Rainy weather and a fun hike started the year! The NSRWA kicked-off 2022 with a self-guided tour around the Indian Head River. Participants traveled through Hanover, Hanson, and Pembroke as they made their way through the forested trails surrounding the river. The NSRWA had several stations folks could visit along the way to hear interesting […]
River Marsh, a Chapter 40B development proposing 56 condominium townhomes in 14 buildings abutting the North River in Pembroke, was unanimously denied by Pembroke’s Zoning Board of Appeals on December 7, 2021. The decision confirms what we all know in our hearts… the North River is not the right place for dense development. There was […]
This winter marks five years since the removal of the Tack Factory Dam on the Third Herring Brook. Although this was the second dam removal on the brook, it was the one with the greatest habitat gains due to being the first dam from the North River. Its removal provided access to 8.4 miles of […]
Our focus is water, but we can’t have clean water if we don’t have clean forested, protected land and open space around the watershed. The NSRWA is always working to partner with local towns and lands trusts to support similar missions of conservation and environmental stewardship opportunities. Last week, the NSRWA supported a trail improvement […]
Rare Funding Opportunity for Water Infrastructure and Climate Resiliency Massachusetts has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make serious investments in water infrastructure, climate resilience, and outdoor recreation with the $5 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding. Unfortunately, this week the bill to spend the money continued to languish in the statehouse as the formal […]
NSRWA has once again been chosen as the recipient of Planet Subaru’s Share the Love® campaign. In 2018, Planet Subaru of Hanover donated $18,147.00 to the NSRWA which was used to purchase a program vehicle. This year, the Get Outdoors section of our website will be powered by Planet Subaru and they will donate $250 for […]
On Monday, November 1, 2021, more than 50 people turned out for the NSRWA Recreational Shellfish Harvesting Sit-In. It was a beautiful day at Driftway Conservation Park in Scituate. 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 […]
Join our Watershed Ecologist and MassBays South Shore Regional Coordinator Sara Grady for one of two opportunities to learn more about our Salt Marsh Sentinels citizen science program, in which dock owners along the river measure marsh change. Sara will present about what might be expected to change in our wetlands with sea level rise, […]
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 […]