Public Meeting on Fireworks Site Clean Up Tuesday September 24, 2019 at 7 pm Hanover High School Auditorium 287 Cedar St Hanover The MassDEP and the Town of Hanover will host a public meeting at the Hanover High School Auditorium at 287 Cedar Street to discuss recommendations for clean-up of the Fireworks Site. We encourage […]
Current NSRWA members will be getting their guide map in the mail. Be on the lookout in the weeks ahead and thank you for your support! Not a member, no problem – Join or renew today! We will send you a free map with your membership packet to get you on your way to explore the […]
September 14-21 is National Estuaries Week. Estuaries are where rivers meet the sea, and they are all around you. Just on the South Shore, there are fourteen (depending on how you split them up.) Which one is yours? Show or tell everyone about your favorite estuary, what you love about it, and what you’re doing […]
We have yet to meet a bay, river or estuary on the South Shore that we didn’t want to help protect or restore. As the largest water and science based environmental nonprofit on the South Shore, and the host of the Massachusetts Bays South Shore program, we work through collaborations and partnerships to provide education […]
Saturday, September 7 Live Music 6:00-10:00pm (Doors open at 5:30pm) ● Jay Psaros ● The Marshalls ● Liz McKeen ● Howie Howie ● Mojo Mama ● The Coconotes ● Border Road with Lisa Jason from the Steely Dan Band ● Bring a picnic, lawn chairs and beverages. Friends and family welcome. Hosted by Andy and […]
Thank YOU for helping us meet the $200,000 Bloomwhistle Matching Gift Challenge to protect our local waters! We are grateful to the Bloomwhistle Charitable Fund for their visionary leadership and generosity. Thanks our nearly 500 new members and to those of you who increased your giving — you made it possible for us to meet […]
Coming up in a little over a week, MassBays South Shore, Mass. DMF and NSRWA are having an Eelgrass Survey Blitz! in Duxbury, Kingston & Plymouth Bay. And we need YOUR help to do it! Unfortunately, the bay has experienced severe declines in eelgrass coverage over the last several decades. Monitoring these changes allows us […]
On May 9, NSRWA co-sponsored South Shore Climate Change Symposium held at Norwell’s Cushing Memorial Hall. Over 100 state and local leaders and concerned citizens attended the day-long event, which included speakers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NSRWA, MassBays, National Grid, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, as well as communities throughout […]
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 […]