It was a gorgeous day for the running of the 29th Annual NSRWA Great River Race! The 7.5 mile race started at Bridge Street Canoe Launch in Norwell and ended at Indian Head Road in Hanover. There were 89 boats and 110 participants, 21 corporate sponsors, 5 FundRacers, plus an amazing crew of 76 volunteers! Our own […]
The North and South Rivers Watershed Association (NSRWA) partnered with South Shore Vocational Technical High School (SSVT) for the second year in a row to come up with this year’s Great River Race logo. The partnership began in 2016 when students from the SSVT Environmental Science class participated in the NSRWA Estuary Explorers program. This […]
By Caleb Estabrooks, Hanover I found it hard to believe that a group of Boy Scouts once decided to paddle from the North River in Scituate, through inland water ways to the town of Dighton on the Taunton River. I saw pictures and heard stories, and still found it difficult to fathom, so I decided […]
With the overwhelming success of last year’s painted rain barrel raffle, NSRWA and the WaterSmart South Shore program have decided to do another public art project. The campaign will be called “Fish Out of Water” and will highlight the importance of water conservation to protect streamflow and the wildlife that depend on it. The school […]
On the South Shore alone, we have more than 16,000 registered dogs from Weymouth to Kingston. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average dog produces approximately ¾ pound of waste per day. If you do the math, that’s more than 12,000 pounds of poop per day and 4.5 million pounds of poop per […]
The North and South Rivers Watershed Association held their 3rd Annual South Shore Striper Tournament this past weekend. This year VERC Enterprises came on board as the Premier Sponsor. One-hundred thirty-three anglers of all ages participated in the event in six different categories: Motorized Boat Angler, Adult; Motorized Boat Angler, 12 and under; Shore Angler, Adult; Shore […]
Last updated 4:55PM Sunday June 9, 2019 2019 Striper Tournament Leaderboard Motorized Boat Angler, Adult — Leader John Paul Adams B205C: 45.5″ Nick Pastore B025: 44″ John Paul Adams B205C: 43.5″ Rick Herb B213C: 40.5″ Paul Connaughton B050: 35″ Justin Bessette B010: 33.5″ Motorized Boat Angler, 12 and under […]
Thanks to funding from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) our volunteer RiverWatch Water Quality Monitoring program will this year sample an additional five headwater tributaries in the upper North River watershed, and we will be able to sample sites within shellfish areas in the lower estuary 10 additional times this summer, The new […]
By George Humphrey, Scituate More frequent flooding along the South Shore’s coast and inland waterways; salt marshes deteriorating into mud flats; entire summers with daily temperatures above 90˚; winters with more rain than snow and increasingly intense rainfall events; severe challenges to town stormwater infrastructure and potable water supply; and a declining tax base due […]
How does Scituate know they will have enough water supply to allow for streamflow releases from the reservoir? The NSRWA and partners have done extensive modeling of the First Herring Brook (the water supply for the town of Scituate) and the current town water demands, and have determined that even during the worst droughts of […]