VOTE YES TO SAVE THE BORDER STREET FIELD at Scituate Special Town Meeting Tuesday, October 26, 7 pm Scituate High School Gym The Border Street Field is 17.4 acres of pristine pasture, wetland and wildlife habitat located on the border of Scituate and Cohasset. This iconic property is one of the last pastoral areas in […]
To: Commissioner Ronald Amidon, Mass Department of Fish and Game Thank you for meeting with the NSRWA, Senator Patrick O’Connor, Representative Patrick Kearney, and local recreational shellfishermen and women who have been impacted by the 2020 and now 2021 closure of shellfish beds in the North and South Rivers. We appreciate you agreeing to have […]
Updated 11/5/2021 November 1st is typically the opening day for the 606 acres of shellfish beds in the North and South Rivers to be opened for recreational harvest, but this year for the second year in a row, the shellfish beds will not be opened. Why? In October 2020, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries […]
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Some trails are well marked. There are signs, and often maps, and large parking lots to direct your attention to an otherwise unassuming path into the woods. And then there are the secret trails — the ones that are just-as-much open to the public, but more challenging to find. Today […]
More than 100 people gathered at Ferry Hill Day Camp & Community Center for the 2021 NSRWA Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Picnic. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors on the South River in Marshfield. We honored Peter Hainer for his 3 years of service as the NSRWA president and elected the new […]