Last spring, 17-year-old Robbie Murdock of Scituate reached out to NSRWA for guidance with his Eagle Scout project. Passionate about protecting the environment, Robbie wanted to help improve water quality […]
Pembroke 40B Update
Read the NSRWA March 15, 2021 comment letter to the Pembroke Zoning Board of Appeals here. _______________________________________________________________________ After a 3-year lull, the battle to stop the construction of a 56-unit […]
Your Action Helped!
Public Notification of Sewer Discharges to Surface Waters Now the Law Last week we asked you to send an email or call Governor Baker encouraging him to sign a bill […]
What About the Mud?
Sediment movement and monitoring after a dam removal One of the impacts of a dam in a stream is that it holds back sediment. The sediment accumulates behind the dam […]
Thank You for All You Do!
Thank you for being part of our NSRWA community! Together, we were able to protect local waters throughout a very challenging year. Last year, we educated more than 1,000 youth […]
2020 A Year of Silver Linings
This year may not have been what we planned, but there were many silver linings in the NSRWA’s 50th anniversary year. Despite the pandemic, the NSRWA’s work to protect our […]
The Power of Partnership in Restoring Rivers
By Samantha Woods NSRWA Executive Director My very wry husband often says to me I would be out of jail by now if I had just blown up the dams […]
Help Us Count South River Fish and Improve Our Camera
This spring we conducted our usual volunteer herring counts at the Veterans Memorial Park on the South River and supplemented those with the installation of a camera in the ladder […]
Peterson Pond Dam Update – Part 1
The Peterson Pond Dam removal behind the Hanover Mall was completed just under two weeks ago, a process that took under four weeks from start to finish. The actual physical […]
NSRWA 50th Anniversary Film
This film is dedicated to every member of the NSRWA who has worked to improve our watershed over the past 50 years and to ensure that the next generation will […]