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Grace has been out on the Great Marsh pulling invasive pepperweed before it can seed, but that’s not all she’ll be doing for the river. Hey everyone! My name is Grace Evans and I am this summer’s Kerry Mackin intern. You may remember me as the 2018 Environmental Education Apprentice where I worked in a […]

Eric Brisette (above) and his fellow Long Haulers Matt Allen and Allen Klinger didn’t expect to be on the water in the dark. As Eric tells below, this year’s Paddle-a-thon was marked by low flows that made the going slower than usual. The original plan was to paddle Teradyne to Treadwell! But plans change. Matt

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