Special guest blog post by Keith Attenborogh: Thursday, I was on the Ipswich River, putting in at Riverbend in Ipswich where the Ipswich River Watershed Association headquarters is located. I was scouting for a planned Meditation Paddle that I had been asked to support, checking conditions, blowdowns and the like. Just a bit below the […]
Had a good four days paddling – and my best beaver encounter… Read More »
Hi I’m Kent Harrop a resident of Beverly, member of IRWA and founder of a new program called North Shore SING (Spirituality in Nature Group), in partnership with IRWA. Since boyhood growing up along the Blackstone River in Rhode Island, the natural world has been a place of wonder and inspiration. I became a member
Finding Sacred Ground: A Member’s Journey into Nature-Based Spirituality Read More »
Progress can be a frustrating concept. In an ideal world, we’d all come home in the evenings to communities that are slightly better than when we left them that morning. It is an annoying reality that sometimes progress does not mean change, but rather means coming home to a community that is exactly the same,
Over five years, I’ve had the privilege of growing our Outreach and Education programs into what they are today. When I began, my position was part time, and as I leave we are in the process of evolving our programs once again to bring on an educator. I know that the organization will continue to
Since the designation of the Ipswich River as one of the Most Endangered Rivers in America, several graduate school students have rallied to the cause and selected the plight of our river as the topic of their graduate theses. All four have been particularly drawn to the policy implications of the outdated water withdrawal rules
Graduate Students Pitch in to Help the #EndangeredIpswich Read More »
Hi there IRWA community, my name is Noah Robb, and I am thrilled to be a part of the team this summer! Growing up in Wenham, I have been around the river canoeing, fishing with my family, and have worked multiple years maintaining the Winthrop Estate where the river runs through. I am currently a
We are thrilled to welcome Ken MacNulty of Lynnfield as our new board president. Read Ken’s introductory message below. I’ve been involved with IRWA for about 10 years – including about 5 as a Board member. I live in Lynnfield, so I believe that makes me the first IRWA President from the Upper Watershed! I
During my interview process for the Planning and Resiliency Program Manager role, I kept hearing from everyone at IRWA that it is an exciting time to be joining the team and I couldn’t agree more. First of all, it’s an exciting time of year for all of us. The river has thawed and you can
