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Month: July 2020

The Drying Up of Our Streams

Posted on July 30, 2020July 31, 2020 by Lori

With the perfect storm of high heat, increased summer demand, and more people at home due to Covid-19, our streams are drying up. The reduced flow is caused, unfortunately, not just by minimal rain, but also high summer water use in our growing communities. Pumping draws out the groundwater that otherwise would feed streams even […]

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Why We Paddle for the NSRWA

Posted on July 30, 2020July 31, 2020 by Lori

Director of Development and Community Engagement Gabriela Silva spoke with the Tobias family about why they paddle for the NSRWA.  Why are you doing this race? We are lucky to live on the North River and have taken full advantage of this during the past few months as our socially distant playground. We wouldn’t miss […]

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Nature Walks in Hanover: 13 Places to Explore

Posted on July 30, 2020July 31, 2020 by Lori

NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent For the month of August, NSRWA features the town of Hanover in its 50 Places to Explore Contest. When I began researching Hanover’s conservation lands last year, I knew only a few of the properties on this list. The discovery process has been a delight! Many of us know only […]

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Top 5 Paddles on the North and South Rivers

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by Lori

Join us Tuesday July 21st at Noon for a Zoom Meeting Q & A on paddling the rivers if you would like more info! Register here. Whether you’re visiting the South Shore of Massachusetts or you’ve lived here for all your life, there is one thing that sets this area apart from many others… the […]

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NSRWA 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Part 5)

Posted on July 16, 2020July 27, 2020 by Lori

Raising the Bar The following is the fifth installment of a twelve-part series on the history of the organization. You can read the other installments here. By Jim Glinski, Scituate The NSRWA continued to evolve and grow as an organization. As Executive Director Samantha Woods stated at the time of the NSRWA’s 40th anniversary in […]

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