Interested in the WaterWatch Lecture Series but unable to attend? For the first time, the WaterWatch Lecture Series is being is being filmed and broadcast online as a part of the Norwell Nature Series by Norwell Spotlight TV. The first lecture, Barstow’s Two Oaks and the Upper North River Shipyards by Caleb Estabrooks is now online, […]
Marshfield Proposes Plastic Bag Reduction
The town of Marshfield, like Plymouth and Duxbury before them, is considering a ban on single-use plastic bags. There is current state legislation being considered on the topic, but there is no guarantee it will pass. Rather than wait for the state to act, Marshfield is trying join the other 56 Massachusetts cities and towns that […]
State of the Drought
More than 90 people came to the first WaterWatch Lecture on Wednesday, January 11th to hear about the state of the drought in Massachusetts. Ellen Mecray, Eastern Region Climate Services Director of NOAA’s Eastern Region Climate Center reported that with climate extremes on the rise and increased water withdrawals the drought will continue in the […]