The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced over $87M of federal grant funding dedicated to critical fish passage restoration projects across the country. Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA), in association with partners Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the Division of Ecological Restoration (DER), will be granted $2.3M as part of this grant […]
On Monday, December 5, we attended a meeting on the campus of Boston College held by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) where they presented the results of their study on expanding their water supply service area, including to the Ipswich River. Currently, the MRWA provides water and wastewater service to millions of people in
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Hey there! I am so excited to join the IRWA team as a year-round Environmental Educator. This role is a dream job for me. I can’t imagine anything more fulfilling than spending my days soaking up information from stakeholders, discovering new things about our watershed’s ecology, and then sharing all of that knowledge with you.
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Hello! My name is Patrick Brien and I am happy to be Ipswich River Watershed Association’s newest intern, who will be helping out with anything and everything the organization and my co-workers need help with! I am from Bridgewater, Massachusetts and a current senior at Endicott College, majoring in environmental science with an additional minor
Above Proposed fish passage upgrades to the Howlett Brook dam are among several steps forward for fisheries restoration in the Ipswich River watershed. In what has been an atypical summer in more ways than one, we are excited to share some updates on our Howlett Brook Restoration efforts. Our monitoring of the watershed has continued
Back in the pre-COVID times of 2019, Ipswich River partnered with the Town of Newbury and received a planning grant via the State’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program. The project would address a critical stream crossing susceptible to coastal flooding hazards (see map above). Orchard Street, between Interstate 95 and Route 1, crosses tidally-influenced Cart
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Hello! My name is Neil Shea and I’m the new Restoration Program Director. I’ve spent the past six and a half years living and working in the Pacific Northwest and I couldn’t be more excited to get to work as a steward and advocate for my hometown watershed. Growing up in Ipswich, the river was
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