Spring means flowers, songbirds, and the annual upstream migration of river herring to spawn in the streams and ponds they were born in! These historically large migrations of fish into […]
See the Herring Runs on the South Shore
Short Winter Walks
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent This winter has been mild so far, but let’s not forget the storms of last March. Spring doesn’t arrive until the 20th, and even then, we won’t necessarily be […]
Water All Around You School Program in Full Swing
By Brian Taylor, NSRWA Environmental Educator The NSRWA has launched the WaterSmart Water All Around You school program for 2019! Since the program started visiting schools in 2008, we have […]
Planet Aid Donations to Benefit NSRWA
Sam Will is a 16 year old sophomore at Marshfield High School and has been a Boy Scouts since 1st grade. Now he is working towards the highest rank in […]
Honoring the People Behind the Plastic Bag Bans
To date there have been 5 single-use plastic bag bans enacted on the South Shore, with another ban coming up for vote in Scituate on November 14. NSRWA honored those […]
120 Years Ago: The Portland Gale
NATURE by Kezia Bacon, Correspondent Friday morning, November 25th, 1898: sunny and clear. Thanksgiving now over for another year, the citizens of Marshfield and Scituate begin their days. Not too cold, […]
Plastic Bag Ban Passes in Pembroke
Inspired by the Marshfield plastic bag ban, citizens in Pembroke brought their own propsal to town meeting and it passed by a narrow margin Tuesday night, October 23. Scituate residents have also […]
National Natural Landmark Rededication Honors Rivers
Did you know the rivers are a Nationally recognized Natural Landmark? You may be familiar with Historic Landmarks but the nation also recognizes natural resources that are unique to the […]
Join Us For the National Natural Landmark Ceremony
On September 23, Congresswoman Nikki Tsongas will appear at a celebratory rededication of the rivers’ National Natural Landmark status. At 1pm there will be a ceremony at South River Park […]
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 […]