RiverWatch Quarterly Newsletter

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Don Salvatore writes Nature Stories for the NSRWA newsletter. Check out his nature stories and actitivities at his  Backyard Biology website

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Finally! No Discharge Designation Approved Letter from the President Scituate Schools Watershed Curriculum Project Rivershed Steward Profile: Austine Frawley NSRWA's 21st Annual Cleanup Day NSRWA's 6th Annual Kayak Expo Kids Corner at the Kayak Expo Ecological Tipping Points Watershed Invasive Species: Japanese Knotweed Scituate Responds to NSRWA Call to Pass Stormwater Bylaw South River Herring Counts Nature: The Dreams of a Caterpillar Watershed Notes NSRWA's Summer 2008 Events April 2008 RiverWatch Newsletter Looking Back and Looking Forward Letter from the President Where are They Now? People of the Watershed Rivershed Steward Profile: Jencie Stewart Greenscapes - Taking It to the People Citizen Scientists Needed in the Watershed Nature: Getting a Head Start NSRWA's 2007 Annual Report Watershed Notes NSRWA's Spring 2008 Events New Year's Day Walk Warms Body and Soul January 2008 RiverWatch Newsletter Our Water Footprint Letter from the President Watershed Notes Watershed Steward Profile: Joe Strazdes River Adventures Camp Meet Our New Board Members NSRWA's Annual Meeting 2007 Balancing Water Supply and Fisheries in First Herring Brook Mass Bays Program: Are We Drugging Our Water? The Sounds of Nature Water Watch Forum Lecture Series 2008 Winter 2008 Events October 2007 Fall in the Watershed Letter from the President Watershed Notes Watershed Steward Profile: Don Salvatore 17th Annual Great River Race River Watch Water Quality Testing 2007 Mass Bays Program Update: Marine Invasives Nature: Weed Power NSRWA's Fall Events July 2007 Cleanup Day Watershed Notes Letter from the President Watershed Steward Profile: Ellyn Einhorn NSRWA Intern Lauren Gosnell 2007 Gala River Bid Auction High Price of Green Grass Rain Garden at Norwell’s Cole Elementary School Mass Bays Program Update 5th Annual Kayak Expo Nature: Urban Legend NSRWA’s Summer Events 17th Annual Great River Race April 2007 State of the Watershed Letter from the President Our Newest Member Watershed Notes No Discharge Areas on S. Shore Greener Landscapes Greenscapes 2007 Nature: Marsh Fiddler Crab NSRWA’s 2006 Annual Report FHBWI: Herring Re-Run NSRWA’s Spring Events NSRWA’s Benefit Auction January 2007 Community Preservation on the South Shore Letter from the President South Shore Watersheds Need More Attention In Search of the Bad Clam Watershed Notes NSRWA's 2006 Annual Meeting South River Celebration and Art Show "River Views" House Tour Recap Nature: Solar Energy Green Communities Speaker Series 2007 Water Watch Lecture Series Winter 2007 Events October 2006 Letter from the President Mass Bays Program Update Sudden Wetland Dieback NSRWA People Watershed Notes River Watch Water Sampling ‘06 Support CPA in Pembroke 16th Annual Great River Race Nature: Let It Rain Greenscapes Contest Winners River Adventures Camp Invasive Species Fall 2006 Events Green Communities Series July 2006 Letter from the President License Plates to Save the Environment Meet Judy Grecco Raingarden Project Update Watershed Notes Clean Up Day 2006 Kayak Expo Recap Nature: Dead or Alive? The Perfect River Stormwater Stenciling Check Your Irrigation System Summer 2006 Events Great River Race April 2006 Letter from the President 5% Day at Whole Foods NSRWA People Watershed Notes Greenscapes 2006 Invasive Species Nature: Stay at Home Mom NSRWA's 2005 Annual Report FHBWI: All Eyes on the Streams "Got Water?" Events NSRWA's Spring Events Greenscapes Workshop Series January 2006 Letter from the President Remembering Jan O'Brien Survey Says! Problems at Greenbush Layover Welcome MBEA! Watershed Notes Salt Issues in Third Herring Brook NSRWA's 2005 Annual Meeting Volunteer of the Year Wide Roads and Public Safety Nature: Spiders Do It NSRWA's Winter Events Build Your Own Raingarden Neighborhood Action Water Watch Series 2006 October 2005 Letter from the President Low Impact Development DVD Watershed Notes South River Water Quality Annual Riverwatch Sampling 15th Annual Great River Race Teaching Watershed Stewardship NSRWA's Summer Intern Importance of Buffers Membership Form NSRWA's Fall Events South River Photo Contest Winners July 2005 NSRWA Partners With Land Trust Letter from the President Gala Auction a Success Watershed Notes NSRWA's Kayak Expo Jean Foley Scholarship Winner Low Impact Development Update Clean Up Day 2005 Mass Bays Program Update Greenscapes Seasonal Tips Nature: You Are What You Eat FHBWI: Watershed Academy NSRWA Summer Events April 2005 part 1/part 2 Watershed Notes Third Herring Brook Stream Team Towns Collaborate to Reduce Stormwater Pollution Annual Report: From thePresident Statement of Financial Position NSRWA Membership List NSRWA’s Gala Auction FHBWI: A Map For All Reasons Scituate Residents Want To Protect Watershed Greenscapes Workshops NSRWA Spring Events January 2005 Volunteer of the Year and New Board Member 2004 Annual Meeting NSRWA's Benefit Auction '05 Managing Invasive Plants Third Herring Brook Restoration MBTA Salt Marsh Mitigation Nature: Allegheny Mound Ants River Views House Tour Battling a Monster With Tiny Beetles FHBWI: Preachin' Beyond the Choir 2005 Water Watch Lecture Series NSRWA's Winter Events October 2004 Help Pass the CPA in Hanover Letter from the President Improving Water Quality in the South River RiverWatch Water Quality Testing 2004 14th Annual Great River Race Mass. Bays Program Update Maxwell Conservation Trust Fall GreenScaping Nature: Mother Nature's Marvelous Magic Fellowship of the Stream Green Communities Speaker Series (NOTE: Call NSRWA for updated schedule) NSRWA's Fall Events July 2004 o Protecting Open Space Lost in a Rooftop Zen Garden Saving Land in Massachusetts Weymouth Naval Air Station Development Watershed Notes Watersheds Benefit from CPA Passage NSRWA's Kayak Expo 2004 Greenscapes: Beautiful Landscapes that Protect our Water NSRWA's Clean Up Day 2004 Narrowing Window of Opportunity to Save Unique Region South River Speeding Concerns Volunteer Opportunites & Wish List Nature: How Does Your Garden Grow? NSRWA's Summer Events ... including THE GREAT RIVER RACE April 2004 The Business of Watershed Protection Cleaner Streets = Cleaner Water Rainbarrels - Part of the Solution Watershed Notes Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Watershed Nature: Risks vs. Rewards Annual Report: State of the Watershed Financial Statement NSRWA Staff Profiles New Year's Day Walk Green Communities Speaker Series 2004 Volunteer Opportunities & Wish List Spring Events January 2004 Letter from the President Watershed Notes Green Communities Speaker Series A Success! Flora Moynihan Named Volunteer of the Year NSRWA's Environmental Library 33rd Annual Meeting 2nd Annual Melonseed Race Rivers of the World Tour to Nova Scotia River Adventures Camp 2003 Nature: Unwanted Visitors Perspectives: Water, Water Everywhere, But For How Long Thank You, Wish List & Volunteer Opportunities Water Watch Lecture Series 2004 Winter Events Membership & Merchandise October 2003 Letter from the President Watershed Notes River Watch Sampling Green Communities Lectures EcoZone Comes to the South Shore Invasion of the Purple Flower Eaters 13th Annual Great River Race Thank You, Wish List & Volunteer Opportunities Indian Head Brook The Tortoise & the Hare Photo Identification Day Fall Events Membership & Merchandise July 2003 These Rivers are Your Rivers Letter from the President Landscaping Tips Free Bilge Socks Watershed Notes Nature: the Bumblebee Guidelines for Paddling Safety River Clean Up Day and Kayak Raffle NSRWA's Benefit Auction Sea Kayakers Paradise A Field Trip to see a Parking Lot? Cruising down the River NSRWA Menber Survey Great River Race Summer Events Membership & Merchandise April 2003 Protecting the Watershed during the Budget Crisis Letter from the President Mass Bays program update Watershed Notes Nature: Natures Ornaments New Years Day Walk Volunteer Opportunities Perspectives: Off Balance NSRWA's Wish List & Thank You's Headwaters of the North River: French's Stream NSRWA's Kayak Expo NSRWA's Forms Boat Pumpout Working Group New Board Member Lance Van Lenten Watershed Neighbor Project River Adventures Camp Geocaching NSRWA's Benefit Auction NSRWA's Spring Events January 2003 Letter from the President Welcome new Board Members From the Executive Director Announcing RiverNet Mass Bays Program Update Watershed Notes Nature: The Crown Gall Nature: How Our Waders Became Our Favorite Shoes 2002 Photo Contest Perspectives: Cat's Eye Views Nature: Angels & Aphids Help for Title V Repairs Annual Meeting and Volunteers of the Year River Adventures Camp NSRWA Events Water Watch Lecture Series October 2002 Introducing NSRWA's New Executive Director, Samantha Woods Letter from the President Introducing Wendy Garpow NSRWA Bulletin Board Goodbye from Bill Stanton River Watch Water Quality Testing Watershed Notes Nature: What if... 12th Annual Great River Race Perspectives: Xtreme Seasons - Summer of 2002 NSRWA Wish List and Thanks Membership First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative Update River Adventurers Camp NSRWA's Fall Events July 2002 Our Special Place From the President Award for Our Executive Director Watershed Notes MBP Update Continued Success with North River Shellfish Beds Nature: I Talk to the Trees A Journey Up Third Herring Brook Special Places to Visit Perspectives: Leaves of Three Generous Contributions Spring Events Membership Photo Contest Call for Submissions 12th Annual Great River Race April 2002 Stanton is Citizen of the Year Watershed Notes Mass Bays Program Update Nature: Scuba Diving Beetles This Winter's Events First Herring Brook Watershed Update Perspectives Affordable Housing and You Volunteer Opportunities/Internships Photo Contest Spring Events Membership Jay O'Callahan Event January 2002 United We Stand Meet New Board Members Website Alert! Watershed Notes Another Year of Success Mass Bays Program Update Annual Meeting Community Preservation Act Primer Stream Team Update First Herring Brook Reading Group Perspectives Wish List Water Watch Lecture Series NSRWA Calendar Membership October 2001 The Power of Many Meet Alison Demong Volunteer of the Year Mass Bays Program Watershed Notes RiverWatch Water Testing River Adventurers Camp River Camp Supporters Great River Race Results and Scrapbook Nature: Perfect Predator Perspectives: Wildlife Reading Group Selections Stream Teams Hats and T Shirts for Sale NSRWA Calendar Membership