Newburyport Dune Enhancement and Restoration
Ten acres of sand replenishment and dune stabilization at State Beach using imported sand.
Municipal Stormwater Codes: A Regional Review for Northeast Massachusetts
The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, in partnership with the Merrimack Valley Stormwater Collaborative, Ipswich River…
Greenscapes North Shore
Native plant and rain gardens at Ipswich River Watershed headquarters demonstrate low maintenance sustainable water use and…
Saltmarsh Ditch Restoration
Nancy Pau, wildlife biologist at Parker River Refuge, explains a ditch remediation technique used to…
Lower Ipswich Bacteria Source Tracking
Ryan O’Donnell places an optical brightener sampler in Saltonstall Brook, part of an effort to…
Invasive Pepperweed Removal
The pepperweed control project is designed to increase the health of salt marshes in the…
Invasive Phragmites Eradication at Clark Pond
Ten acres of phragmites monoculture were eradicated using herbicide surrounding Clark Pond in Ipswich in…
Maplecroft Farm Land Protection
In 2010, the Town of Ipswich, The Trust for Public Land, Essex County Greenbelt and…
Notre Dame Land Protection
After a 3 year process, the Essex County Greenbelt protected a 70-acre portion of the…
Ox Pasture Brook Dam Removal
Before and after removal photos of Ox Pasture Brook lower dam site (hover over picture…
Ipswich Mills Dam Removal
Ipswich Mills Dam from the Riverwalk foobridge with EBSCO Publishing buildings in the background