NSRWA Watershed Ecologist and MassBays South Shore Coordinator , Sara Grady, has started a monthly podcast through Marshfield Community Television that will cover multiple topics related to the estuaries of the South Shore and beyond. Sara will also be accepting ideas for future topics. Just email your ideas to sara@nsrwa.org. Episode 3 – Bringing the […]
Blue Mussels Holding On in North River
On Wednesday, August 15th, our intern Andrew Staley and our watershed ecologist Sara Grady went snorkeling to gather information about the past mussel enhancements made by the NSRWA near the banks of the North River in Marshfield. The mussel enhancements were made in 2015 by the watershed to boost the population of mussels, a key […]
Searching for Invaders on the New England Coast
Last week our watershed ecologist and South Shore Regional Coordinator for MassBays, Sara Grady, participated in a marine invasives rapid assessment survey (RAS) on the New England coast with a team of scientists from around the country. The team visited nine docks from New Bedford, MA to Freeport, ME over the course of three days, […]
Scientists Meet to Save Eelgrass
Eelgrass was a big discussion topic on the South Shore on January 31st. Our Waterwatch Lecture Series featured Kathryn Ford of Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries (MassDMF) discussing eelgrass, and earlier in the day our Watershed Ecologist co-hosted a workshop with MassDMF to come up with a plan for monitoring eelgrass in the Duxbury, Kingston, […]