Our Great River Racers are a hardy bunch! Despite 100 degree heat, a fun time was had by all at the 32nd annual race. This year there were 165 racers registered in 146 boats including stand up paddle boards. Some of the participants raced, and some took a leisurely paddle up the river. The fastest […]
This fall, in partnership with Hanover Crossing, Mass Division of Ecological Restoration, NOAA Habitat Conservation, and MassBays, we will be removing two weirs on the Third Herring Brook to restore fish passage and remove unnecessary infrastructure. The weirs are located approximately 1 mile downstream of the Jacobs Pond dam at Rt 123 and ¼ of […]
Article adapted with permission from Elizabeth Moulds of the Weir River Watershed. Summer is in full swing! The beautiful and hot weather has also kicked off a Level-2 Significant Drought in our region. Usually associated with parched landscapes out west, drought has increasingly affected the South Shore, as well as the state as a whole […]
Another two weeks have flown by, and we are back reporting on the quality of water within our watershed from last Tuesday’s sampling. We had another successful RiverWatch, with volunteers waking up at the crack of dawn on July 19, 2022 to collect samples from around the South Shore. Last week’s samples seem to indicate […]
Our Great River Racers are a hardy bunch! Despite 100 degree heat, a fun time was had by all at the 32nd annual race. This year there were 165 racers registered in 146 boats including stand up paddle boards. Some of the participants raced, and some took a leisurely paddle up the river. The fastest […]
This spring, over 100 of our devoted volunteers spent more than 230 hours watching and waiting for river herring to make their way upstream to their annual spawning locations. The yearly spring migration is an important journey for river herring that is made difficult by obstacles such as dams, drought, pollution, and predation. Volunteer efforts […]
The invasive plant purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) can be found across the northern United States in wetland areas. This plant, which was introduced from Europe, has been encroaching on Jacobs Pond in Norwell, a propery under the stewardship of the Norwell Conservation Commission, which is the headwater to the Third Herring Brook, and is limiting […]
We made it through another two weeks, and RiverWatch sampling has been conducted once again. We had amazing volunteers go out early on July 5th to collect samples from 10 different sites across the North and South Rivers. We test our samples for fecal coliform and for enterococcus bacteria which are indicators of water quality. […]
The North and South Rivers Watershed Association (NSRWA) is a nonprofit environmental organization located in Norwell, Massachusetts. The NSRWA’s purpose is to protect our waters through education, outdoor engagement, and restoration of our rivers. The NSRWA seeks a part-time staff person, the Indian Head River Restoration Coordinator, to provide project management through April 30, 2024, to coordinate […]