An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 gathered on New Year’s Day to visit the Third Herring Brook Dam Removal Site. This was NSRWA’s 23rd year of ringing in the New Year together by exploring our watershed. This year’s walk, through 100 acres of woodlands, started at the Cardinal Cushing Centers in Hanover and led to the dam […]
Scituate 5th Graders Participate in the “Water All Around You” Program
The 5th graders at Jenkins, Hatherly, Cushing and Wampatuck Elementary Schools learned about their local water resources and water conservation by participating in the Water All Around You program. The curriculum, a part of the regional WaterSmart programming, was created and presented by the North and South Rivers Watershed Association and funded by the Scituate […]
Healthy Rivers are Connected: Restoring Rivers by Removing Dams and Culverts that Block Fish Passage
Funding for removal of the Cardinal Cushing Dam complete! With a commitment from Federal sources of $98,000 for removal of the dam, all funds are in place and we hope a contractor can begin work this December. Removal of this dam, together with removal of the Mill Pond Dam two years ago, would open unrestricted […]
NSRWA’s 23rd Annual New Year’s Day Walk
Sunday, January 1st, 2017 1:00 pm–2:30 pm Cardinal Cushing Centers Visit the Third Herring Brook Dam Removal Site! Join the NSRWA for its 23rd year of ringing in the New Year together by exploring our watershed. This year’s walk will start at the Cardinal Cushing Centers in Hanover where we will take a walk out to the dam […]