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Sally Heiter (left), along with Deb Fraize (right) is attempting to walk the length of the river for their Paddle-a-thon challenge, which they are calling the Bipedal-a-thon. Sally describes the route so far below. The trick with walking the entire length of the Ipswich River is that you can’t do it.  The headwaters have for the […]

Amy MacNulty is raising her paddle for clean water by walking through the Towns the Ipswich River flows through, as well as her own town of Lynnfield. Do you live in Lynnfield? Join Amy in raising funds and awareness for the Ipswich River For my Paddle-a-thon challenge I am walking at least 2 miles in each

Paddle-a-thon committee member Dick Fates enjoys exploring the river for this year’s Paddle-a-thon, solo and with son Matt Fates (on his stand-up paddleboard). With the Paddle-a-thon on virtual this year, I decided to paddle as much of the river as I could. After investigating the Lobs Pound Mill put in and talking to more experienced

Wayne demonstrates how to get into a kayak using our kayak launch, just about to reach a hand down to hold the boat steady, while using a hand on the boards of the launcher to leverage himself into the boat. We at the Ipswich River Watershed Association are used to thinking that there’s nothing the

Dan Heiter contemplates the Ipswich Mills dam on his first attempt at his Herring Challenge. Read more below and support Dan’s paddle by sponsoring his Paddle-a-thon challenge here. Hello River friends, Can you imagine a million herring coming up the Ipswich River every year?  I can, and I want to see it!  On June 7th,

Ipswich River Board member and Paddle-a-thon Paddle Raiser Ken MacNulty is biking along the river, starting with the source in Burlington. As my part for this year’s virtual Paddle-a-thon I decided to “ride the river” (by bike) as a way to remind residents in our watershed that before the Ipswich River gets to its more

Hager GeoSciences Inc tow a self contained floatable GPR unit across the Ipswich River above the dam to  investigate the bedrock layer at the proposed upper falls location. Thanks to our project partner- the Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) we were able to move forward on two Priority Dam Removal Projects.  The Ipswich Mills Dam

Joel Hariton (above left) shares his challenge for Paddle-a-thon 2020; walking for the herring that he hopes will one day run past his home in Topsfield. Delighted to learn that in a few years herring will be once again running up the Ipswich River and past my home on Howlett Brook, I will be walking