Carla Villa

Hello! My name is Kayla Laddin and I am the Data Management Intern at IRWA this summer! I grew up in Ipswich and have always had a love for nature and being on the water. I am a rising senior at Penn State University with a major in Community, Environment, and Development, specializing in Social […]

TOPSFIELD, MA – Jul 20, 2023- Construction on the Howlett Brook Dam fishway upgrades have begun and will be completed by early August. A weir-pool fishway had previously existed at this site but was completely destroyed during the Mother’s Day Flood in 2006. The dam has been without fish passage for both migrating and resident

This spring Ipswich River Watershed Association is excited to officially launch our Resilient Rivers Program, underpinned by a three-person team, to expand the organization’s work. The program was created in response to the critical need to increase the pace and impact of our work. The team will consist of our Environmental Educator, Watershed Resiliency Planner,

Hi! My name is Haley Stark and I am the Engagement Intern for Ipswich River Watershed Association this Summer. I am from Topsfield, MA and am a rising senior at Umass Amherst majoring in Environmental Science and minoring in Spanish. This past Spring I did a semester abroad doing an Environmental Science program in the

Hi! My name is Abby, I’m from North Reading and am going into my senior year at Westfield State University. I am a double major in environmental science and regional planning with a minor in restoration ecology. I am so excited to be the Science and Restoration Intern this summer at IRWA!  Since I started

If you’ve visited Riverbend recently you may have noticed the recent removal of woody invasive and nuisance plant species down by the dock. This is part of our very own restoration project that includes the removal of invasive plant species, replanting of native canopy and groundcover plants, and daylighting of a stream. We are currently

On Thursday, May 26th the Supreme Court ruling on Sackett v. the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cut back on the Agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. In short, under this ruling, the Clean Water Act now applies only to wetlands directly connected, via surface water, to bodies that are considered “waters

Registration Renewals  On Thursday, April 27, 2023, the Ipswich River Watershed Association, the Parker River Clean Water Association and the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance administratively appealed the new 10-year registrations that regulate large water withdrawals in the Ipswich and Parker River watersheds. Registrations are a class of water withdrawals created by the 1986 Water Management Act