Happy first day of May! The birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and boaters are counting down the days until boats go in the water. The North and South Rivers […]
Be a Riverhugger this Boating Season
Removing Garlic Mustard in the Spring
Content and images courtesy of Wild Cohasset. Did you know that a common plant found all over the South Shore poses a major threat to our forests? Garlic mustard is […]
Be a Citizen Scientist: Volunteer To Survey Horseshoe Crabs in Duxbury
In Duxbury, NSRWA and the MassBays National Estuary Partnership Program (MassBays), will be conducting its 18th year of horseshoe crab monitoring. Duxbury is one of sixteen sites across the state […]
See the Herring Run on the South Shore!
Spring means flowers, songbirds, and the annual upstream migration of river herring to spawn in the streams and ponds they were born in! These historically large migrations of fish into our freshwater […]
River Restoration Update: Local Projects and National Trends
Temple Street Dam Removal Construction on the Temple Street Dam removal has been paused but the site will remain closed until the project is complete. Increased flows from the snow […]
Thank You for Making Gardening Green Expo 2026 a Success!
Thanks to everyone for helping us make Gardening Green Expo 2026 a big success – we couldn’t have done it without all of YOU! It took a lot of people to make it happen, including Kennedy’s Country Gardens, volunteers, […]
Why We Count Horseshoe Crabs
NATURE by Kezia Bacon It’s the middle of the night, the moon is full, and you have waded shin-deep into the ocean, carrying a flashlight, and toting a plastic pole. […]