NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month NSRWA features the town of Norwell in its 50 Places to Explore Contest. Through the years, the Town of Norwell has done a remarkable job preserving wildlife habitat across a diverse array of landscapes. There are trail networks and maps for every major conversation parcel, which of course […]
Who’s in the lead?! This is the place to check out the current leaders in each division for the 30th Annual Virtual Great River Race! Click here to download the official race results. Click here to see the Facebook photo album. Please support our Corporate Sponsors with your business: Liberty Bay Credit Union, Bond Printing […]
By Geoff Gordon, NSRWA Board Member I have enjoyed sleeping under the stars since my dad took me to Moosehead Lake when I was five. There’s something about the stars, the smells, a cozy fire, and often, good company, that makes camping outside memorable and special. But camping in public wild space comes with responsibility, […]
By Warren Winders Southeastern Mass. Trout Unlimited North River near New Inlet, June 1956 My first sighting of a striped bass took place on the deck of a lobster boat. The sun was just rising above the blue horizon of the Atlantic as we were rounding the Spit and heading into the channel that passes […]
2020 Striper Tournament Leaderboard Congratulations to our 2020 South Shore Striper Tournament Winners! Click here to see a presentation from the awards. Thanks to all of our Corporate Sponsors! Please support them with your business. Striped Bass Conservation Needs You! Please help preserve the Striped Bass Fishery for future generations to enjoy and follow the new […]
Looking Back at 26 Years of Water Quality Monitoring in the North and South Rivers As of last year, the North and South Rivers Watershed Association has been sampling water quality at 10 sites (see map) for 26 years to evaluate the health of the rivers. This volunteer-driven program monitors the rivers every other week […]
Early Activism Leads to Cleaner Rivers By Jim Glinski, Scituate The Scituate Wastewater Treatment Plant was built in the 1960s to treat town sewage and to discharge wastewater into the ground only. Over time the sand filtration system became inadequate to treat the growing volume of sewage. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month NSRWA features the town of Marshfield in its 50 Places to Explore Contest. With its many beaches and parks, as well as the walking spots featured here, Marshfield offers an extraordinary array of places to enjoy the natural world. You could visit a different property each day during […]