The Third Herring Brook will be able to keep its “cool” with new protection provided from being designated a Cold Water Fishery Resource by the state of Massachusetts. Coldwater streams […]
New Hope for Maintaining Streamflow in First Herring Brook
By George Humphrey, Scituate In collaboration with the Scituate Department of Public Works, the MassBays Program and the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, the NSRWA has been shepherding two projects […]
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 […]
WaterWatch Lectures Online Thanks to Norwell Spotlight TV
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 […]
Managing Scituate’s Water for Droughts – Public Meeting Tuesday, January 15 at 7:00pm
With all the rain we have had recently, it is hard to remember the 2016 drought, but it is still very much in the forefront of those tasked with meeting […]
Empowering People to Protect Water
Everyone deserves clean plentiful water and free-flowing connected rivers, however, there are several challenges we face on the South Shore. In many of our towns water withdrawals reduce streamflow, stormwater […]
Managing Scituate’s Water for Droughts – Public Meeting Scheduled
Tuesday January 15 7:00pm Scituate Public Safety Building 800 Chief Justice Cushing Highway With all the rain we have had recently, it is hard to remember the 2016 drought, but […]
NSRWA Board Member Kevin Cassidy Honored by Mass Rivers Alliance
At their Annual Meeting on December 5, Mass Rivers Alliance honored Kevin Cassidy, of Earthrise Law Center, for his pro bono work on behalf of watershed groups across the state. […]
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 […]
River Herring Migrating Back to the Ocean
What comes up must go down or what goes in must go out is an idiom that holds true for physics, biology and for migrating fish! Remember last spring when […]