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Above Programs Coordinator Ryan O’Donnell uses a water quality probe on Four Mile Pond as part of a herring habitat assessment project. Volunteers Alex Paul (in photo), as well as Brandon Boyd and Kerri Lummus, participated in monitoring during the three-year study. We recently completed a three-year study of Four Mile Pond in Boxford as […]

Volunteer River Wardens recently held a successful cleanup event in North Reading. Volunteer, Butch Conary, is seen in this photo using a bow saw during a past cleanup to trim overhanging brush to make paddling more enjoyable!  The Ipswich River is a favorite paddling destination and important ecological area. Encouraging people to visit and paddle

Volunteers Ryan Redmond, Jim Waldinger and Audrey Waldinger sampling macroinvertebrates in Boston Brook in Middleton.  Macroinvertebrates (bugs and other small creatures) are good indicators of water and habitat quality. Despite a rainy summer, more frequent droughts can have long-term impacts on river life.   Macroinvertebrates include many different types of insects and other small creatures. Good

Above Monitors Gayle Gleichauf and Mary Smith are two of over 40 volunteer monitors that measure water quality at 35 sites across the watershed on a monthly basis. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will be conducting a detailed analysis of chlorides from road salts over the coming year based on the data collected by

Above Over 30 years ago, the article above appeared in Mass Audubon’s Sanctuary magazine. Decades later, water policy remains outdated and the river still struggles to survive. It’s a 90-degree day, with only parched clouds scattered in the sky. There hasn’t been rain for over a week. A kayaker slogs by, dragging his boat over

Individual actions are crucial to solving the climate crisis. This final blog post by Climate Policy Specialist Sadie Woodward, pictured above, looks at Ipswich River’s Lawn by Lawn Campaign and how our neighborhoods can help save the #EndangeredIpswich. There are around 19,000 local governments in the United States. The vast majority (84%) are small towns

Best of luck to our 2021 Kerry Mackin Summer Educator Jacob Garland, pictured above with students from the Carlton School in Salem. We’ll miss having Jacob with us at Riverbend, but look forward to seeing all the amazing things he’s bound to do. At a time like this it’s very easy to lose hope. Just