Calendar
Greenscapes Workshops - FREE!
May 13: Lawn Care Basics and How to Phase Out Chemicals
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topsfield Fairgrounds, Bee Building, 207 Boston St., Topsfield, MA
May 20: Easy Composting for Healthy Landscapes
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Topsfield Fairgrounds, Bee Building, 207 Boston St., Topsfield, MA
Please check out the Event Listings at www.greenscapes.org for directions and more details on these free workshops!
Special thanks to Brooksby Farm and Topsfield Fair for donating the use of their facilities.
May 17: Shred-A-Thon
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
31 Market Street, Ipswich
Bring your sensitive and confidential documents you've been meaning to shred and pay a tax deductible $10 per 13 gallon bag or $15 per file box you shred on site. Organized by the First National Bank of Ipswich and Shred-It. All proceeds benefit IRWA!
May 21: Changes to Our Region's Natural History from Bioinvaders
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich
Barbara Warren from Salem Sound Coastwatch will be the guest speaker discussing how non-native invasive species have and will continue to change the natural environment of Cape Ann and the North Shore. She will discuss the changes and impacts to salt marshes, estuaries, intertidal and subtidal regions.
Source to Sea Canoe Paddles
May 31: Wilmington
June 14 : Reading
July 19: Middleton
August 16 : Topsfield and Ipswich
September 13 : Ipswich Estuary
IRWA and friends will paddle from source to sea down the length of the Ipswich River. All trips are BYOB (bring your own boat), PDF, and snacks. Rain will cancel the trip. Pre-registration is required: contact us at irwainfo@ipswichriver.org or 978-412-8200 to reserve your spot.
June 7: Reading/North Reading Stream Team: River Clean-Up
8:00 am
Ipswich River Park, North Reading
Volunteers are invited to bring canoes or kayaks, clippers, gloves, garbage bags and a willingness to work and possibly get wet. Contact Butch Conary at buttie@comcast.net or 781-942-7505 with questions.
June 7: Biodiversity Days at Riverbend: Fish and Macroinvertebrates in the Ipswich River
10:00 am
Riverbend, 143 County Road, Ipswich
We'll get a little wet while searching for those all important river creatures: bugs and fish! Jim MacDougall will lead us in our explorations.
2008 Water Quality Monitoring Dates
These are the dates for our Riverwatch volunteers to conduct monthly water quality monitoring at sites along the Ipswich River.
May 18**
June 29
July 27
August 24**
September 28
October 26
November 23**
December 14**
**Indicates that the date is not the last Sunday of the month.
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