If you’ve been driving down 1A recently between Beverly and Wenham, you probably noticed that Wenham Lake is noticeably low right now. But… It has been raining all summer! How can that be? Why is Wenham Lake so low even after such a rainy summer? The Wenham Lake we see now as we drive down […]
Why is Wenham Lake so low even after such a rainy summer? Read More »
Hiya! My name is Sabrina Mortensen and I am currently the Education Intern for this autumn season, working alongside the knowledgeable Emma Hughen, IRWA’s Environmental Educator. I have always held a fascination and reverence for nature, finding great joy in exploring the outdoors since I was a little kid. It started with rocks and logs,
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The Ipswich River is cluttered with dams and outdated culverts which fragment habitats and impede fish passage. It’s why we are working systematically along our river to improve migratory fish passage by updating and improving fishways and removing dams where we can. In 2022, IRWA and other project partners received a federal grant to address
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You know us – we are passionate about restoring migratory pathways for sea-run fish species. Which is why we were so excited to recently celebrate the new Howlett Brook Fishway in Topsfield. This fishway will allow fish to access ponds further up the watershed that have already been designated as suitable spawning and rearing habitat
On Thursday September 7th, IRWA, in partnership with the Ipswich Utilities department, Mass ECAN, the PIE-Rivers Partnership, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program, and MA Division of Ecological Restoration, hosted a field trip of approximately 30 ecological management professionals from around Massachusetts. We got the opportunity to highlight multiple success stories of ecological restoration projects in downtown
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On Friday August 11, 2023 Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA), in conjunction with concerned citizens of Ipswich and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), successfully trapped and released a juvenile otter above the Ipswich Mills Dam. Alison Verry Ferguson, Dam Neighbor and Otter Spotter, contacted IRWA after watching this otter try to swim up
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Ipswich River Watershed Association, together with The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance and the Parker River Clean Water Association, jointly notified the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 17 through a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue the agency under the Clean Water Act (The Act). ”Intent to Sue” is the technical avenue prescribed under the CWA
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At 10:00 am on a Friday in June, 30 students from Salem hopped off a bus at Riverbend where they were greeted by IRWA’s environmental educator Emma Hughen and myself – Margot Kelly, IRWA’s 2023 Kerry Mackin Environmental Education Intern. Once name tags were on and all kids were sat criss-cross-applesauce on some picnic blankets,
