Phase II of the Ipswich River Coastal Resiliency and Bank Stabilization Project will begin this fall. This project began in 2016 with funding awarded by a Coastal Resiliency Grant from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. These initial grant funds supported a one-year pilot project to identify vulnerable areas along the Ipswich River between […]
A major focus of our Restoration and Resiliency work is restoring habitat conditions to support native fish and wildlife that rely on the Ipswich River. For thousands of years, the Ipswich ran free from source to sea and bountiful runs of migratory fish returned from the Atlantic every year. Times have changed. Roughly 70 dams
Water restriction signs have been put up in many North Shore towns and a new sign has appeared on properties from Wilmington to Ipswich. Both signs concern summer water use, with town signage alerting residents to conserve a vulnerable resource and these new lawn signs indicating the solution for keeping our water safe. The Ipswich
How much water do you use? Find out with this awesome water calculator! It will tell you how much you use and show how much you can save when installing when you make sustainable choices, like installing a rain barrel. Click here to calculate!
The Share the Green Give-away is part of our 2018 #4ourRiver sustainable landscapes campaign. To support the campaign’s goal of educating more people about the benefits of sustainable landscaping practices, the Green Give-away will be encouraging others to share the #4ourRiver message. August is routinely the hottest and driest month of summer, making it a
I have been working at the Ipswich River Watershed Association for seven weeks and I can honestly say that each day brings something new. While tasks may range from creating my own lesson plans to stuffing letters, I am excited to come to work every morning and discover how a non-profit functions. I have known
When I began my position as a summer intern here at IRWA, I had no idea what was in store for the next few weeks. I have learned more than I possibly could have imagined: from how to properly hold a kayak paddle to how to classify macroinvertebrates with a dichotomous key to how to
When people become far removed from the natural world, it becomes easy to believe that what alters the environment has nothing to do with them. Providing education about the natural world, how we rely on and impact it, breaks away that illusion. What’s more, it can foster a life-long love of nature. Where would today’s
