsletter
  • Water Watch Lecture Series
  • Green Communities Speaker Series
  • River Adventures Camp
  • Mariner Column
  • RiverNet Email Listserve
  • Watershed Events
Restore
  • Stream Teams
  • River Watch Monitoring
  • Pump Out Assistance
  • GreenScapes
  • Third herring Brook Restoration
  • Stormwater Management
  • Fireworks Superfund Clean-up



Scroll down for PDF's of newsletters from 2005-2008 and tables of contents from 2004 and prior. If you need an article from 2004 and prior (even if the newsletter is not listed below), we have PDF's of some of them (e-mail sara@nsrwa.org) and paper copies of all of our newsletters at the NSRWA office.

April 2008

  • Looking Back and Looking Forward
  • Letter from the President
  • Where are They Now?
  • People of the Watershed
  • Rivershed Steward Profile: Jencie Stewart
  • Greenscapes - Taking It to the People
  • Citizen Scientists Needed in the Watershed
  • Nature: Getting a Head Start
  • NSRWA's 2007 Annual Report
  • Watershed Notes
  • NSRWA's Spring 2008 Events
  • New Year's Day Walk Warms Body and Soul
  • January 2008

  • Our Water Footprint
  • Letter from the President
  • Watershed Notes
  • Watershed Steward Profile: Joe Strazdes
  • River Adventures Camp
  • Meet Our New Board Members
  • NSRWA's Annual Meeting 2007
  • Balancing Water Supply and Fisheries in First Herring Brook
  • Mass Bays Program: Are We Drugging Our Water?
  • The Sounds of Nature
  • Water Watch Forum Lecture Series 2008
  • Winter 2008 Events
  • October 2007

  • Fall in the Watershed
  • Letter from the President
  • Watershed Notes
  • Watershed Steward Profile: Don Salvatore
  • 17th Annual Great River Race
  • River Watch Water Quality Testing 2007
  • Mass Bays Program Update: Marine Invasives
  • Nature: Weed Power
  • NSRWA's Fall Events
  • July 2007

  • Cleanup Day
  • Watershed Notes
  • Letter from the President
  • Watershed Steward Profile: Ellyn Einhorn
  • NSRWA Intern Lauren Gosnell
  • 2007 Gala River Bid Auction
  • High Price of Green Grass
  • Rain Garden at Norwell’s Cole Elementary School
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • 5th Annual Kayak Expo
  • Nature: Urban Legend
  • NSRWA’s Summer Events
  • 17th Annual Great River Race
  • April 2007

  • State of the Watershed
  • Letter from the President
  • Our Newest Member
  • Watershed Notes
  • No Discharge Areas on S. Shore
  • Greener Landscapes
  • Greenscapes 2007
  • Nature: Marsh Fiddler Crab
  • NSRWA’s 2006 Annual Report
  • FHBWI: Herring Re-Run
  • NSRWA’s Spring Events
  • NSRWA’s Benefit Auction
  • January 2007

  • Community Preservation on the South Shore
  • Letter from the President
  • South Shore Watersheds Need More Attention
  • In Search of the Bad Clam
  • Watershed Notes
  • NSRWA's 2006 Annual Meeting
  • South River Celebration and Art Show
  • "River Views" House Tour Recap
  • Nature: Solar Energy
  • Green Communities Speaker Series
  • 2007 Water Watch Lecture Series
  • Winter 2007 Events
  • October 2006

  • Letter from the President
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • Sudden Wetland Dieback
  • NSRWA People
  • Watershed Notes
  • River Watch Water Sampling ‘06
  • Support CPA in Pembroke
  • 16th Annual Great River Race
  • Nature: Let It Rain
  • Greenscapes Contest Winners
  • River Adventures Camp
  • Invasive Species
  • Fall 2006 Events
  • Green Communities Series
  • July 2006

  • Letter from the President
  • License Plates to Save the Environment
  • Meet Judy Grecco
  • Raingarden Project Update
  • Watershed Notes
  • Clean Up Day 2006
  • Kayak Expo Recap
  • Nature: Dead or Alive?
  • The Perfect River
  • Stormwater Stenciling
  • Check Your Irrigation System
  • Summer 2006 Events
  • Great River Race
  • April 2006

  • Letter from the President
  • 5% Day at Whole Foods
  • NSRWA People
  • Watershed Notes
  • Greenscapes 2006
  • Invasive Species
  • Nature: Stay at Home Mom
  • NSRWA's 2005 Annual Report
  • FHBWI: All Eyes on the Streams
  • "Got Water?" Events
  • NSRWA's Spring Events
  • Greenscapes Workshop Series
  • January 2006

  • Letter from the President
  • Remembering Jan O'Brien
  • Survey Says!
  • Problems at Greenbush Layover
  • Welcome MBEA!
  • Watershed Notes
  • Salt Issues in Third Herring Brook
  • NSRWA's 2005 Annual Meeting
  • Volunteer of the Year
  • Wide Roads and Public Safety
  • Nature: Spiders Do It
  • NSRWA's Winter Events
  • Build Your Own Raingarden
  • Neighborhood Action
  • Water Watch Series 2006
  • October 2005

  • Letter from the President
  • Low Impact Development DVD
  • Watershed Notes
  • South River Water Quality
  • Annual Riverwatch Sampling
  • 15th Annual Great River Race
  • Teaching Watershed Stewardship
  • NSRWA's Summer Intern
  • Importance of Buffers
  • Membership Form
  • NSRWA's Fall Events
  • South River Photo Contest Winners
  • July 2005

  • NSRWA Partners With Land Trust
  • Letter from the President
  • Gala Auction a Success
  • Watershed Notes
  • NSRWA's Kayak Expo
  • Jean Foley Scholarship Winner
  • Low Impact Development Update
  • Clean Up Day 2005
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • Greenscapes Seasonal Tips
  • Nature: You Are What You Eat
  • FHBWI: Watershed Academy
  • NSRWA Summer Events
  • April 2005 part 1/part 2

  • Watershed Notes
  • Third Herring Brook Stream Team
  • Towns Collaborate to Reduce Stormwater Pollution
  • Annual Report: From thePresident
  • Statement of Financial Position
  • NSRWA Membership List
  • NSRWA’s Gala Auction
  • FHBWI: A Map For All Reasons
  • Scituate Residents Want To Protect Watershed
  • Greenscapes Workshops
  • NSRWA Spring Events
  • January 2005

  • Volunteer of the Year and New Board Member
  • 2004 Annual Meeting
  • NSRWA's Benefit Auction '05
  • Managing Invasive Plants
  • Third Herring Brook Restoration
  • MBTA Salt Marsh Mitigation
  • Nature: Allegheny Mound Ants
  • River Views House Tour
  • Battling a Monster With Tiny Beetles
  • FHBWI: Preachin' Beyond the Choir
  • 2005 Water Watch Lecture Series
  • NSRWA's Winter Events
  • October 2004

  • Help Pass the CPA in Hanover
  • Letter from the President
  • Improving Water Quality in the South River
  • RiverWatch Water Quality Testing 2004
  • 14th Annual Great River Race
  • Mass. Bays Program Update
  • Maxwell Conservation Trust
  • Fall GreenScaping
  • Nature: Mother Nature's Marvelous Magic
  • Fellowship of the Stream
  • Green Communities Speaker Series (NOTE: Call NSRWA for updated schedule)
  • NSRWA's Fall Events
  • July 2004

    o Protecting Open Space

  • Lost in a Rooftop Zen Garden
  • Saving Land in Massachusetts
  • Weymouth Naval Air Station Development
  • Watershed Notes
  • Watersheds Benefit from CPA Passage
  • NSRWA's Kayak Expo 2004
  • Greenscapes: Beautiful Landscapes that Protect our Water
  • NSRWA's Clean Up Day 2004
  • Narrowing Window of Opportunity to Save Unique Region
  • South River Speeding Concerns
  • Volunteer Opportunites & Wish List
  • Nature: How Does Your Garden Grow?
  • NSRWA's Summer Events ... including THE GREAT RIVER RACE
  • April 2004

  • The Business of Watershed Protection
  • Cleaner Streets = Cleaner Water
  • Rainbarrels - Part of the Solution
  • Watershed Notes
  • Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Watershed
  • Nature: Risks vs. Rewards
  • Annual Report: State of the Watershed
  • Financial Statement
  • NSRWA Staff Profiles
  • New Year's Day Walk
  • Green Communities Speaker Series 2004
  • Volunteer Opportunities & Wish List
  • Spring Events
  • January 2004

  • Letter from the President
  • Watershed Notes
  • Green Communities Speaker Series A Success!
  • Flora Moynihan Named Volunteer of the Year
  • NSRWA's Environmental Library
  • 33rd Annual Meeting
  • 2nd Annual Melonseed Race
  • Rivers of the World Tour to Nova Scotia
  • River Adventures Camp 2003
  • Nature: Unwanted Visitors
  • Perspectives: Water, Water Everywhere, But For How Long
  • Thank You, Wish List & Volunteer Opportunities
  • Water Watch Lecture Series 2004
  • Winter Events
  • Membership & Merchandise
  • October 2003

  • Letter from the President
  • Watershed Notes
  • River Watch Sampling
  • Green Communities Lectures
  • EcoZone Comes to the South Shore
  • Invasion of the Purple Flower Eaters
  • 13th Annual Great River Race
  • Thank You, Wish List & Volunteer Opportunities
  • Indian Head Brook
  • The Tortoise & the Hare
  • Photo Identification Day
  • Fall Events
  • Membership & Merchandise
  • July 2003

  • These Rivers are Your Rivers
  • Letter from the President
  • Landscaping Tips
  • Free Bilge Socks
  • Watershed Notes
  • Nature: the Bumblebee
  • Guidelines for Paddling Safety
  • River Clean Up Day and Kayak Raffle
  • NSRWA's Benefit Auction
  • Sea Kayakers Paradise
  • A Field Trip to see a Parking Lot?
  • Cruising down the River
  • NSRWA Menber Survey
  • Great River Race
  • Summer Events
  • Membership & Merchandise
  • April 2003

  • Protecting the Watershed during the Budget Crisis
  • Letter from the President
  • Mass Bays program update
  • Watershed Notes
  • Nature: Natures Ornaments
  • New Years Day Walk
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Perspectives: Off Balance
  • NSRWA's Wish List & Thank You's
  • Headwaters of the North River: French's Stream
  • NSRWA's Kayak Expo
  • NSRWA's Forms Boat Pumpout Working Group
  • New Board Member Lance Van Lenten
  • Watershed Neighbor Project
  • River Adventures Camp
  • Geocaching
  • NSRWA's Benefit Auction
  • NSRWA's Spring Events
  • January 2003

  • Letter from the President
  • Welcome new Board Members
  • From the Executive Director
  • Announcing RiverNet
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • Watershed Notes
  • Nature: The Crown Gall
  • Nature: How Our Waders Became Our Favorite Shoes
  • 2002 Photo Contest
  • Perspectives: Cat's Eye Views
  • Nature: Angels & Aphids
  • Help for Title V Repairs
  • Annual Meeting and Volunteers of the Year
  • River Adventures Camp
  • NSRWA Events
  • Water Watch Lecture Series
  • October 2002

  • Introducing NSRWA's New Executive Director, Samantha Woods
  • Letter from the President
  • Introducing Wendy Garpow
  • NSRWA Bulletin Board
  • Goodbye from Bill Stanton
  • River Watch Water Quality Testing
  • Watershed Notes
  • Nature: What if...
  • 12th Annual Great River Race
  • Perspectives: Xtreme Seasons - Summer of 2002
  • NSRWA Wish List and Thanks
  • Membership
  • First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative Update
  • River Adventurers Camp
  • NSRWA's Fall Events
  • July 2002

  • Our Special Place
  • From the President
  • Award for Our Executive Director
  • Watershed Notes
  • MBP Update
  • Continued Success with North River Shellfish Beds
  • Nature: I Talk to the Trees
  • A Journey Up Third Herring Brook
  • Special Places to Visit
  • Perspectives: Leaves of Three
  • Generous Contributions
  • Spring Events
  • Membership
  • Photo Contest Call for Submissions
  • 12th Annual Great River Race
  • April 2002

  • Stanton is Citizen of the Year
  • Watershed Notes
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • Nature: Scuba Diving Beetles
  • This Winter's Events
  • First Herring Brook Watershed Update
  • Perspectives
  • Affordable Housing and You
  • Volunteer Opportunities/Internships
  • Photo Contest
  • Spring Events
  • Membership
  • Jay O'Callahan Event
  • January 2002

  • United We Stand
  • Meet New Board Members
  • Website Alert!
  • Watershed Notes
  • Another Year of Success
  • Mass Bays Program Update
  • Annual Meeting
  • Community Preservation Act Primer
  • Stream Team Update
  • First Herring Brook
  • Reading Group
  • Perspectives
  • Wish List
  • Water Watch Lecture Series
  • NSRWA Calendar
  • Membership
  • October 2001

  • The Power of Many
  • Meet Alison Demong
  • Volunteer of the Year
  • Mass Bays Program
  • Watershed Notes
  • RiverWatch Water Testing
  • River Adventurers Camp
  • River Camp Supporters
  • Great River Race Results and Scrapbook
  • Nature: Perfect Predator
  • Perspectives: Wildlife
  • Reading Group Selections
  • Stream Teams
  • Hats and T Shirts for Sale
  • NSRWA Calendar
  • Membership