See news about the work we do protecting, restoring, advocating for and education about the Ipswich River.
If you’re feeling like dams have been in the news a lot recently, you wouldn’t be wrong. Locally, we have the Ipswich Mills Dam and South Middleton Dam projects inching forward, combined with a national and international groundswell behind the dam removal movement. But why do all these dams exist in the first place? People […]
In 2016 (as the photo of kids standing in a dry riverbed shows), the Ipswich River was devastated by the most severe drought in the river’s history. Images of dry stream beds and fish kills are still vivid in residents’ memories, and the damage inflicted on the river’s ecosystem was long lasting. After a relatively
To create awareness of herring restoration efforts and renew the Ipswich River community’s feeling of interconnection with nature, artist and Co-Artistic Director of Fort Point Theater Channel Anne Loyer has partnered with the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) to create the Ocean of Rivers Project. “This dance of species happens unseen around us,” says Loyer, “This project will use art to make visible the interconnections of nature and humans, and weave the human story into the fabric of other species.“
Volunteer Katie Hone, pictured here at the Ipswich Mills fishway, has been an amazing asset for the Fish Count program. River herring are remarkable fish that are often overlooked today for the important role they once played in the ecology and history of the Ipswich River. While once abundant in the Ipswich River, herring now
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Triton Regional High School AP Environmental Science teacher Thomas Horsely and his students attend a macroinvertebrate identification workshop at Riverbend. Rivers are places that should be full of clean water and living things; not only fish, but the many small creatures that live among the rocks and debris on the river bottom. In particular, the
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Solstice Day School’s Outdoors Club returns for lunch after surveying the stretches of river up and downstream from Riverbend. The Ipswich River Watershed Association is dedicated to working with local youth groups and increasing their involvement with the river. After all, they are the future of the organization! We are lucky to have so many
(Left to right) Gianna Castellarin, Charlotte Losee, Uma Bhuju, Catherine Malatesta, Katie Bernard, Karleigh Odiet, and Marion Duval of the Masconomet Environmental Club collect trash at landings along the Ipswich River Water Trail as part of the Fall Riverwide Clean Up. The Masconomet High School Environmental Club has been hard at work this school year
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During a weekend of unseasonably glorious weather, walkers gathered together at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield for the Directors’ Walk & Talk. The walk, led by Wayne Castonguay and Amy Weidnesaul, was a chance for supporters of the Ipswich River Watershed Association and Mass Audubon to learn about how these two organizations are working together, directly from the Executive Directors.
