Effective Campaigns and Growing Partnerships By Jim Glinski, Scituate In November 1998, Steve Ivas was succeeded as executive director of the NSRWA by Bill Stanton, who was the first executive […]
NSRWA History (Part 6)
Nature Walks in Hanover: 13 Places to Explore
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent For the month of August, NSRWA features the town of Hanover in its 50 Places to Explore Contest. When I began researching Hanover’s conservation lands […]
NSRWA 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Part 5)
Raising the Bar The following is the fifth installment of a twelve-part series on the history of the organization. You can read the other installments here. By Jim Glinski, Scituate […]
Nature Walks in Norwell: 11 Places to Explore
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 […]
NSRWA 50TH ANNIVERSARY (PART 4 )
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 […]
Nature Walks in Marshfield: 18 Places to Explore
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 […]
Nature Walks in Duxbury: 12 Places to Explore
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This month the North and South Rivers Watershed Association is featuring the town of Duxbury in its 50 Places to Explore contest. During this prolonged time […]
The Fate of the Brig Polly
The following story was unearthed recently. It tells the tale of the Brig Polly, a 131 ton ship constructed in Pembroke in 1791. She was probably built by shipbuilders Alden […]
NSRWA 50th Anniversary (Part 3 )
A Second Wind: “Watershed Wakes Up — How About You” (Newsletter, May 1989) By Jim Glinski, Scituate In a frank letter to its members in May 1989, the NSRWA admitted […]
Enjoying Nature Close to Home
By Kezia Bacon, Correspondent As the coronavirus pandemic surges here in Massachusetts, and social distancing becomes even more defined and urgent, we’ve been advised to stay close to home. For […]