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$1.3 MILLION  GRANT AWARDED TO ADDRESS BARRIERS IN THE GREAT MARSH ACEC

The Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA), through the PIE-Rivers partnership, is excited to announce that it has received an additional $1.3M in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These project funds will further the work of IRWA and their project partners to update man-made barriers such as culverts and road crossings to […]

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Downtown Pop-Up Offices Opens to Answer Questions About the Dam

Interactive office opens to answer questions about the Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project ahead of Ipswich Town Meeting on May 9th  Starting on April 12, 2023 The Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) will be offering office hours in downtown Ipswich in advance of Article 14 – Ipswich River Ecological Restoration Permitting – being voted on

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Understanding Why Dams Exist

If you’re feeling like dams have been in the news a lot recently, you wouldn’t be wrong. Locally, we have the Ipswich Mills Dam and South Middleton Dam projects inching forward, combined with a national and international groundswell behind the dam removal movement. But why do all these dams exist in the first place?  People

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A Turning Point for the River?

The drought of 2022 will go down as the worst in the recorded history of the Ipswich River. As shown in the attached graphic, this year we witnessed both the lowest flow and longest low flow period in the 92 years that we have monitored our beloved river, beyond even the devastating droughts of 2016

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