WATER Coalition Lobby Day Recap
Progress can be a frustrating concept. In an ideal world, we’d all come home in the evenings to communities that are slightly better than when we left them that morning. It is an annoying reality that sometimes progress does not mean change, but rather means coming home to a community that is exactly the same,…
Resilient Rivers: Engaging Students in Watershed Science
Over the past few weeks, 7th-grade students from Wilmington, Middleton, Topsfield, Boxford, Ipswich, Hamilton, and Wenham have participated in Resilient Rivers, Ipswich River Watershed Association’s (IRWA) new enrichment program. This program aligns with 7th grade state science standards, and aims to inspire future environmental advocates while providing teachers with a locally relevant program that fits into…
Save Water – Save Money – Harvest the Rain!
A Greenscapes Guest blog It seems every year we are experiencing more changes in precipitation, with longer periods of drought and even off-season droughts like the one Massachusetts is currently in. As we grapple with changing climate, one way you can both conserve and reuse water is by installing a rain barrel. A single rain…
Modernize Drought Management!
The Drought Bill (HD.1423/SD.1668) will modernize drought management in Massachusetts, and help keep Massachusetts’ water supplies and rivers healthy in a changing climate. Last session, the bill made historic progress by passing the Senate. Most bills take multiple attempts—let’s make this the year it finally becomes law! Take 5 minutes to help:Ask your state legislators…
Dispatches from DC
Last week, Ipswich River Watershed Association’s Advocacy Program Manager, Zach Calderón, was in Washington, D.C. There, at a New England Council roundtable discussion, he met Kelsey Cruickshank, Director of Policy and Government Relations for American Rivers, and Rebecca Salay, Chief of Staff for Congresswoman DeLauro from Connecticut, who serves as the Ranking Member on the…
Clam Flat Closures in the Ipswich River
We at the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) were saddened this week to hear that the clam flats in the Ipswich River will be closed permanently. While IRWA had no involvement in this decision, we recognize the difficulty of the decisions made by state officials and the town of Ipswich to comply with federal regulations…