Join the NSRWA staff to have a socially distant beverage and chat about the citizen science still going on in our watershed. Click on the session to register. Friday, April 24 4:00-5:00pm Ale & Alewives 2 Friday, May 1 4:00-5:00pm Cocktails & Crabs Friday, May 8 […]
Did you miss the Weir River Virtual Tour on Earth Day? No worries, you can still catch the Facebook presentation here on our website. Join Andrew Gallagher of the Trustees and NSRWA Executive Director Samantha Woods for an in-depth look at the Weir River. Weir River Farm takes it’s name from the river that runs […]
Over 15 families from the NSRWA and Scituate Education Foundation volunteered recently to participate in a coastal restoration project by planting beachgrass on the dunes of Peggotty Beach. This planting was originally planned as an education service program for students from Cushing and Jenkins elementary schools. With generous support from Scituate Education Foundation (SEF), the […]
By Warren Winders, Southeastern Mass. Trout Unlimited The Watershed’s Spring Pageant The pageantry of spring arrives as a feast for our senses long starved by the grey months of winter. The hardwoods flower and paint the hillsides with their soft hues of purple, red and green, punctuated here and there by the white blooms of […]
Meet Tom Bell Herring Count Volunteer at the Weir River The NSRWA partners and provides support where needed to many other watersheds and like-minded environmental organizations on the South Shore. Our goal is to provide technical support and empower local citizens to care for their rivers, estuaries and embayments throughout the South Shore. For the […]
The Gall of the Wild Join us for a brief nature lesson discovering the commonly seen, but often overlooked Oak Apple Galls. These fascinating galls provide a safe place for a small larva of the Oak Apple Gall Wasp to develop. Later emerging from its capsule to begin its own adult life. These galls are […]
A Second Wind: “Watershed Wakes Up — How About You” (Newsletter, May 1989) By Jim Glinski, Scituate In a frank letter to its members in May 1989, the NSRWA admitted that after the passage of the North River Scenic Protective Order in 1978, “we all relaxed because it seemed like the state would take care […]
By Kezia Bacon, Correspondent As the coronavirus pandemic surges here in Massachusetts, and social distancing becomes even more defined and urgent, we’ve been advised to stay close to home. For nature enthusiasts, this might feel confining, especially if daily walks in any of the hundreds of the South Shore’s open spaces have become part of […]