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!
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 […]
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 […]
Create a Stormwater Pollution or Water Conservation Video for a Chance to Win a $500 Gift Card! Starting May 22nd, 2020, WaterSmart South Shore, the North and South Rivers Watershed Association (NSRWA), and Harbor Media are kicking off a video contest for anyone in our WaterSmart communities. Now, YOU have an opportunity to help educate […]
By Warren Winders, Southeastern Mass. Trout Unlimited Contrary to our reputation for secrecy, we anglers are actually a gregarious bunch. And we probably achieve our seasonal height of sociability when the American shad are running in our rivers. You may have noticed that springtime in the North and South Rivers is marked by a sequence […]
Thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (the Trust), the dam removal process on the Third Herring Brook is moving forward. This funding will help enable NSRWA to remove the Peterson’s Pond dam on the Third Herring Brook in Norwell. According to Trust Program Director, Kim Tilas, the Trust provided over $471,512.00 […]
Who doesn’t like to be serenaded on a special day? Our talented staff ecologist, Sara Grady, recorded a special song for moms to celebrate Mother’s Day! Her song “Let Your Love Flow” is available when you purchase a gift membership for your mom, or that special mom in your life. Give her the gift […]